Academic Year Calendars (2025-26) and (2026-27) can be found on the Academic Year Structure page
Academic Year Calendar (2024-25)
| Week | Week beginning | Academic Year Calendar 2024-25 | Term/Semester | |
| Undergraduate continuing years / Postgraduate all years | Undergraduate new first years | |||
| 1 | 26 Aug 2024 | Reassessment * (for Semesters 1 and 2 of 2023-24) |
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←Michaelmas Term begins/Semester 1 begins |
| 2 | 2 Sep 2024 | Orientation (Postgraduate, Visiting, Erasmus) Marking/Results |
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| 3 | 9 Sep 2024 | Teaching and Learning | ←Michaelmas Teaching Term begins
←Michaelmas Term ends Sunday 15 December 2024/Semester 1 ends |
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| 4 | 16 Sep 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Orientation (Junior Fresh undergraduate) | |
| 5 | 23 Sep 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 6 | 30 Sep 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 7 | 7 Oct 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 8 | 14 Oct 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 9 | 21 Oct 2024 | Study/Review | Study/Review | |
| 10 | 28 Oct 2024 | Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) | Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 11 | 4 Nov 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 12 | 11 Nov 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 13 | 18 Nov 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 14 | 25 Nov 2024 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 15 | 2 Dec 2024 | Revision *1 | Revision *1 | |
| 16 | 9 Dec 2024 | Assessment *1 | Assessment *1~ | |
| 17 | 16 Dec 2024 | Christmas Period |
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| 18 | 23 Dec 2024 | |||
| 19 | 30 Dec 2024 | |||
| 20 | 6 Jan 2025 | Foundation Scholarship Examinations ^ | ||
| 21 | 13 Jan 2025 | Marking/Results | Marking/Results | ←Hilary Term begins/Semester 2 begins |
| 22 | 20 Jan 2025 | Teaching and Learning |
Teaching and Learning | ←Hilary Teaching Term begins
←Hilary Term ends Sunday 20 April 2025 |
| 23 | 27 Jan 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 24 | 3 Feb 2025 | Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) |
Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) |
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| 25 | 10 Feb 2025 | Teaching and Learning |
Teaching and Learning |
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| 26 | 17 Feb 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 27 | 24 Feb 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 28 | 3 Mar 2025 | Study/Review | Study/Review | |
| 29 | 10 Mar 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 30 | 17 Mar 2025 | Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) | Teaching and Learning (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 31 | 24 Mar 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 32 | 31 Mar 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 33 | 7 Apr 2025 | Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning | |
| 34 | 14 Apr 2025 | Revision (Friday, Good Friday) | Revision (Friday, Good Friday) | |
| 35 | 21 April 2025 | Assessment *2 (Monday, Easter Monday) | Assessment *2 (Monday, Easter Monday) | ←Trinity Term begins |
| 36 | 28 Apr 2025 | Trinity Week (Monday, Trinity Monday) *2 | Trinity Week (Monday, Trinity Monday) *2 |
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| 37 | 5 May 2025 | Marking/Results (Monday, Public Holiday) | Marking/Results (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 38 | 12 May 2025 | Marking/Results | Marking/Results | |
| 39 | 19 May 2025 | Marking/Results | Marking/Results | |
| 40 | 26 May 2025 | Research | Research | ←Trinity Term ends Sunday 1 June 2025/Semester 2 ends |
| 41 | 2 Jun 2025 | Research (Monday, Public Holiday) | Research (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 42 | 9 Jun 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 43 | 16 Jun 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 44 | 23 Jun 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 45 | 30 Jun 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 46 | 7 Jul 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 47 | 14 Jul 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 48 | 21 Jul 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 49 | 28 Jul 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 50 | 4 Aug 2025 | Research (Monday, Public Holiday) | Research (Monday, Public Holiday) | |
| 51 | 11 Aug 2025 | Research | Research | |
| 52 | 18 Aug 2025 | Research + | Research + |
*Note: additional/contingency days may be required outside of the formal assessment/reassessment weeks
~Note: it may be necessary to hold a small number of JF examinations/assessments outside of semester 1
^Note: it may be necessary to hold some examinations/assessments in the preceding week
*1Note: semester 1 assessment session: 9 December 2024 to 14 December 2024 inclusive (contingency dates during week beginning 2 December 2024 to be confirmed)
*2Note: semester 2 assessment session: 22 April 2025 to 2 May 2025 inclusive (includes Council approved contingency dates: 29 April 2025 to 2 May 2025)
+Note: the academic year structure is due to be reviewed during 2024-25, any changes will be notified should Council approve any change
For details of courses taught/examined outside the formal academic year structure, contact the local School or Course Office
A printable accessible version, and previous and future years can be found on the Academic Year Structure page