On this page you will find the enrolment dates for all trimester and open programmes.
Please note, enrolment application close-off dates are subject to change. Enrol as soon as possible to ensure we receive your application in time.
Most of our trimester programmes have the same enrolment dates. Those with specific dates are listed below.
- Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing
- Open programme monthly dates
For exam dates and times check our exam dates page:
Exam dates and venue information
Trimester programmes
These dates are for all trimester programmes except those specified above.
Trimester 1, 2022
- Applications close - 15 February 2022
- Trimester 1 begins - 28 February 2022
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Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 May 2022
- Trimester 1 Final Exams - 13-17 June 2022
- Trimester 1 Officially Ends - 19 June 2022
Trimester 2, 2022
- Applications close 21 June 2022
- Trimester 2 begins 4 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 31 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 25 September 2022
- Trimester 2 Final Exams - 17-21 October 2022
- Trimester 2 Officially Ends - 23 October 2022
Last day withdrawing from 40/60-credit courses commenced Trimester 1 (no refund) 25 September 2022
Trimester 3, 2022
- Applications close 18 October 2022
- Trimester 3 begins 31 October 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 November 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 January 2023
- Trimester 3 Final Exams - 15-17 February 2023
- Trimester 3 Officially Ends - 19 February 2023
Last day for withdrawal from 40/60-credit courses commenced Trimester 2 (no refund) 22 January 2023
Early Childhood Education
The dates below are for OP7031 Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and NZ2851 NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care [Version 2]
Dates for the OLD OP7030 Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)(Closed to new enrolments) and NZ2851 NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care [Version 1] (Closed to new enrolments) are listed here.
Dates for OP7031 Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and NZ2851 NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Version 2)
Trimester 1 2022
- Applications for new students close – 31 January 2022
- Applications for re-enrolling students close - 15 February 2022 (these will be diploma graduates)
- Trimester 1 begins – 28 February 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 May 2022
- Trimester 1 officially ends - 19 June 2022
Trimester 2 2022
- Applications for new students close – 6 June 2022
- Applications for re-enrolling students close – 21 June 2022
- Trimester 2 begins – 4 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 31 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 25 September 2022
- Trimester 2 officially ends - 23 October 2022
Trimester 3 2022
- Applications for new students close – 26 September 2022
- Applications for re-enrolling students close –18 October 2022
- Trimester 3 begins – 31 October 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 November 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 January 2023
- Trimester 3 officially ends - 19 February 2023
The dates below are for OP7030 Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)(Closed to new enrolments) and NZ2851 NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care [Version 1] (Closed to new enrolments)
Trimester 1, 2022
- Applications for returning students close - 8 February 2022
- Trimester 1 begins - 21 February 2022
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Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 20 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 25 May 2022
- Trimester 1 officially ends - 26 June 2022
Trimester 2, 2022
- Applications for returning students close 27 June 2022
- Trimester 2 begins 11 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 7 August 2022
- Trimester 2 officially ends - 13 November 2022
Bachelor of Engineering Technology
The following dates relate to the Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering.
Trimester 1, 2022
- Applications close - 23 January 2022
- Trimester 1 begins - 21 February 2022
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Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 20 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 20 May 2022
- Trimester 1 Final Exams - 6-17 June 2022
- Trimester 1 officially ends - 19 June 2022
Trimester 2, 2022
- Applications close for September 2022 Residential Practice units* - 13 June 2022
- Applications close - 12 June 2022
- Trimester 2 begins - 11 July 2022
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Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 7 August 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 7 October 2022
- Applications close February 2023 Residential Practice units* - 17 October 2022
- Trimester 2 Final Exams - 24 October - 4 November 2022
- Trimester 2 officially ends - 6 November 2022
*There is no guarantee that USQ can provide an offer of place for the Residential Practice Units – please contact us to discuss enrolment in these units as soon as possible.
Trimester 3, 2022
- Applications close - 16 October 2022
- Trimester 3 begins - 14 November 2022
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Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 11 December 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 20 January 2023
- Trimester 3 Final Exams - 30 January - 10 February 2023
- Trimester 3 officially ends - 12 February 2023
Bachelor of Social Work
Trimester 1, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme Close -10 January 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Mid-late January 2022
- Interviews held - Mid - Late January 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Late January - early February 2022
- Enrolment Applications Close (re-enrolling learners) - 15 February 2022
- Trimester 1 officially begins -28 February 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 May 2022
- Trimester 1 final exams - 13-17 June 2022
- Trimester 1 ends - 19 June 2022
Subject to completing the admission process and being accepted into this programme, new students enrolling before 10 January 2022 will start studying in Trimester 1. If the admission process extends beyond mid-February 2022, new students accepted into the programme will start studying in Trimester 2, 2022.
Trimester 2, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme Close - 16 May 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Mid-late May 2022
- Interviews held - Late May - Early June 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Late January - early June 2022
- Enrolment Applications Close (re-enrolling learners) - 21 June 2022
- Trimester 2 officially begins - 4 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 31 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 25 September 2022
- Trimester 2 final exams - 17-21 October 2022
- Trimester 2 ends - 23 October 2022
Subject to completing the admission process and being accepted into this programme, new students enrolling before 16 May 2022 will start studying in Trimester 2. If the admission process extends beyond mid-June 2022, new students accepted onto the programme will start studying in Trimester 3, 2022
Trimester 3, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme Close - 12 September 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Mid-late September 2022
- Interviews held - Late September 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Late September - early October 2022
- Enrolment Applications Close (re-enrolling learners) - 18 October 2022
- Trimester 3 officially begins - 31 October 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 November 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 January 2023
- Trimester 3 final exams - 15-17 February 2023
- Trimester 3 ends - 19 February 2023
Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing
Trimester 1, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme close - 24 January 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Late January 2022
- Interviews held - Late January - Early February 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Early-Mid February 2022
- Enrolment applications close (re-enrolling learners) - 15 February 2022
- Trimester 1 begins - 28 February 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 March 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 May 2022
- Trimester 1 final exams - 13-17 June 2022
- Trimester 1 ends - 19 June 2022
Subject to completing the admission process and being accepted into this programme, new students enrolling before 24 January 2022 will start studying in Trimester 1. If the admission process extends beyond mid-February 2022, new students accepted into the programme will start studying in Trimester 2, 2022.
Trimester 2, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme close - 30 May 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Mid June 2022
- Interviews held - Mid-Late June 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Late June 2022
- Enrolment applications close (re-enrolling learners) - 21 June 2022
- Trimester 2 begins - 4 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 31 July 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 25 September 2022
- Trimester 2 final exams - 17-21 October 2022
- Trimester 2 ends - 23 October 2022
Subject to completing the admission process and being accepted into this programme, new students enrolling before 30 May 2022 will start studying in Trimester 2. If the admission process extends beyond mid-June 2022 new students accepted onto the programme will start studying in Trimester 3, 2022.
Trimester 3, 2022
- Applications for new admission to programme close - 12 September 2022
- Shortlisted new admission applicants contacted for interviews - Mid-Late September 2022
- Interviews held - Late September 2022
- Successful applicants contacted - Late September - Early October 2022
- Enrolment applications close (re-enrolling learners) - 18 October 2022
- Trimester 3 begins - 31 October 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (with refund) - 27 November 2022
- Last day for withdrawing (no refund) - 22 January 20232
- Trimester 3 final exams - 15-17 February 2023
- Trimester 3 ends - 19 February 2023
Open Programmes monthly dates for 20 and 32 week courses.
Each open course starts on the first Monday of the month you choose for enrolment. You must complete your study within the given start and end dates.
Your contractual enrolment period is based on the dates below. Your course’s teaching weeks will be less than this period. This is to allow time for marking, extensions, reassessments and for some courses exams. For example, a 20 week enrolment period is likely to have 16 teaching weeks, with the remaining four weeks for marking, extensions, etc.
Courses starting in 2021
20 week courses |
32 week courses |
September - 20 wk
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September - 32 wk
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October - 20 wk
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October - 32 wk
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November - 20 wk
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November - 32 wk
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December - 20 wk
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December - 32 wk
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Courses starting in 2022
20 week courses |
32 week courses |
January - 20 wk
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January - 32 wk
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February - 20 wk
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February - 32 wk
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March - 20 wk
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March - 32 wk
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April - 20 wk
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April - 32 wk
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May - 20 wk
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May - 32 wk
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June - 20 wk
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June - 32 wk
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July - 20 wk
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July - 32 wk
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August - 20 wk
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August - 32 wk
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September - 20 wk
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September - 32 wk
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October - 20 wk
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October - 32 wk
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November - 20 wk
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November - 32 wk
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December - 20 wk
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December - 32 wk
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