Teaching takes place in two semesters – both with an eleven week teaching period followed by a formal assessment period. You must register for classes before the beginning of each academic year. The University’s web page on Registration provides detailed information about how to register.

Semester 1 begins with induction week on Monday 16th September 2024, during which you will have pre-term registration and welcome meetings. The normal course timetables and teaching start the following week. The first semester ends on 20th December 2024. The second semester begins with a consolidation week on Monday 13th January 2025 and the course timetables and teaching start during the following week. The second semester ends on 23rd May 2025.

You can consult the module timetables to find the timetable for a particular module. To work out where lectures, labs and tutorials are held, you will need to understand the University Building Codes that are used to describe the locations of rooms, and you may need to consult the University Campus maps. You will also need to be able to understand the week numbers that are used on the central timetables so please consult the 2024-2025 Week Labels. In addition to fixed lecture, tutorial and lab times – our labs tend to be open for longer periods for unsupervised work (see lab access times) – you are expected to carry out a considerable amount of work outside fixed contact hours.

For individual class deadlines (including project deadlines) see the individual class pages on Myplace. For exam information and exam dates see Pegasus for a personalised exam timetable in the build up to the exam period.

Term dates 2024-25

Teaching takes place in two semesters as follows:

1. 16th September 2024 – 20th December 2024
   • Induction week: 16th – 22nd September 2024
   • Teaching period: 23rd September – 8th December 2024
   • Formal assessment period: 9th December – 20th December 2024
2. 13th January 2025 – 23rd May 2025
   • Consolidation week: 13th – 19th January 2025
   • Teaching period: 20th January – 6th April 2025
   • Spring holiday period: 7th April – 17th April 2025
   • Formal assessment period: 22nd April – 23rd May 2025

The University is CLOSED on the following dates:

• 30th September 2024 – bank holiday
• 24th December 2024 – 5th January 2024 – Winter vacation
• 18th April, 21st April 2025 – Easter weekend
• 5th May 2025 – bank holiday

Dates of Examination Boards 2024-25

Examination Boards will take place on the following dates:

• Honours/Integrated Masters Examination Board (for years 4 and 5), Mid-May.
• Pre-Board A for years 1-3, late May/early June (this makes provisional recommendations which are presented later to General Board A)
• General Board A for years 1-3, late May/early June (this considers examination results from the January and May examination diets)
• Pre-Board A for years 1-3, during late August / early September (this makes provisional recommendations from the August examination diet which are presented later to General Board A)
• General Board A for years 1-3, during late August / early September (this considers examination results from the August examination diet)

Dates on this page should be confirmed via the Key Dates pages.