Please find below a list of important dates for the 2020–2021 academic year.
These dates are based on our standard semester dates for taught programmes. For information on programmes that have non-standard semester dates, please see non-standard programmes.
Research degree programmes' start dates are normally 1 October, 1 January and 1 April of each year and the academic year runs from 1 August to 31 July.
| DATE | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 21 September to 25 September 2020 | Start of semester 1 (induction week) |
| 28 September 2020 to 29 January 2021 | Semester 1 teaching weeks |
| 18 November 2020 | Publication of January examination timetable |
| 19 December 2020 to 10 January 2021 | Winter vacation |
| 18 January to 29 January 2021 | Semester 1 assessment period |
| 29 January 2021 | End of semester 1 |
| 01 February to 04 June 2021 | Semester 2 teaching weeks |
| 22 February 2021 | Publication of May examination timetable |
| 27 March to 18 April 2021 | Easter vacation |
| 24 May to 04 June 2021 | Semester 2 assessment period |
| DATE | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 07 June 2021 | Start of Summer period for postgraduate taught |
| 12 July 2021 | Publication of results* |
| 26 July 2021 | Summer appeal deadline* |
| 24 September 2021 | End of postgraduate taught academic year |
*Please note that programmes in the Faculty of Health may have different dates and you should check these with the faculty.
For information on when a student has been deemed to have academically attempted a module, please refer to the information on withdrawing from a module.
For information on the fees payable by students interrupting or withdrawing from study, please refer to the information on withdrawing or interrupting study – fees payable.