Key dates
Academic year 2018/19
Teaching Block 1
Monday 17 September 2018 to Friday 14 December 2018
Orientation Welcome Week (international and EU students)
Tuesday 11 September 2018 to Sunday 16 September 2018
Induction Week (all years)
Monday 17 September 2018 to Friday 21 September 2018
Consolidation Week
Monday 29 October 2018 to Friday 2 November 2018
Christmas Break
Monday 17 December 2018 to Friday 4 January 2019
Assessment Period and Directed Activity
Monday 7 January 2019 to Friday 18 January 2019
Teaching Block 2
Monday 21 January 2019 to Friday 10 May 2019
Orientation (International and EU students)
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Consolidation Week
Monday 4 March 2019 to Friday 8 March 2019
Easter Break
Monday 8 April 2019 to Friday 26 April 2019
Assessment Period
Monday 13 May 2019 to Friday 21 June 2019
(Within this period the formal examination weeks run from Monday 13 May 2019 to Friday 7 June 2019)
Referral Period
Monday 8 July 2019 to Friday 26 July 2019
Graduation Weeks
Our 2019 Graduation ceremonies will take place 11 July to 19 July 2019. Students will be notified of exact ceremony dates shortly.
Academic year 2019/20
Teaching block 1
Monday 16 September 2019 to Friday 13 December 2019
International student airport pickup
Tuesday 10 September 2019 - Wednesday 11 September 2019
International Orientation Programme (international students)
Thursday 12 September 2019 to Friday 13 September 2019
Induction Week (all years)
Monday 16 September 2019 to Friday 20 September 2019
Consolidation Week
Monday 28 October 2019 to Friday 1 November 2019
Christmas Break
Monday 16 December 2019 to Friday 3 January 2020
Assessment Period and Directed Activity
Monday 6 January 2020 to Friday 17 January 2020
Teaching block 2 (current)
Monday 20 January 2020 to Friday 8 May 2020
Teaching block 2 Consolidation Week
Monday 2 March 2020 to Friday 6 March 2020
Easter Break
Monday 30 March 2020 to Friday 17 April 2020
Assessment Period
Monday 11 May 2020 to Friday 19 June 2020
(Within this period the formal examination weeks run from Monday 11 May 2020 to Friday 5 June 2020)
Referral/Deferral Period
Faculty of Business and Law
Monday 13 July 2020 to Friday 31 July 2020
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries
Monday 20 July 2020 to Friday 7 August 2020
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Monday 13 July 2020 to Friday 31 July 2020
Faculty of Science and Health
Monday 20 July 2020 to Friday 7 August 2020
Faculty of Technology
Monday 20 July 2020 to Friday 7 August 2020
Individual submission dates will vary within the Referral/Deferral Period, and will be confirmed by the academic department
Graduation Weeks
In light of coronavirus and current Government advice, we've taken the difficult decision to postpone graduation ceremonies due to take place in July.
Please find further information on our graduation page.