Please see below for key dates for Academic Year 2024-25. 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: 17 January 2025
Semester 1 (S1)
16 September 2024 - 10 January 2025
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome and development week | 16 September 2024 to 22 September 2024 | 1 week |
| S1 Teaching block 1 | 23 September 2024 to 8 December 2024 | 11 weeks |
| University closed | 30 September 2024 | |
| Autumn Graduations | 31 October 2024 to 8 November 2024 | Find out more about Graduations |
| Formal assessment period | 9 December 2024 to 20 December 2024 |
2 weeks |
| Student holiday: Winter vacation | 23 December 2024 to 10 January 2025 (inclusive) | 3 weeks |
| University closed | 23 December 2024 to 5 January 2025 (inclusive) | |
Semester 2 (S2)
13 January 2025 - 23 May 2025
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidation and development week | 13 January 2025 to 19 January 2025 | 1 week |
| S2 Teaching block 2 | 20 January 2025 to 6 April 2025 | 11 weeks |
| Spring Graduations | 17 March 2025 to 18 March 2025 | Find out more about Graduations |
| University closed | 18 April 2025 and 21 April 2025 | |
| Student holiday: spring vacation |
07 April 2025 to 17 April 2025 (inclusive) |
2 weeks |
| Formal assessment period | 22 April 2025 to 23 May 2025 | 5 weeks |
| University closed | 5 May 2025 | |
Other key dates
26 May 2025 - 12 September 2025
| Event | Dates | Standard academic year structure* |
|---|---|---|
| University closed | 26 May 2025 | |
| Student holiday: summer vacation |
26 May 2025 to 12 September 2025 (inclusive) |
16 weeks |
| Summer Graduations |
24 June 2025 to 4 July 2025 |
Find out more about Graduations |
| University closed |
18 July 2025 to 21 July 2025 |
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| Formal assessment period |
30 July 2025 to 12 August 2025 |
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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.