Open days and visit days
Undergraduate open day | Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June 2024 |
Postgraduate campus tours | Until September 2023 |
Postgraduate taught open day | Wednesday 13 March 2024 |
Key academic dates
The Structure of the Academic Year (SAY) will change from September 2024. There will still be two teaching blocks, and we have acted on student feedback to change the timing of assessments and ensure that students are given information about their progression in good time.
The dates up to academic year 2025/26 will therefore look like this:
| 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
Welcome week | 18 to 22 September 2023 | 9 to 13 September 2024 | 15 to 19 September 2025 |
Teaching Block 1 | 25 September to 15 December 2023 | 16 September to 6 December 2024 | 22 September to 12 December 2025 |
TB1 Consolidation week | Decided by faculty | 21 to 25 October 2024 | 27 to 31 October 2025 |
TB1 Assessment preparation week | N/A | 2 to 6 December 2024 | 8 to 12 December 2025 |
TB1 Assessment period | Refer to January assessment period below | 9 to 13 December 2024 | 15 to 19 December 2025 |
Winter vacation | 18 December 2023 to 5 January 2024 | 16 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 | 22 December 2025 to 9 January 2026 |
Spring term starts | 8 January 2024 | 6 January 2025 | 12 January 2026 |
January assessment period | 8 to 19 January 2024 | Refer to TB1 assessment period above | Refer to TB1 assessment period above |
Teaching Block 2 | 22 January to 3 May 2024 | 13 January to 4 April 2025 | 19 January to 24 April 2026 |
TB2 Consolidation week | Decided by faculty | 17 to 21 February 2025 | 23 to 27 February 2026 |
TB2 Assessment preparation week | Refer to Summer revision week below | 31 March to 4 April 2025 | 27 April to 1 May 2026 |
Graduation: Winter degree congregations | 19 to 23 February 2024 | TBC | TBC |
Spring vacation | 25 March to 12 April 2024 | 7 to 25 April 2025 | 23 March to 10 April 2026 |
Summer revision week | 7 to 10 May 2024 | Refer to TB2 Assessment preparation week above | Refer to TB2 Assessment preparation week above |
TB2 Assessment period | 13 to 31 May 2024 | 28 April to 16 May 2025 | 5 to 22 May 2026 |
Summer vacation starts | 10 June 2024 | 26 May 2025 | 1 June 2026 |
Graduation: Summer degree congregations | 23 July to 1 Aug 2024 | TBC | TBC |
Standard reassessment coursework deadline | 5 August 2024 | TBC | TBC |
Reassessment period | 5 to 15 August 2024 | TBC | TBC |
PGT dissertation submission deadline | 5 September 2024 | 29 August 2025 | 4 September 2026 |
Summer vacation ends | 6 September 2024 | 12 September 2025 | TBC |
Please note that the academic dates above relate to the standard teaching, examination and term dates for students at the University. Some undergraduate and postgraduate programmes do not follow standard term dates; we will inform students on these programmes. Taught postgraduate students on most programmes use the summer months to complete a dissertation or research project.
An overview of the key changes to the structure of the academic year is available online, however if you have any urgent queries about the new Structure of the Academic Year please contact say-project@bristol.ac.uk.
University closure days and bank holidays
- 2023/24
- 2024/25
- 2025/26
2023/24
Winter 2023/24 closure
- Friday 22 December 2023 (closure day)
- Monday 25 December 2023 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 26 December 2023 (bank holiday)
- Wednesday 27 December 2023 (closure day)
- Thursday 28 December 2023 (closure day)
- Friday 29 December 2023 (closure day)
- Monday 1 January 2024 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 2 January 2024 (closure day)
Spring 2024 closure
- Friday 29 March 2024 (bank holiday)
- Monday 1 April 2024 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 2 April 2024 (closure day)
May 2024 bank holidays
- Monday 6 May 2024
- Monday 27 May 2024
Summer 2024 closure
- Monday 26 August 2024 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 27 August 2024 (closure day)
2024/25
Winter 2024/25 closure
- Tuesday 24 December 2024 (closure day)
- Wednesday 25 December 2024 (bank holiday)
- Thursday 26 December 2024 (bank holiday)
- Friday 27 December 2024 (closure day)
- Monday 30 December 2024 (closure day)
- Tuesday 31 December 2024 (closure day)
- Wednesday 1 January 2025 (bank holiday)
- Thursday 2 January 2025 (closure day)
Spring 2025 closure
- Friday 18 April 2025 (bank holiday)
- Monday 21 April 2025 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 22 April 2025 (closure day)
May 2025 bank holidays
- Monday 5 May 2025
- Monday 26 May 2025
Summer 2025 closure
- Monday 25 August 2025 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 26 August 2025 (closure day)
2025/26
Winter 2025/26 closure
- Wednesday 24 December 2025 (closure day)
- Thursday 25 December 2025 (bank holiday)
- Friday 26 December 2025 (bank holiday)
- Monday 29 December 2025 (closure day)
- Tuesday 30 December 2025 (closure day)
- Wednesday 31 December 2025 (closure day)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 (bank holiday)
- Friday 2 January 2026 (closure day)
Spring 2026 closure
- Friday 3 April 2026 (bank holiday)
- Monday 6 April 2026 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 7 April 2026 (closure day)
May 2026 bank holidays
- Monday 4 May 2026
- Monday 25 May 2026
Summer 2026 closure
- Monday 31 August 2026 (bank holiday)
- Tuesday 1 September 2026 (closure day)
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