Academic Year Structure 2017–18
| Week | Dates 2017/18 (week beginning) |
Outline Structure of Academic Year 2017/18 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Aug | Supplemental Examinations | Statutory Term (Michaelmas) begins |
| 2 | 4 Sep | ||
| 3 | 11 Sep | ||
| 4 | 18 Sep | Freshers’ Week/Undergraduate Orientation Week | |
| 5 | 25 Sep | Teaching Week 1 | Michaelmas Lecture term begins |
| 6 | 2 Oct | Teaching Week 2 | |
| 7 | 9 Oct | Teaching Week 3 | |
| 8 | 16 Oct | Teaching Week 4 | |
| 9 | 23 Oct | Teaching Week 5 | |
| 10 | 30 Oct | Teaching Week 6 (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 11 | 6 Nov | Teaching Week 7 – Study Week | |
| 12 | 13 Nov | Teaching Week 8 | |
| 13 | 20 Nov | Teaching Week 9 | |
| 14 | 27 Nov | Teaching Week 10 | |
| 15 | 4 Dec | Teaching Week 11 | |
| 16 | 11 Dec | Teaching Week 12 | ←Michaelmas term ends Sunday 17 December 2017 |
| 17 | 18 Dec |
Christmas Period (College closed 22 December 2017 to 1 January 2018, inclusive) |
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| 18 | 25 Dec | ||
| 19 | 1 Jan | ||
| 20 | 8 Jan | Foundation Scholarship Examinations | Note: it may be necessary to hold some exams in the preceding week. |
| 21 | 15 Jan | Teaching Week 1 | Hilary Term begins |
| 22 | 22 Jan | Teaching Week 2 | |
| 23 | 29 Jan | Teaching Week 3 | |
| 24 | 5 Feb | Teaching Week 4 | |
| 25 | 12 Feb | Teaching Week 5 | |
| 26 | 19 Feb | Teaching Week 6 | |
| 27 | 26 Feb | Teaching Week 7 – Study Week | |
| 28 | 5 Mar | Teaching Week 8 | |
| 29 | 12 Mar | Teaching Week 9 | |
| 30 | 19 Mar | Teaching Week 10 (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 31 | 26 Mar | Teaching Week 11 (Friday, Good Friday) | |
| 32 | 2 Apr | Teaching Week 12 (Monday, Easter Monday) | ←Hilary Term ends Sunday 8 April 2018 |
| 33 | 9 Apr | Revision Trinity Week (Monday, Trinity Monday) |
Trinity Term begins |
| 34 | 16 Apr | Revision | |
| 35 | 23 Apr | Revision | |
| 36 | 30 Apr | Annual Examinations 1 | Annual Examination period: Four weeks followed by five weeks for marking, examiners’ meetings, publication of results, Courts of First Appeal and Academic Appeals. |
| 37 | 7 May | Annual Examinations 2 (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 38 | 14 May | Annual Examinations 3 | |
| 39 | 21 May | Annual Examinations 4 | |
| 40 | 28 May | Marking/Courts of Examiners/Results | |
| 41 | 4 Jun | Marking/Courts of Examiners/Results (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 42 | 11 Jun | Marking/Courts of Examiners/Results | |
| 43 | 18 Jun | Marking/Courts of Examiners/Results/Courts of First Appeal | |
| 44 | 25 Jun | Courts of First Appeal/Academic Appeals | ← Statutory (Trinity) Term ends Sunday 1 July 2018 |
| 45 to 52 | 2 Jul – 26 Aug | Postgraduate dissertations/theses/research 1-8 | Eight weeks between end of statutory (Trinity) term and commencement of statutory (Michaelmas) term. This period is also used for writing up Masters dissertations and research theses due for submission in September. ← Ends Sunday 26 August 2018 |
Assessment, Progress and Graduation, Academic Registry, April 2017
For details of courses taught/examined outside the formal academic year structure, contact the local School or Course Office
A printable version can be found on the Academic Year Structure page