Important dates for exchange/short-term study abroad students

Academic year 2023/24

Autumn / Semester 1 *

  • Arrival/Moving In: Wednesday 13 September 2023
  • Exchange Orientation (obligatory): 14- 15 September
  • Welcome Week: 18-22 September
  • Teaching: 25 September - 8 December
  • Winter Vacation: 9 December 2023 – 1 January 2024
  • Revision Week: 2-5 January (classes for some)
  • Exams: 8-26 January, including Saturdays
  • Depart: 27/28 January
  • Vacation Week for Full-Year Students: 27 January - 4 February
  • Results Released & Transcripts Sent: around 28 February 2024

Spring / Semester 2 *

  • Arrival/Moving In: Wednesday 31 January 2024
  • Exchange Orientation (obligatory): 1-2 February
  • Teaching: 5 February - 10 May
  • Spring Vacation: 23 March - 14 April (no classes but some field trips)
  • Revision Week: 13-17 May
  • Exams: 20 May - 7 June
  • Depart: 8/9 June
  • Results Released & Transcripts Sent: around 7 July for 3rd-year undergraduates; 10 July for all other students
  • Reassessments: around last 2 weeks of August
  • Reassessment Results Released & Transcripts Sent: around mid-September 2024

* Please note, nursing, midwifery and paramedic science programmes have different semester dates to these.

Academic year 2022/23

Autumn / Semester 1*

  • Arrive: Wednesday 14 September 2022
  • Exchange Orientation (Obligatory): 15-16 September
  • Welcome Week: 19-23 September
  • Teaching: 26 September – 9 December
  • Winter vacation: 10 December – 2 January 2023 (no mandatory classes)
  • Revision Week: 3-6 January (classes for some)
  • Exams: 9-27 January, including Saturdays
  • Depart: 28/29 January
  • Vacation Week for full-year students: 28 January - 5 February 2023

Spring / Semester 2*

  • Arrive: Wednesday 1 February 2023
  • Exchange Orientation (Obligatory): 2-3 February
  • Teaching: 6 February – 12 May
  • Spring vacation: 1-23 April (no mandatory classes)
  • Revision Week: 15-19 May
  • Exams: 22 May - 9 June, including Saturdays
  • Depart: 10/11 June
  • Exam Results: 5 July for 3rd year undergraduate; 13 July for all others; November - postgraduate final results
  • Reassessments: 14-25 August
  • Reassessment Results: 14 September 2023

*Please note, nursing, midwifery and paramedic science programmes have different semester dates to these.