Session Dates for Postgraduate Taught Programmes commencing January 2024
| 2024 | January | Monday | 8 | Start of Semester 2* teaching | |
| March | Friday | 22 | End of Semester 2* teaching | ||
| Monday | 25 | Spring Vacation starts | |||
| April | Friday | 12 | Spring Vacation ends | ||
| Monday | 15 | Start of revision/examination period | |||
| May | Friday | 3 |
End of examination period End of Semester 2 |
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| Monday | 6 | May Day Holiday | |||
| Tuesday | 7 | Start of Summer Semester teaching/dissertation period† | |||
| July | Monday | 15 | Fair Monday Holiday | ||
| Friday | 19 | End of Summer Semester teaching | |||
| Monday | 22 | Start of revision | |||
| Friday | 29 | Start of examination period for programmes with teaching in Summer Semester | |||
| August | Monday | 16 | End of examination period for programmes with teaching in Summer Semester | ||
| Monday | 19 | Start of dissertation period for programmes with teaching in Summer Semester | |||
| September | Monday | 23 | Start of Semester 1 for programmes with teaching in this period‡ | ||
| October | Monday | 14 | Start of resit examination period for programmes with teaching in Summer Semester | ||
| December | Friday | 6 | End of Semester 1/end of resit examination period for programmes with teaching in Summer Semester | ||
| Monday | 9 | Start of revision and examination period for programmes with teaching in Semester 1 | |||
| Friday | 20 |
End of examination period for programmes with teaching in Semester 1§ End of Semester 1 |
* Reference to this first period of teaching as ‘Semester 2’ is to align with standard University terminology for this part of the Academic Year.
† Some programmes have teaching in the Summer Semester, in others, this is the dissertation period. Please refer to the School concerned for details of dates for specific programmes. Dissertation submission dates are set separately for each programme and will be provided by the School.
‡ Reference to this period as Semester 1 (although it will be the second period of teaching for some programmes) is to align with standard University terminology for this part of the Academic Year. Some programmes have teaching in Semester 1, in others, this is the dissertation period. Please refer to the School concerned for details of dates for specific programmes. Dissertation submission dates are set separately for each programme and will be provided by the School.
§ Where teaching (rather than the project/dissertation) takes place in the September to December period, resits may take place in April/May 2024. Please refer to your school for confirmation.