Semester dates

For most undergraduate students, the academic year is split into two semesters. Each semester consists of a teaching period followed by examinations.

The enrolment and induction week in Semester 1 is for first year students only. Undergraduate students must:

• ensure they are available for all periods marked as teaching and examinations
• be ready to be available during re-sit examination periods.

Students on other programmes (including taught postgraduate programmes, and undergraduate programmes in the School of Education which run to a termly calendar) may have similar commitments to those described in these calendars. You should contact your Faculty for more information, including the confirmed schedule of examinations for your programme.

Courses that have a significant practice component may fall outside of normal semester dates.

For students on postgraduate taught programmes (PGT), the teaching element of the academic year is split into two semesters with the dissertation module undertaken during the summer semester. Semesters 1 and 2 consist of a teaching period followed by examinations.

The enrolment and induction is carried out in the first week of Semester 1 for September starters and where appropriate the first week of Semester 2 for January starters. Students must:

• ensure they are available for all periods marked as teaching and examinations
• be ready to be available during re-sit examination periods.

Students who are on courses that have a significant practice component which falls outside of normal semester dates, or who require more information, including the confirmed schedule of examinations for your programme, should contact your faculty for more information.  

Semester 1

• 16 - 20 September 2024  Enrolment and induction
• 23 September - 20 December 2024  Teaching period and exams

Semester 2

• 20 - 24 January 2025  Enrolment and induction
• 27 January - 11 April 2025  Teaching period
• 14 - 25 April 2025  Easter break
• 28 April - 2 May 2025  Teaching period and exams

Summer session

• 19 May - 29 August 2025  Teaching period and dissertations (Postgraduate Taught students)
• 26 September 2025  Master's dissertation submission deadline

International Foundation Programme

• 26 May to 15 August 2025  Teaching period and exams

Semester 1

• 18 - 22 September 2023  Enrolment and induction
• 25 September - 22 December 2023  Teaching period and exams

Semester 2

• 22 - 26 January 2024  Enrolment and induction
• 29 January - 22 March 2024  Teaching period
• 25 March - 5 April 2024  Easter break
• 8 April - 18 May 2024  Teaching period and exams

Summer session

• 28 May - 31 August 2024  Teaching period and dissertations (Postgraduate Taught students)
• 27 September 2024  Master's dissertation submission deadline

International Foundation Programme

• 28 May to 16 August 2024  Teaching period and exams

Semester 1

• 19 - 23 September 2022  Enrolment and induction
• 26 September - 22 December 2022  Teaching period and exams

Semester 2

• 23 - 27 January 2023  Enrolment and induction
• 30 January - 31 March 2023  Teaching period
• 13 - 14 April 2023  Easter break
• 17 April - 20 May 2023  Teaching period and exams

Summer session

• 22 May - 31 August 2023  Teaching period and dissertations (Postgraduate Taught students)
• 29 September 2023  Master's dissertation submission deadline

International Foundation Programme

• 22 May to 11 August 2023  Teaching period and exams

Also see:

• 2022/23 semester calendar for more information

Semester 1

• 13 - 17 September 2021  Enrolment and induction
• 20 September - 17 December 2021  Teaching period and exams

Semester 2

• 17 - 21 January 2022  Enrolment and induction
• 24 January - 8 April 2022  Teaching period
• 11 - 22 April 2022  Easter break
• 25 April - 14 May 2022  Teaching period and exams

Summer session

• 23 May - 31 August 2022  Teaching period and dissertations (Postgraduate Taught students)
• 30 September 2022  Master's dissertation submission deadline

International Foundation Programme

• 17 May 2021 to 31 August 2021  Teaching period and exams

Also see:

• 2021/22 semester calendar for more information

Semester 1

• 14 - 18 September 2020  Enrolment and induction
• 21 September - 19 December 2020  Teaching period and exams

Semester 2

• 18 - 22 January 2021  Enrolment and induction
• 25 January - 26 March 2021  Teaching period
• 29 March - 9 April 2021  Easter break
• 12 April - 15 May 2021  Teaching period and exams

Summer session

• 24 May - 31 August 2021  Teaching period and dissertations (Postgraduate taught students)
• 24 September 2021  Master's dissertation submission deadline

International Foundation Programme

• 17 May 2021 to 31 August 2021 Teaching period and exams

Also see:

• 2020/21 semester calendar for more information

• 2019/20 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2019/20 Postgraduate Taught semester dates
• International Foundation Programme - 18 May 2020 - 31 August 2020

• 2018/19 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2018/19 Postgraduate Taught semester dates
• International Foundation Programme - 20 May 2019 - 31 August 2019

• 2017/18 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2017/18 Postgraduate Taught semester dates

• 2016/17 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2016/17 Postgraduate Taught semester dates

• 2015/16 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2015/16 Postgraduate Taught semester dates

• 2014/15 Undergraduate Modular Programme semester dates
• 2014/15 Postgraduate Taught semester dates