Please see below for key dates for Academic Year 2025-26. To access key dates for future standard academic years, please follow the links on the right-hand side of this page.
Teaching at the University typically takes place across two semesters (‘Semester 1’ and ‘Semester 2’). Each semester encompasses an initial welcome/consolidation and development week, an 11-week teaching block, a formal assessment period and vacation dates.
Please note: Teaching Block dates below primarily relate to the standard academic year structure for undergraduate students. Postgraduate Taught programmes may have alternative start dates – Please check with your Department or School for further details.
Last updated: 20 November 2024
Semester 1 (S1)
15 September 2025 - 9 January 2026
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome and development week |
15 September 2025 to 21 September 2025 |
1 week |
| S1 Teaching block 1 |
22 September 2025 to 7 December 2025 |
11 weeks |
| University closed | 29 September 2025 | |
| Autumn Graduations |
Dates to come |
|
| Formal assessment period |
8 December 2025 to 19 December 2025 |
2 weeks |
| Student holiday: Winter vacation | 22 December 2025 to 9 January 2026 (inclusive) | 3 weeks |
| University closed | 24 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 (inclusive) | |
Semester 2 (S2)
12 January 2026 - 22 May 2026
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidation and development week | 12 January 2026 to 18 January 2026 | 1 week |
| S2 Teaching block 2 | 19 January 2026 to 5 April 2026 | 11 weeks |
| Spring Graduations | Dates to come | Find out more about Graduations |
| University closed | 3 April 2026 and 6 April 2026 | |
| Student holiday: spring vacation |
7 April 2026 to 17 April 2026 (inclusive) |
2 weeks |
| Formal assessment period | 20 April 2026 to 22 May 2026 | 5 weeks |
| University closed |
4 May 2026 |
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Other key dates
25 May 2026 - 11 September 2026
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| University closed |
25 May 2026 |
|
| Student holiday: summer vacation |
25 May 2026 to 11 September 2026 (inclusive) |
16 weeks |
| Summer Graduations |
Dates to come |
Find out more about Graduations |
| University closed | 17 July 2026 to 20 July 2026 | |
| Formal assessment period |
29 July 2026 to 11 August 2026 |
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Please note: this information may be subject to change.
*This represents the University’s standard academic year structure as outlined in the Policy on the Academic Year and Teaching Calendar. Senate has overall responsibility for determining the shape of the standard academic year.