Getting started

Year 1 timetabling information

Once you are enrolled in MEDI7100 Foundations of Medicine, you will need to choose a timetable pathway.

Your chosen pathway will set your timetable for the first 16 weeks and apply for the entire academic year.

Important dates

• Preferencing opens: Midday, Thursday 8 January 2026
• Preferencing closes: Midday, Monday 12 January 2026 
• Timetable pathway released: Midday, Tuesday 13 January 2026
• Group swap requests open: Midday, Tuesday 13 January 2026
• Group swap requests close: Midday, Friday 16 January 2026
• Final timetable confirmed: Midday, Monday 19 January 2026

Campus information

Greater Brisbane students

• Main location: St Lucia campus
• Procedural Skills workshops:
  • RBWH Health Sciences Building
  • TRI Building (Princess Alexandra site).
• Most whole-cohort classes: Online
• Some Monday and Tuesday morning classes: In-person at St Lucia

Regional Medical Pathways

In-person classes will be held at the following locations:

• Bundaberg: Barolin Street Campus & CQU Bundaberg Campus & Bundaberg Regional Clinical Unit
• Rockhampton: Central Queensland University North Rockhampton Campus & Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit
• Darling Downs (Toowoomba): University of Southern Queensland & Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit.

Classes are scheduled either online or in-person and the location is denoted in the timetable.

Timetable pathways

Timetable pathways are based on the Foundations of History & Examination (H&E) tutorial. You will preference a pathway linked to your H&E tutorial group (TUT2).

To view your timetable pathways:

1. Download your Learning Community below via Excel
2. Click on the ‘Read Only’ button once popup appears
3. Browse the pathways assigned to that community (each tab is a different pathway).
    

Please note: This is an indicative timetable only. Your actual classes may vary once your timetable is released.

Timetable preferencing

• Year 1 medical students will only be required to submit a preference for course MEDI7100, class TUT2.
• Rank your preferrred timetable pathways in order.
• You can change your preferences anytime during the 5-day preferencing period.

Group availability

• Greater Brisbane students: Groups 1–3
• Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Darling Downs students: Groups 1–3 (specific to your cohort).

After you are assigned a timetable pathway, all other classes will be added to your timetable after the swap period.

Timetable allocations

• The system will allocate you to your highest possible preference.
• Not all students will receive their first choice.
• If you do not preference or miss out on your preferences, you can allocate yourself during the swap period.
• Greater Brisbane students cannot join Central Queensland, Wide Bay, or Darling Downs groups.

To ensure a balanced learning environment, allocations consider:

• Gender distribution
• Program (MD and MD Ochsner)
• Admission group (international/domestic)

Tip: Preference up to 10 different groups for the best chance of getting your preferred timetable.

Timetable swap

After TUT2 allocations are released, there will be a swap period:

• Swap period opens: Midday, Tuesday 13 January 2026
• Swap period closes: Midday, Friday 16 January 2026.

During this time, you can allocate yourself into another timetable pathway, if: 

• there is space in the group you want
• you meet the demographic configuration.

To swap your timetable:

1. Log in to My Timetable
2. Select TUT2
3. Groups with space will show an “Allocate” button.

Please note: Allocating to a new group means you give up your original spot.

If your preferred group is full:

• Click the heart icon next to the group number to join the swap waitlist
• If another student wants to swap into your current group, the system will process the swap
  Please note: the heart function does not guarantee a swap. It only works if a matching swap occurs.
• Keep checking your timetable during the swap period for available spaces.

After the swap period closes, you cannot re-allocate yourself.

Travel

Travel time between St Lucia Campus and hospital sites is built into the timetable:

• St Lucia → Princess Alexandra (PA): ~30 minutes
• St Lucia → Royal Brisbane (RBWH): ~60 minutes.

The Brisbane City Council bus service (M2) runs frequently between UQ Lakes Station and RBWH Station.

Rural students will have a 30-minute travel period between the clinical unit and partner university

Require assistance?

You can contact Andrew or Sandra in the Student Administration Team for assistance by emailing med.mytimetable@uq.edu.au or by calling +61 7 3346 4922.