Key Dates
Key dates within the 2020/21 session to support the academic administrative cycle.
The key dates on this page are also available in an additional format:
- 'STUDENT Systems' calendar in the Outlook global address list
University of Edinburgh Semester dates:
Semester 1
| Week | W/Beginning | Activities |
| Welcome week 2020/21 | 14-Sep-2020 |
Monday 14th September: Welcome Week International check-in |
| 01. | 21-Sep-2020 |
Monday 21st: Semester 1 starts / Start of Teaching Block 1 International check-in |
| 02. | 28-Sep-2020 |
Thursday 01st October: 2021/22 apply links open for Direct and Other Admissions Friday 02nd: Deadline for course setup Friday 02nd: Deadline for student course enrolments (except with special permission as per regulations) |
| 03. | 05-Oct-2020 |
Cancel new and continuing students who have completed no matriculation action (excluding PTUS) Friday 09th: Exam timetabling deadline for student course enrolments/removals |
| 04. | 12-Oct-2020 | Monday 12th: Cancel courses for new and continuing students who have not had attendance confirmed (excluding PTUS) |
| 05. | 19-Oct-2020 |
Friday 23rd: End of Teaching Block 1 Teaching delivery period slots created for 2021/22 |
| 06. | 26-Oct-2020 |
Monday 26th: Start of Teaching Block 2 Cancel or withdraw students who have failed to complete matriculation (excluding PTUS) Friday 30th: Deadline for student course removals - only withdrawals allowed after this date |
| 07. | 02-Nov-2020 |
TBC: Exam timetable published to students
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| 08. | 09-Nov-2020 | Friday 13th November: Noon deadline for publication of awards for students due to graduate in November |
| 09. | 16-Nov-2020 | |
| 10. | 23-Nov-2020 | |
| 11. | 30-Nov-2020 |
TBC: Virtual graduation celebrations Tuesday 01st: PG EERS rollover and 2020/21 reports created Friday 04th December: End of Teaching Block 2 |
| 12. | 07-Dec-2020 | Thursday 10th - Monday 21st : Exams (including weekends) |
| 13. | 14-Dec-2020 | Thursday 10th - Monday 21st : Exams (including weekends) |
| 14. | 21-Dec-2020 |
Monday 21st: Semester 1 ends / Winter vacation begins |
| 15. | 28-Dec-2020 | Winter vacation |
Semester 2
| Week | W/Beginning | Activity |
| 16. | 04-Jan-2021 |
Wednesday 06th – Sunday 10th: Welcome for students commencing studies in January International check-in |
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17. |
11-Jan-2021 |
Monday 11th: Semester 2 starts / Start of Teaching Block 3 International check-in |
| 18. | 18-Jan-2021 |
Friday 22nd: Deadline for course setup |
| 19. | 25-Jan-2021 |
Cancel new and continuing students who have completed no matriculation action (excluding PTUS) Friday 29th: Deadline for student course enrolments/removal
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| 20. | 01-Feb-2021 |
Monday 01st: Cancel courses for new and continuing students who have not had attendance confirmed (excluding PTUS) |
| 21. | 08-Feb-2021 |
Friday 12th: Curriculum rollover (courses/DPTs) Friday 12th: DPS Rollover Friday 12th: End of Teaching Block 3 Friday 12th: Courses with no student enrolments for previous 6 academic years closed |
| 22. | 15-Feb-2021 |
Cancellation of students who have not completed matriculation (excluding PTUS) Monday 15th: Noon deadline for Semester 1 UG course results to be published to students in EUCLID Monday 15th – Friday 19th: Flexible Learning Week Friday 19th: Noon deadline for Semester 1 PGT course results to be published to students in EUCLID |
| 23. | 22-Feb-2021 | Monday 22nd: Start of Teaching Block 4 |
| 24. | 01-Mar-2021 |
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| 25. | 08-Mar-2021 | Monday 8th: Exam timetable published to students |
| 26. | 15-Mar-2021 | |
| 27. | 22-Mar-2021 | |
| 28. | 29-Mar-2021 |
Friday 02nd April: Teaching Block 4 ends |
| 29. | 05-Apr-2021 | Monday 05th – Friday 16th: Spring vacation |
| 30. | 12-Apr-2021 |
Monday 05th – Friday 16th: Spring vacation |
| 31. | 19-Apr-2021 |
Exam revision Thursday 22nd: Publish 2021/22 DRPS and Path |
| 32. | 26-Apr-2021 |
Monday 26th April – Saturday 22nd May: Exams (including Saturdays and Sundays) |
| 33. | 03-May-2021 | Monday 26th April – Saturday 22nd May: Exams (including Saturdays and Sundays) |
| 34. | 10-May-2021 |
Monday 26th April – Saturday 22nd May: Exams (including Saturdays and Sundays) |
| 35. | 17-May-2021 |
Monday 26th April – Saturday 22nd May: Exams (including Saturdays and Sundays) Friday 21st: Semester 2 ends |
| 36. | 24-May-2021 |
Summer teaching vacation starts |
| 37. | 31-May-2021 | |
| 38. | 07-Jun-2021 |
Friday 11th June: Noon deadline for ratified marks for Honours course to be in EUCLID following course boards CAS issuance for September 2021 applicants begins |
| 39. | 14-Jun-2021 |
Thursday 17th and Friday 18th June: Joint Programme Board Dates (Honours) |
| 40. | 21-Jun-2021 |
Tuesday 22nd: Noon deadline for publication of awards and course marks for all students who are due to graduate in Summer 2021 Friday 25th: Deadline for marks for non-Honours courses to be ratified in EUCLID following course boards (to be published to students at same time as progression decisions in July)
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| 41. | 28-Jun-2021 |
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| 42. | 05-Jul-2021 |
Tuesday 6th: Noon deadline for publication of progression decisions and course marks for all continuing students (UG) Friday 9th: Noon deadline for publication of progression decisions and course marks for all continuing students (PGT) |
| 43. | 12-Jul-2021 |
Friday 16th: Student rollover into 2021/22 academic session Friday 16th: Annual registration opens for August/September continuing PGs and August continuing UGs |
| 44. | 19-Jul-2021 |
Thursday 22nd: Student records created for 2021/22 PG September new entrants |
| 45. | 26-Jul-2021 |
Sunday 01st August: Academic Year 2021/22 begins Sunday 01st: UG EERS rollover and 2021/22 reports created |
| 46. | 02-Aug-2021 |
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| 47. | 09-Aug-2021 |
Reassessment period |
| 48. | 16-Aug-2021 |
Reassessment period Student records created for 2021/22 UG September new entrants Annual registration opens for September continuing UGs |
| 49. | 23-Aug-2021 | |
| 50. | 30-Aug-2021 | Friday 3rd: Noon deadline for resit marks to be ratified in EUCLID following resit exam boards |
| 51. | 06-Sep-2021 |
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| 52. | 13-Sep-2021 |
Monday 13th: Noon deadline for publication of progression decisions to students following outcome of Resit Exams Diet Welcome Week 2021/22 begins |