2025/26 term dates
Teaching and assessment dates
The dates below are the standard teaching and assessment dates for most undergraduate and postgraduate courses. For postgraduate research courses term dates, please contact the Doctoral Academy.
Some programmes sit outside of these dates, such as education, nursing and other health care programmes ,which have their own structure for the academic year. Individual start dates are available via our preparing to study documents.
Your personal teaching timetable will be available from the timetabling publication date once you have registered on your course.
Courses starting in September 2025
| Period | Dates |
| Starting Block | 15 to 26 September 2025 |
| Teaching and assessment | 29 September 2025 to 23 January 2026 |
| Winter break | 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026 |
| Preparation week | 5 to 9 January 2026 Please refer to your programme leader for information about activities during the week. |
| Teaching and assessment | 26 January to 15 May 2026 |
| Spring break | 6 to 17 April 2026 |
| Graduation ceremonies |
Weeks commencing 20 and 27 July 2026. |
Courses starting in January 2026
| Period | Dates |
| Starting Block | 19 to 23 January 2026 |
| Teaching and assessment | 26 January to 15 May 2026 |
| Spring break | 6 to 17 April 2026 |
| Teaching and assessment | 18 May to 14 August 2026 |