Academic Calendar

2024/2025 Academic Year

From 2024/25 the university teaching year is moving to a semester structure.  Read more on semesterisation and the changes we have made to improve course delivery from September with the Portfolio Review Project.

The following dates outline the new semester structure for September 2024/25 onwards, see more detail by week.  Please see below exceptions to the calendar for Postgraduate students.

* campus services may be operating different opening times, please check the student app for the latest news.

Exceptions for postgraduate students

Students on full-time postgraduate taught courses starting in either September or January do not have a Summer vacation period. Teaching begins from the start of Semester 2, as per your certificate of enrolment. You may have teaching,  assessment activities and/or a dissertation projects taking place through the Summer

Research students on full-time postgraduate research courses are required to be in continuous attendance. Annual leave must be requested and authorised in line with the PGR Holiday Request process.

If you hold a Tier 4 or Student visa to study in the UK, you are expected to be in the UK and attending all on campus activities during each Semester. All study must be undertaken inside the UK, this includes online exams, and working on/submitting assessments and dissertations.

International students who require further clarification and guidance around their specific vacation periods can visit the following web pages:  

• Your visa and working in the UK
• Travelling and your UK visa

Some of our programmes have start and end dates outside of the standard Academic Calendar. Details of these will be included in your programme-specific information.

*Week 6 is sometimes referred to as 'Reading Week', please check with your academic school if this is the case for your programme.