These are our standard term dates. Dates vary for some postgraduate courses. Always check course pages as some courses have different term dates to the standard ones shown here.
We close on UK public holiday dates.
2023-2024 standard university term dates
Undergraduate, postgraduate and graduate diploma
- Autumn term: Monday 25 September 2023 – Friday 8 December 2023 (Welcome Week starts 18 September 2023)
- Spring term: Monday 8 January 2024 – Friday 15 March 2024 (week 5 is a non-teaching week for undergraduate courses)
- Summer term: Monday 8 April 2024 – Friday 14 June 2024
Foundation
- Autumn term: Monday 11 September 2023 – Friday 15 December 2023
- Spring term: Monday 8 January 2024 – Thursday 28 March 2024
- Summer term: Monday 15 April 2024 – Friday 24 May 2024
2024-2025 standard university term dates
Undergraduate
- Autumn term: Monday 30 September 2024 - Friday 13 December 2024 (Welcome Week starts 23 September 2024)
- Spring term: Monday 13 January 2025 - Friday 21 March 2025 (week 5 is a non-teaching week for undergraduate courses)
- Summer term: Monday 14 April 2025 - Friday 20 June 2025
Postgraduate full time courses - 12 months
- Autumn term: 23 September 2024 – 13 December 2024 (12 weeks) (Induction week starts 16 September 2024)
- Spring term: 13 January 2025 – 21 March 2025 (10 weeks)
- Summer term: 14 April 2025 – 19 September 2025 (23 weeks)
Postgraduate full time courses - 15 months
- Autumn term: 23 September 2024 – 13 December 2024 (12 weeks) (Induction week starts 16 September 2024)
- Spring term: 13 January 2025 – 21 March 2025 (10 weeks)
- Summer term: 14 April 2025 – 4 July 2025 (12 weeks)
- Autumn term: 15 September 2025 – 28 November 2025 (11 weeks)
Postgraduate extended full time courses – 2 years
- Autumn term: 23 September 2024 – 6 December 2024 (11 weeks) (Induction week starts 16 September 2024)
- Spring term: 13 January 2025 – 21 March 2025 (10 weeks)
- Summer term: 14 April 2025 – 20 June 2025 (10 weeks)
Postgraduate January start – full time
13 January 2025 – 5 December 2025 (45 weeks, including 2 weeks of vacation time).
Foundation
- Autumn term: Monday 16 September 2024 - Friday 20 December 2024
- Spring term: Monday 6 January 2025 - Friday 28 March 2025
- Summer term: Monday 14 April 2025 - Friday 30 May 2025
Heads of College approve course variations and other requirements, like times of attendance and alignment with staff contracts.