Academic year (term dates)
A full breakdown of the current and forthcoming term dates at City.
2019/20 academic year
Undergraduate and Pre-Registration Students: Term Dates 2019/20
Please note that these dates are subject to review and may change.
Autumn Term: 26 August 2019-3 January 2020, with main student activity 16 September-6 December 2019
- Holidays: 26 August-13 September
- Pre-Sessional Maths (Cass Undergraduate pre-sessional maths students only): 4-13 September
- Student induction/ Welcome Week (stage one students only): 16-20 September
- Teaching: 23 September-6 December
- Holidays: 9 December-3 January 2020
Spring Term: 6 January-1 May 2020, with main student activity 6 January-3 April 2020
- Assessment period: 6-17 January [programmes with no assessments at this time may incorporate other learning activities, including teaching, during this period]
- Teaching: 20 January-3 April
- Teaching (Cass Undergraduate Foundation Year programmes only): 6 January-3 April with reading week 17-21 February
- Holidays: 6 April – 1 May
Summer Term: 4 May-21 August 2020, with main student activity 4 May-29 May 2020
- Assessment period: 4-29 May OR Teaching (and related assessments)/ Placement activity: 4 May-5 June
- Teaching (Cass Undergraduate Foundation Year programmes only): 4 May-19 June
- Summer Term activity (applicable to certain programmes only – students should refer to their programme handbook): 1-19 June (up to 26 June for some placement activity)
- Holidays: 1 June-21 August for programmes with no summer term activity; 22 June-21 August for programmes with summer term activity
- Graduation: see our graduation pages
- Resits: 10 - 21 August
The following term dates are different:
- Nursing
- Radiography
- Midwifery
- Nursing Studies
Students studying on these programmes should refer to their programme handbook.
Postgraduate and Post-Registration Students: Term Dates 2019/20
Please note that these dates are subject to review and may change.
Autumn Term: 26 August 2019- 3 January 2020, with main student activity 16 September- 6 December 2019
- Holidays: 26 August-13 September
- Student induction/ Welcome Week: 16- 20 September
- Teaching: 23 September- 6 December
- Holidays: 9 December-3 January 2020
Spring Term: 6 January- 1 May 2020, with main student activity 6 January- 3 April 2020
- Assessment period: 6- 17 January [programmes with no assessments at this time may incorporate other learning activities, including teaching, during this period]
- Teaching: 20 January-3 April
- Holidays: 6 April - 1 May
- Graduation: see our graduation pages
Summer Term: 4 May-21 August 2020
- Assessment period: 4-29 May
- Study, including dissertation completion/placement 1 June-21 August [Dissertation and term end dates differ for different programmes; see Programme Handbooks for more information. Some dissertation deadlines may continue into the following academic year]
- Resits: 10 - 21 August
NB: The following term dates are different:
- Bar Professional Training Course
- Legal Practice Course
- Graduate Diploma in Law
For details of the above, see applicant information on the City Law School website.
- MBAs: see the pages for each of the MBAs on the Cass Business School Website
- Charities MScs
- Specialist Masters programmes at Cass
- For details of the above MScs, see the Tuition Fees and Term Dates pages on the Cass Business School website.
- International Journalism: see programme information on the School of Arts & Social Sciences website. Please note: student induction for this programme is 9-13 September 2019.
2020-21 academic year
Undergraduate and Pre-Registration Students: Term Dates 2020/21
Please note that these dates are subject to review and may change.
Autumn term: 24 August 2020-3 January 2021 with main student activity 14 September-4 December 2020
- Holidays: 24 August-11 September
- Student induction/ Welcome Week (stage one students only): 14-18 September
- Teaching: 21 September-4 December
- Holidays: 7 December-2 January 2020
Spring term: 4 January-11 April 2021, with main student activity 4 January-2 April 2021
- Assessment period: 4-15 January [programmes with no assessments at this time may incorporate other learning activities, including teaching, during this period]
- Teaching: 18 January-2 April
- Holidays: 5 April – 1 May
Summer term: 12 April-20 August 2020, with main student activity 3 May-20 August 2021
- Assessment period: 3-28 May OR Teaching (and related assessments)
- Summer Term activity (applicable to certain programmes only – students should refer to their programme handbook): 31 May-18 June
- Holidays: 31 May-20 August for programmes with no summer term activity; 21 June-20 August for programmes with summer term activity
- Graduation: see our graduation pages
- Resits: 9 - 20 August
The following term dates are different:
- Nursing
- Radiography
- Midwifery
- Nursing Studies
Students studying on these programmes should refer to their programme handbook.
BSc Health Sciences is a distance learning programme. Please contact your programme administrator for more information.
Closure days
Please note that the following days are bank holidays in the UK and the University will be closed:
25 December 2019, 26 December 2019, 1 January 2020, 10 April 2020, 13 April 2020, 8 May 2020 (during exams), 25 May 2020 (during exams) and 31 August 2020.
In addition, the University closes for an extended period over Christmas: 24 December 2019 – 1 January 2020 inclusive.