Summer Semester
Summer Semester is an optional third semester for UQ students, or an opportunity to discover new knowledge and skills for non-UQ students.
Why study in Summer Semester?
UQ has a number of courses available for enrolment in the intensive 8-week Summer Semester each year, providing an opportunity to:
- Finish your degree faster (if you're a UQ student).
- Undertake courses to meet prerequisite requirements for another program.
- Discover new subject areas like anthropology, history, nutrition, criminology and economics.
- Study during a concentrated period and in smaller classes than ordinary semesters.
- Gain experience studying at university.
- Develop new skills and new ways of understanding the world.
- Enjoy the opportunity to study with a diverse group of people in a supportive environment.
If you're considering enrolling in Summer Semester because you want to satisfy program prerequisites or entry requirements, please contact Admissions for advice:
- Email: admissions@uq.edu.au
- Phone: 07 3365 2203.
Who can apply?
Anyone is eligible to enrol in the Summer Semester, but please note some courses are only available to UQ award students (i.e. current students who are enrolled in a UQ degree).
Past applicants have included:
- current UQ students
- students from other universities, including international students
- professionals
- adults from a range of backgrounds
- high-school students.
Before deciding to enrol, please read the course details carefully to determine if you meet eligibility requirements. Some courses may be restricted, or may have specific prerequisites.
In addition to courses offered through Summer Semester, the Institute of Modern Languages offers more than 30 language courses and UQ College offers English-language training.
What can I study?
The list of courses available in Summer Semester is published when enrolments open. Available courses may change from year to year.
View 2024/25 Summer Semester courses
Before deciding to enrol, please read the course details carefully to determine if you meet eligibility requirements. Some courses may be restricted or have specific prerequisites.
If you're a current UQ student, please note that you must not enrol in more than 6 units during Summer Semester.
If you want to enrol in more than 6 units, in accordance with the Enrolment Procedure, you will need special permission from your faculty's Associate Dean (Academic).
Please refer to Enrolment limits for details.
How to apply
Current UQ students
Other university students
If you're enrolled at another Australian university and you want to undertake a course at UQ during Summer Semester for credit towards your program at your home institution, you should apply as a "cross-institutional student".
Before you apply, make sure you get approval from your home university and confirm you can get credit for your UQ studies.
Apply for cross-institutional enrolment
All other interested applicants
All other interested applicants should enrol in Summer Semester as "non-award students".
"Non-award" simply means you are not enrolled in a program that would lead to award of a degree (i.e. an "award" is the qualification you earn after completing an academic program).
Non-award students typically undertake UQ courses for a range of reasons, including personal or professional development.
Before applying, please carefully read course details to determine if you meet eligibility requirements. Some courses may be restricted or have specific prerequisites.
Fees
See the 2024 fee schedules for the tuition fees and administrative charges applicable for Summer Semester 2023. Invoices for Summer Semester enrolments will become available in mid-November.
If you have any questions, please contact a Student Central.
Commonwealth Supported students
If you're a domestic UQ student studying in a Commonwealth Supported place or a domestic cross-institutional student, you may be eligible to enrol in Summer Semester as a Commonwealth Supported student if:
- you meet course eligibility requirements, and
- the course will count for credit towards your degree / program.
Submit a new HECS-HELP eCAF if:
- you're a cross-institutional student from another university and you are approved to enrol as a Commonwealth Supported student at UQ,
- you're a current UQ Commonwealth Supported student and you want to change your existing method of payment,
- you're commencing in a Commonwealth Supported Place in a new program in Summer Semester, or
- you have become eligible for a HECS-HELP loan for the first time in Summer Semester.
More information is available about HECS-HELP
Full fee paying students
Full fee-paying students include:
- international students
- non-award students
- most domestic postgraduate students
- some domestic undergraduate students (e.g. current UQ students who have recently gained permanent residency and do not have a Commonwealth Supported Place).
Domestic fee-paying students may be eligible to defer payment of their tuition fees through FEE-HELP.
How to make a payment
See the How to Pay page for information about payment methods.
Enrolling, timetables and class allocation
New students
If you're a new student, see the Starting at UQ website for advice on:
Current students
If you're a current student, see the my.UQ website for advice on:
Summer Semester important dates
Date | Event |
---|---|
Monday 27 May 2024 | mySI-net opens for addition of Summer Semester courses |
Monday 9 Sep 2024 | Summer Semester class timetable available to students |
Thursday 31 Oct 2024 | Application for cross-institutional enrolment due |
Thursday 31 Oct 2024 | Application for non-award enrolment due |
Friday 8 Nov 2024 | Due date for enrolment |
Monday 25 Nov 2024 | Classes commence |
Friday 6 Dec 2024 | Last date for addition or substitution of courses |
Friday 6 Dec 2024 | Due date for payment of fees and charges |
Wednesday 18 Dec 2024 | Summer Semester census date |
Wednesday 18 Dec 2024 | Last date to drop courses without financial liability |
Saturday 21 December 2024 | Mid-semester break commences |
Thursday 2 January 2025 | Classes resume after mid-semester break |
Thursday 2 January 2025 | Final date to withdraw without academic penalty – financial liability remains |
Saturday 25 Jan 2025 | Classes end |
Monday 27 Jan 2025 | Revision period commences |
Friday 31 Jan 2025 | Last day to withdraw from a Summer Semester course in mySI-net incurring financial liability and academic penalty |
Saturday 1 Feb 2025 | Examination period commences |
Saturday 8 Feb 2025 | Examination period and Summer Semester ends |
Thursday 20 Feb 2025 | Summer Semester finalisation of grades |
Saturday 8 Mar 2025 | Summer Semester Deferred and Supplementary exams |
Help and advice
Admission or enrolling (domestic students)
- Phone: 07 3365 2600
Admission or enrolling (international students)
Fees
- Phone: 07 3365 2328
UQ usernames and passwords
- Request IT support
All other inquiries
- Contact or visit a Student Centralfor help with academic and administrative matters
- Contact Student Support and Wellbeing Services for matters relating to disability plans, student support etc