Admissions

Current as of 23 June 2023

Day student entry years are Year 5 and Year 7 only.

• Year 5 day students are in line with the Catholic Schools agreement (Please follow this link for further information). Applications close on 31 May two years prior to commencement. Applications received after this time will be waitlisted.

• Year 7 day student applications close on 15 February, three years prior to commencement. Applications received after this date will be waitlisted.

• Day student entry in other year levels is subject to availability, and all applications will be waitlisted.

Boarding student entry years are mainly Year 7 to Year 9. 

Boarding applications are accepted for all year levels, subject to availability. The majority of boarding students will commence in Year 7.

For more than 130 years, boarding has been at the heart of Nudgee College, and we are committed to continuing to provide the opportunity for families from across rural, regional and remote Australia. Their sons need to live away from home to attend school.

Entry Years

Students commencing in 2023:

• Year 5 to Year 12 entry in 2023, waitlisting day and boarding.
• Please email admissions@nudgee.qld.edu.au for any queries.

Students commencing in 2024: 

• Year 5 to Year 12 entry in 2024, waitlisting day and boarding.
• Please email admissions@nudgee.qld.edu.au for any queries.

Students commencing in 2025: To apply, please follow this link

• Year 5 entry in 2025, applications closed 31 May 2023. All new applications received after this date will be waitlisted. 
• Years 6, 7, 8 and 9 entry in 2025, waitlisting day and limited boarding positions available.
• Years 10, 11 and 12 entry in 2025, waitlisting day and limited boarding positions available.

Students commencing in 2026 and beyond:

• Year 5 entry in 2026, accepting applications. To apply, please follow this link. Closing date 31 May 2024. 
• Year 7 entry in 2026, waitlisting day and limited boarding positions available. To apply, please follow this link.
• Years 8 to 10 in 2026, boarding, accepting applications. To apply, please follow this link.

Please consider applying if your son's year level is currently waitlisted. Family movement can occur across year levels and vacancies do become available. We will contact you if we have your details as soon as a position becomes available.

Please email admissions@nudgee.qld.edu.au for any queries.

All new applications for Year 11 and/or 12 for Nudgee College, please ensure you read the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) Transfer of Student Enrolment information.

This includes transferring students from Queensland, Interstate, VET Qualifications and Overseas Students.

Please contact the Admissions Office via email (admissions@nudgee.qld.edu.au) with a completed application form and all supporting documents.

For consistency of the timing of offers, Catholic Boys Schools have altered their enrolment procedures so that offers of places at their Colleges will be sent out during the last week of Term 3. All responses due back the first week of Term 4. Read more here.

This Collection Notice explains in general terms how we protect the privacy of the personal information you provide when you are enrolling your child or your child is enrolled at the College.