Approved Academic Calendar 2024
Teaching
Week
Week
Beginning
Monday
Date
Approved Academic Calendar 2024
Mid-Sem
25/12/23
Monday 25 December
Christmas Day public holiday (provisional)
Tuesday 26 December
Boxing Day public holiday (provisional)
5
1/01/24
Monday 1 January
New Year’s Day public holiday (provisional)
Tuesday 2 January
Summer Semester classes recommence (provisional)
Friday 5 January
Show Cause applications due for students who have interrupted their studies
6
8/01/24
7
15/01/24
8
22/01/24
Friday 26 January
Australia Day public holiday (provisional)
Saturday 27 January
Summer Semester classes end (provisional)
29/01/24
Monday 29 January – Friday 2
February
Summer Semester revision period (provisional)
Saturday 3 February
Summer Semester Examination period begins (provisional)
5/02/24
Saturday 10 February
Examination period/Summer Semester ends (provisional)
12/02/24
Monday 12 – Friday 16
February
Orientation week
1
19/02/24
Monday 19 February
Semester 1 begins
Thursday 22 February
Summer Semester finalisation of grades (provisional)
2
26/02/24
3
4/03/24
Saturday 9 March
Summer Semester Deferred and Supplementary exams (provisional)
4
11/03/24
5
18/03/24
6
25/03/24
Friday 29 March
Good Friday public holiday (provisional)
Mid-Sem
1/04/24
Monday 1 April
Easter Monday public holiday (provisional)
Monday 1 April
UQC Trimester 2 Show Cause applications due for students who have
interrupted their studies
Monday 1 – Friday 5 April
Universities Australia Common Vacation week
Semester 1 mid-semester break
7
8/04/24
Monday 8 April
Semester 1 classes recommence
8
15/04/24
9
22/04/24
Thursday 25 April
Anzac Day public holiday (provisional)
10
29/04/24
11
6/05/24
Monday 6 May
Labour Day public holiday (provisional)
12
13/05/24
13
20/05/24
Saturday 25 May
Semester 1 classes end
27/05/24
Monday 27 May – Friday 31
May
Semester 1 revision period
Saturday 1 June
Semester 1 examination period begins
3/06/24
Examination period continues
10/06/24
Saturday 15 June
Examination period/Semester 1 ends
17/06/24
Monday 17 June – Friday 19
July
Inter-Semester recess
24/06/24
Inter-Semester recess continues
Wednesday 26 June
Semester 1 finalisation of grades
Sunday 30 June
Show Cause applications due for students who have interrupted their studies
Teaching
Week
Week
Beginning
Monday
Date
Approved Academic Calendar 2024
1/07/24
Inter-Semester recess continues
Monday 1 – Friday 5 July
Universities Australia Common Vacation week
8/07/24
Inter-Semester recess continues
Monday 8 – Friday 12 July
Graduations period
15/07/24
Inter-Semester recess final week
Monday 15 – Friday 19 July
Mid-Year Orientation
Monday 15 July
UQC Trimester 3 Show Cause applications due for students who have
interrupted their studies
Tuesday 16 – Friday 19 July
Semester 1 Deferred and Supplementary examination period
1
22/07/24
Monday 22 July
Semester 2 begins
2
29/07/24
3
5/08/24
4
12/08/24
Wednesday 14 August
Royal Queensland Show public holiday (Brisbane area only) (provisional)
5
19/08/24
6
26/08/24
7
2/09/24
8
9/09/24
9
16/09/24
Mid-Sem
23/09/24
Monday 23 – Friday 27
September
Universities Australia Common Vacation week
Mid-Semester break
10
30/09/24
Monday 30 September
Classes recommence
11
7/10/24
Monday 7 October
Queen’s Birthday public holiday (provisional)
12
14/10/24
13
21/10/24
Saturday 26 October
Semester 2 classes end
28/10/24
Monday 28 October – Friday 1
November
Semester 2 revision period
Saturday 2 November
Semester 2 examination period begins
4/11/24
Examination period continues
11/11/24
Saturday 16 November
Examination period/Semester 2 ends
18/11/24
Inter-Semester recess
1
25/11/24
Monday 25 November
Summer Semester begins
Wednesday 27 November
Semester 2 finalisation of grades
Sunday 1 December
UQC Trimester 1 Show Cause applications due for students who have
interrupted their studies
2
2/12/24
Monday 2 December
Graduation period begins
3
9/12/24
Graduation period continues
Tuesday 10 – Friday 13
December
Semester 2 Deferred and Supplementary examination period
4
16/12/24
Friday 20 December
Graduation period ends
Saturday 21 December
Classes end before Summer Semester break
Mid-Sem
23/12/24
Wednesday 25 December
Christmas Day public holiday (provisional)
Thursday 26 December
Boxing Day public holiday (provisional)
5
30/12/24
Wednesday 1 January
New Year’s Day public holiday (provisional)
Thursday 2 January
Summer Semester classes recommence
Sunday 5 January
Show Cause applications due for students who have interrupted their studies
6
6/01/25
Teaching
Week
Week
Beginning
Monday
Date
Approved Academic Calendar 2024
7
13/01/25
8
20/01/25
Saturday 25 January
Summer Semester classes end
27/01/25
Monday 27 January
Australia Day public holiday (provisional)
Monday 27 January – Friday
31 January
Summer Semester revision period
Saturday 1 February
Summer Semester Examination period begins
3/02/25
Saturday 8 February
Examination period/Summer Semester ends
10/02/25
17/02/25
Monday 17 February
Semester 1 begins
Thursday 20 February
Summer Semester finalisation of grades
