Term dates

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The academic year is divided into three terms known as trimesters.  

2024/2025 academic year

Activity Start Date End Date
Welcome week 9 September 2024 15 September 2024
Trimester 1 16 September 2024 13 December 2024
Christmas break 16 December 2024 5 January 2025
Trimester 2 13 January 2025 9 May 2025
Easter break 31 March 2025 18 April 2025
Inter-trimester break  12 May 2025 23 May 2025
Trimester 3 2 June 2025 29 August 2025
Graduation 7 July 2025 11 July 2025

Further information for students

  • Each trimester is 13 weeks. (39 weeks in total). The dates that your programme starts and finishes within these weeks will vary, as all programmes vary slightly in length. It is typical for undergraduate courses to be taught over two trimesters only but some courses, e.g. healthcare related, may include teaching during all three trimesters.
  • A personalised version of each student’s timetable can be found on Blackboard which is available after registration. Ahead of that, indicative student timetables are available at course level on our timetabling website but these are subject to change annually.
  • Inter-trimester breaks are the weeks between a trimester ending and a new one beginning. These are usually the last three weeks of a trimester.
  • Induction week is the week prior to the start of the student’s first trimester.
  • For terms and conditions, see our student terms and conditions page.

Further information for staff

For staff, detailed information on the term dates can be found on the Almanac hub page.

Graduation

Find out more about Graduation.