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 11th September 2023, 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 15th December 2023. The second semester begins with a consolidation week on Monday 8th January 2024 and the course timetables and teaching start during the following week. The second semester ends on 17th May 2024.

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 2023-2024 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 2023-24

Teaching takes place in two semesters as follows:

1. 11th September 2023 – 15th December 2023
   • Induction week: 11th – 15th September 2023
   • Teaching period: 18th September – 3rd December 2023
   • Formal assessment period: 4th December – 15th December 2023
2. 8th January 2024 – 17th May 2024
   • Consolidation week: 8th – 14th January 2024
   • Teaching period: 15th January – 31st March 2024
   • Spring holiday period: 1st April – 12th April 2024
   • Formal assessment period: 15th April – 17th May 2024

The University is CLOSED on the following dates:

• 25th September 2023 – bank holiday
• 23rd December 2023 – 7th January 2024 – Winter vacation
• 29th March, 1st April 2024 – Easter weekend
• 6th May 2024 – bank holiday

Dates of Examination Boards 2023-24

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.