Our College Year
Study at Trinity is different to other universities.
Our college year commences in the last week of January with an Orientation and intensive program that runs across two weeks.
This is an essential prerequisite for all full time and Greek language students. There are also essential components of the week that part time students should attend to get the best preparation for their time at Trinity.
What your normal week will look like
Monday at College is usually class contact free to allow time for study either at home or in the college library.
Lectures run across three blocks –
mornings run from 9.00 am–12.15 pm, afternoons from 2.15 pm–5.20 pm and
evenings from 6.15 pm-9.30pm.
Click here to view our current timetable
A full time student can expect to have
four classes each week (Semester 1) and five classes per week (Semester 2). For GradDip and MDiv students they need to allow the equivalent of one extra class
per week for seminars. This equals 12—15 class contact hours for BTh and 15—18
class contact hours for GradDip and MDiv students.
For one day each week lunchtime includes our Communication and Notices time where all students and staff come together to hear about events and news.
Pastoral Care groups and Ministry Focus run for one hour following lunch - this is time set aside explicitly for the pastoral and spiritual side of life at college. All full time students are expected to attend these and part time students are encouraged to take up the opportunity to put their academic work into practice. Ministry Focus timetable
Our semesters run across 18 weeks (excluding orientation in Semester 1).
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13 weeks are teaching weeks
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2 weeks are exam weeks
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1 week in Semester 2 is a Mission Week
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1 week prior to the exams is study break
The remaining two weeks in Semester 1 and one week in Semester 2 are class free weeks - these generally have no class contact. Occasionally catch up classes are run to makeup for classes missed due to public holidays.
Academic Calendar overview link