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Academic Year Calendar (2025-26)

Week Week Beginning Undergraduate Continuing Years / Postgraduate All Years Undergraduate New First Years Term/Semester
1 25 Aug 2025 Reassessment 2024-25 (Semesters 1 and 2)   ←Michaelmas Term begins/Semester 1 begins
2 1 Sep 2025 Marking/Results    
3 8 Sep 2025 Marking/Results
Orientation
(Postgraduate, Visiting, Erasmus)
   
4 15 Sep 2025 Teaching and Learning Orientation (Junior Fresh Undergraduate) ←Michaelmas Teaching Term begins
5 22 Sep 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
6 29 Sep 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
7 6 Oct 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
8 13 Oct 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
9 20 Oct 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
10 27 Oct 2025 Study/Review (Monday, Public Holiday) Study/Review (Monday, Public Holiday)  
11 3 Nov 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
12 10 Nov 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
13 17 Nov 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
14 24 Nov 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
15 1 Dec 2025 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
16 8 Dec 2025 Revision/Assessment* Revision/Assessment* ←Michaelmas Term ends Sunday 14 December 2025/Semester 1 ends
17 15 Dec 2025 Assessment* Assessment*  
18 22 Dec 2025 Assessment*/Christmas Assessment*/Christmas  
19 29 Dec 2025 Christmas Period
(College closed 24 December 2025 to 1 January 2026, inclusive)
Christmas Period
(College closed 24 December 2025 to 1 January 2026, inclusive)
 
20 5 Jan 2026 Foundation Scholarship Examinations Foundation Scholarship Examinations  
21 12 Jan 2026 Marking*** Marking*** ←Hilary Term begins/Semester 2 begins
22 19 Jan 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning ←Hilary Teaching Term begins
23 26 Jan 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
24 2 Feb 2026 Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday)  
25 9 Feb 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
26 16 Feb 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
27 23 Feb 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
28 2 Mar 2026 Study/Review Study/Review  
29 9 Mar 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
30 16 Mar 2026 Teaching and Learning (Tuesday, Public Holiday) Teaching and Learning (Tuesday, Public Holiday)  
31 23 Mar 2026 Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning  
32 30 Mar 2026 Teaching and Learning (Friday, Good Friday) Teaching and Learning (Friday, Good Friday)  
33 6 Apr 2026 Teaching and Learning (Monday, Easter Monday) Teaching and Learning (Monday, Easter Monday)  
34 13 Apr 2026 Revision Revision ←Hilary Term ends Sunday 19 April 2026
35 20 Apr 2026 Trinity Week (Monday, Trinity Monday)/Assessment** Trinity Week (Monday, Trinity Monday)/Assessment** ←Trinity Term begins
36 27 Apr 2026 Assessment** Assessment**  
37 4 May 2026 Marking/Results (Monday, Public Holiday) Marking/Results (Monday, Public Holiday)  
38 11 May 2026 Marking/Results Marking/Results  
39 18 May 2026 Marking/Results Marking/Results  
40 25 May 2026 Research Research ←Trinity Term ends Sunday 31 May 2026/Semester 2 ends
41 1 Jun 2026 Research (Monday, Public Holiday) Research (Monday, Public Holiday)  
42 8 Jun 2026 Research Research  
43 15 Jun 2026 Research Research  
44 22 Jun 2026 Research Research  
45 29 Jun 2026 Research Research  
46 6 July 2026 Research Research  
47 13 July 2026 Research Research  
48 20 July 2026 Research Research  
49 27 July 2026 Research Research  
50 3 Aug 2026 Research (Monday, Public Holiday) Research (Monday, Public Holiday)  
51 10 Aug 2026 Research Research  
52 17 Aug 2026 Research Research  
53 24 Aug 2026 Reassessment 2025-26 (Semesters 1 and 2) Reassessment 2025-26 (Semesters 1 and 2)  

* Note: Semester 1 assessment session: December 11 to 22, 2025 inclusive (no assessment after December 22nd)
** Note: Semester 2 assessment session: April 21 to May 1, 2026 inclusive
*** Note: Marking of Semester 1 assessments will continue into January and early February. Provisional Semester 1 results will be made available to students during the week commencing February 9, 2026


For details of courses taught/examined outside the formal academic year structure, contact the local School or Course Office.

Printable, accessible versions, future and previous years can be found on the Academic Year Structure page.