Semester dates

Academic year 2017/18

Semester dates for the 2017/18 academic year.

Semester 1

18 September - 21 December, 2017
Date Event
11 - 17 September 2017 Welcome Week
18 September 2017 Semester 1 starts / Teaching block 1 starts
20 October 2017 Teaching block 1 ends
23 October 2017 Teaching block 2 starts
27 November - 1 December 2017 Graduations
1 December 2017 Teaching block 2 ends
4 - 7 December 2017 Revision
8 - 21 December 2017 Examinations
21 December 2017 Semester 1 ends
22 December 2017 Winter teaching vacation starts
23 December 2017 - 2 January 2018    University closed
12 January 2018 Winter teaching vacation ends

Semester 2

15 January -  25 May, 2018
Date Event
10 - 14 January 2018 January Welcome
15 January 2018 Semester 2 starts / Teaching block 3 starts
16 February 2018 Teaching block 3 ends
19 - 23 February 2018 Flexible Learning Week
26 February 2018 Teaching block 4 starts
6 April 2018 Teaching block 4 ends
9 - 20 April 2018 Spring teaching vacation starts
23 - 27 April 2018 Revision
30 April - 25 May 2018 Examinations
25 May 2018 Semester 2 ends
28 May 2018 Summer teaching vacation starts
30 June - 10 July 2018 Graduations
6 - 18 August 2018 Resit examinations

Veterinary School semester dates

Please note that the the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies operates slightly different semester dates to the rest of the University.

Vet School semester dates