QUT Academic Calendar 2025-2026: Key Dates and Deadlines

The QUT Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 is your essential roadmap for every key milestone from QUT term dates, enrolment and orientation weeks, and census dates, to tuition payment deadlines, course add/drop periods, and exam schedules.

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) academic calendar ensures you never miss critical cut-offs, such as the last day to withdraw without penalty or supplementary exam windows, allowing for seamless academic and financial planning across all QUT campuses.

QUT operates on a two‑semester plus summer program model:

• Semester 1: February – June, starting with Welcome Week, teaching blocks, and exams.
• Semester 2: July – November, with Welcome Week, teaching blocks, and exams.
• Summer Program: November - February, featuring intensive summer teaching and final exams.

Key planning points:

• Enrolment & Registration windows open well before Semester 1 and Semester 2 teaching starts—lock in your classes early to secure your spots.
• Census Dates fall around the end of Week 4 in each semester—ensure you’re settled by then to avoid financial liability.
• Public Holidays (e.g., Good Friday, Anzac Day, King’s Birthday) and IT maintenance periods are clearly marked to help plan study and assignments.

Keep the QUT Academic Calendar 2025‑2026 front and center—whether you’re mapping out a full semester load, squeezing in a Summer Program course, or preparing for exam season, having these QUT semester dates at your fingertips ensures you stay on track to thrive at Queensland University of Technology.

QUT Academic Calendar Semester 2 2025

The following are the QUT Semester 2 dates 2025 from the QUT Academic Calendar for 2025–2026.

1. Class Timetable Release and Adjustment begins on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, and continues through Friday, August 8, 2025.
2. The Class Allocation Request form period runs from Monday, July 7, 2025, to Friday, August 1, 2025, for exceptional circumstances requiring class time changes.
3. Welcome Week takes place from Monday, July 14, 2025, to Friday, July 18, 2025.
4. QUT Semester 2 teaching begins on Monday, July 21, 2025.
5. The last day to add units via eStudent is Friday, August 1, 2025.
6. The final date to accept QTAC offers is Saturday, August 2, 2025.
7. Late enrolment requests for adding units are accepted from Saturday, August 2, 2025, to Friday, August 15, 2025.
8. QTAC deferment confirmation letters for on-time applications are sent on Friday, August 8, 2025.
9. The Royal Queensland Show public holiday is observed on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
10. The final date to email QUT Admissions for QTAC deferment requests is Friday, August 15, 2025.
11. The last day to defer QTAC offers (for eligible courses) is Friday, August 15, 2025.
12. IT maintenance may affect student systems from Saturday, August 23, 2025, to Sunday, August 24, 2025.
13. The draft examination timetable is released on Friday, September 5, 2025.
14. The final examination timetable is released at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025.
15. The first teaching block ends on Friday, September 19, 2025.
16. The withdrawal deadline without academic penalty is Friday, September 19, 2025.
17. QTAC deferment confirmation letters for late requests are sent on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
18. The second teaching block begins on Monday, September 29, 2025.
19. IT maintenance may affect student systems from Saturday, October 4, 2025, to Sunday, October 5, 2025.
20. The King’s Birthday public holiday is observed on Monday, October 6, 2025.
21. The second teaching block ends on Friday, October 24, 2025.
22. The examination period runs from Saturday, November 1, 2025, to Saturday, November 15, 2025.

QUT Academic Calendar Summer 2025-2026

The following are the QUT term dates for Summer 2025-2026 from the QUT Academic Calendar.

1. QTAC early round Summer offers become available at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
2. QTAC early round Summer offers become available at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
3. The due date to make QTAC deferment change requests to return early or extend deferment beyond Summer is Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
4. The Class Preferencing Period runs from Monday, October 13, 2025, to Friday, October 24, 2025, allowing students to select preferences for class times.
5. QTAC Summer top-up round offers become available at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 13, 2025.
6. QTAC Summer top-up round offers become available at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
7. QTAC Summer top-up round offers become available at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
8. The Summer teaching period begins on Monday, November 17, 2025.
9. Christmas Day is observed on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
10. Boxing Day is observed on Friday, December 26, 2025.
11. New Year’s Day is observed on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
12. Australia Day is observed on Monday, January 26, 2026.
13. The Summer examination period runs from Monday, February 9, 2026, to Friday, February 20, 2026.
14. The Summer teaching period ends on Friday, February 20, 2026.

QUT Academic Calendar Semester 1 2026

The following are the QUT Semester 1 dates 2026 from the QUT Academic Calendar for 2025–2026.

1. QUT applications for Semester 1, 2026, open on Friday, August 1, 2025.
2. QTAC applications open at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, for the Year 12 Early Offer Scheme.
3. The ATAR registration portal opens at QTAC for current Queensland Year 12 students on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
4. QTAC applications open at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
5. First invitations for the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme are sent on Monday, September 1, 2025.
6. Subsequent invitations for the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme are sent weekly starting Monday, September 1, 2025.
7. QTAC deferment change requests to return early or extend deferment are due by Monday, September 29, 2025.
8. QTAC applications are due on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
9. The final date to submit applications for postgraduate psychology and counseling courses is Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
10. QTAC early round offers become available at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
11. Course transfer applications open for domestic undergraduate students on Friday, October 3, 2025.
12. Applications close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, for acting programs.
13. Return from QTAC deferment offers are released on Monday, October 13, 2025.
14. QTAC early round offers become available at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 20, 2025.
15. The final date to list eligible degrees in top QTAC preferences for the Year 12 Early Offer Scheme is Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
16. Final invitations for the Year 12 Early Offer Scheme are sent on Friday, October 24, 2025.
17. Welcome Week takes place from Monday, February 16, 2026, to Friday, February 20, 2026.
18. Teaching Block 1 runs from Monday, February 23, 2026, to Wednesday, April 2, 2026.
19. QUT Easter Break 2026 is from Friday, April 3, 2026, to Monday, April 6, 2026. Good Friday is observed on Friday, April 3, 2026. Easter Saturday is observed on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Easter Monday is observed on Monday, April 6, 2026.
20. IT maintenance may affect student systems from Saturday, March 28, 2026, to Tuesday, April 29, 2026.
21. Anzac Day is observed on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
22. Teaching Block 2 runs from Monday, April 13, 2026, to Friday, May 29, 2026.
23. Labour Day is observed on Monday, May 4, 2026.
24. The examination period runs from Saturday, June 6, 2026, to Saturday, June 20, 2026.

To explore the QUT Academic Calendar 2025-2026 and download the PDF, visit the Queensland University of Technology Calendar website.