Semester and Term Dates - Swansea University

2019/20 Term and Semester Dates (approved by Senate 20/Nov/2018)

Michaelmas Term	Lent Term	Summer Term
23/09/2019 - 13/12/2019	06/01/2020 - 03/04/2020	27/04/2020 - 05/06/2020

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3
23/09/2019 - 24/01/2020	27/01/2020 - 05/06/2020	08/06/2020 - 30/09/2020

Term and Semester extended periods

Undergraduates on health, medicine or GDL programmes and postgraduate programmes can vary according to individual patterns of study and may have extended terms, semesters or study continuously for all or part of the programme.
Full time postgraduates are expected to study continuously in Semester 3.
PG Cert/Diploma programmes normally end in semester 2 and 18 month postgraduate courses will have an earlier semester end date.
To confirm extended term and semester dates, contact MyUniHub.

2019/20 Academic Year for Taught Programmes

Week	Event	Week start	Week Ending
-	Enrolment & Registration	-	-
1	Arrivals, Welcome & Induction	20/09/2019	27/09/2019
2	Teaching & Learning	30/09/2019	04/10/2019
3	Teaching & Learning	07/10/2019	11/10/2019
4	Teaching & Learning	14/10/2019	18/10/2019
5	Teaching & Learning	21/10/2019	25/10/2019
6	Teaching & Learning	28/10/2019	01/11/2019
7	Teaching & Learning	04/11/2019	08/11/2019
8	Teaching & Learning	11/11/2019	15/11/2019
9	Teaching & Learning	18/11/2019	22/11/2019
10	Teaching & Learning	25/11/2019	29/11/2019
11	Teaching & Learning	02/12/2019	06/12/2019
12	Teaching & Learning	09/12/2019	13/12/2019
13	Winter Graduation (16-18 December) Christmas Recess	16/12/2019	20/12/2019
14	Christmas Recess	23/12/2019	27/12/2019
15	Christmas Recess	30/12/2019	03/01/2020
16	Assessment begins 7 January	06/01/2020	10/01/2020
17	Assessment & Marking	13/01/2020	17/01/2020
18	Assessment & Marking	20/01/2020	24/01/2020
19	Teaching & Learning	27/01/2020	31/01/2020
20	Teaching & Learning	03/02/2020	07/02/2020
21	Teaching & Learning	10/02/2020	14/02/2020
22	Teaching & Learning	17/02/2020	21/02/2020
23	Teaching & Learning	24/02/2020	28/02/2020
24	Teaching & Learning	02/03/2020	06/03/2020
25	Teaching & Learning	09/03/2020	13/03/2020
26	Teaching & Learning	16/03/2020	20/03/2020
27	Teaching & Learning	23/03/2020	27/03/2020
28	Teaching & Learning	30/03/2020	03/04/2020
29	Easter Recess	06/04/2020	10/04/2020
30	Easter Recess	13/04/2020	17/04/2020
31	Easter Recess	20/04/2020	24/04/2020
32	Teaching & Learning	27/04/2020	01/05/2020
33	Revision week	04/05/2020	08/05/2020
34	Assessment & Marking	11/05/2020	15/05/2020
35	Assessment & Marking	18/05/2020	22/05/2020
36	Assessment & Marking	25/05/2020	29/05/2020
37	Assessment & Marking	01/06/2020	05/06/2020
38	Marking	08/06/2020	12/06/2020
39	College Boards	15/06/2020	19/06/2020
40	Award Boards & Degree Results	22/06/2020	26/06/2020
41	Progression Boards	29/06/2020	03/07/2020
42	Progression Results	06/07/2020	10/07/2020
43	Summer Graduation (13-18 July)	13/07/2020	17/07/2020
44	Summer Recess	20/07/2020	24/07/2020
45	Summer Recess	27/07/2020	31/07/2020
46	Summer Recess	03/08/2020	07/08/2020
47	Supplementary Assessment begins 12 August	10/08/2020	14/08/2020
48	Supplementary Assessment	17/08/2020	21/08/2020
49	Supplementary Boards	24/08/2020	28/08/2020
50	Supplementary Results (02 September)	31/08/2020	04/09/2020
51	Assessment Review	07/09/2020	11/09/2020
52	Student cases and appeals	14/09/2020	18/09/2020

2019/20 Academic Year for Research Programmes

Intake	Research Year	Programme	Candidature
October Quarter 1	01/Oct/2019 - 30/Sep/2020	Masters (1 year) Masters (2 year) Masters (4 year) Doctorate (3 year) Doctorate (6 year)	01/10/YY - 30/09/YY+1 01/10/YY - 30/09/YY+2 01/10/YY - 30/09/YY+4 01/10/YY - 30/09/YY+3 01/10/YY - 30/09/YY+6
January Quarter 2	01/ Jan/2019 - 31/Dec/2019	Masters (1 year) Masters (2 year) Masters (4 year) Doctorate (3 year) Doctorate (6 year)	01/01/YY - 31/12/YY 01/01/YY - 31/12/YY+1 01/01/YY - 31/12/YY+2 01/01/YY - 31/12/YY+3 01/01/YY - 31/12/YY+5
April Quarter 3	01/April/2019 - 31/Mar/2020	Masters (1 year) Masters (2 year) Masters (4 year) Doctorate (3 year) Doctorate (6 year)	01/04/YY - 31/03/YY+1 01/04/YY - 31/03/YY+2 01/04/YY - 31/03/YY+4 01/04/YY - 31/03/YY+3 01/04/YY - 31/03/YY+6
July Quarter 4	01/Jul/2019 - 30/Jun/2020	Masters (1 year) Masters (2 year) Masters (4 year) Doctorate (3 year) Doctorate (6 year)	01/07/YY - 30/06/YY+1 01/07/YY - 30/06/YY+2 01/07/YY - 30/06/YY+4 01/07/YY - 30/06/YY+3 01/07/YY - 30/06/YY+6

Important notice

The University reserves the right to change session dates up until the start of each session. If there are any corrections or changes required for this page please contact A.H.Phillips, Academic Services