Term Dates

University Centre Sparsholt will will re-open for students on Monday 6 January

• Autumn Term 2019

  1st years (full and part-time): Monday 16 September 2019 to Wednesday 11 December 2019

  2nd and 3rd years: Monday 23 September 2019 to Friday 13 December 2019

  MSc: Monday 23 September 2019 to Friday 13 December 2019

  Reading Break
  Monday 28 October 2019 to Friday 1 November 2019

  Christmas Holiday 2019
  Sparsholt will close at 5pm on Friday 13 December 2019 for the Christmas break.

• Spring Term 2020

  Monday 6 January 2020 to Thursday 2 April 2020 (12 teaching weeks)

  Reading Break
  Monday 17 February 2020 to Friday 21 February 2020

• Summer Term 2020

  Monday 20 April 2020 to Friday 12 June 2020 (7 teaching weeks)

  Bank Holiday Closure
  Friday 8 May 2020

  Monday 25 May 2020

  Reading Break
  Monday 25 May 2020 to Friday 29 May 2020

• Autumn Term 2020

  1st years (full and part-time): Monday 14 September 2020 to Wednesday 9 December 2020

  2nd and 3rd years: Monday 21 September 2020 to Friday 11 December 2020

  MSc: Thursday 24 September 2020 to Friday 11 December 2020

  Reading Break
  Monday 26 October 2020 to Friday 30 October 2020

  Christmas Holiday 2020
  Sparsholt will close at 5pm on Friday 11 December 2020 for the Christmas break.

• Spring Term 2021

  Monday 4 January 2021 to Thursday 1 April 2021 (12 teaching weeks)

  Reading Break
  Monday 15 February 2021 to Friday 19 February 2021

  Easter Public Holiday Weekend 

  Friday 2 April 2021 to Monday 5 April 2021

  Student Spring Holiday 

  Friday 2 April 2021 to Friday 16 April 2021

• Summer Term 2021

  Monday 19 April 2021 to Friday 11 June 2021 (7 teaching weeks)

  Bank Holiday Closure
  Monday 3 May 2021

  Monday 31 May 2021

  Reading Break
  Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2021

• Notices

  Each Reading Break commences on Friday at 5.00pm

  University Centre Year equates to 30 Teaching Weeks*

  * Although the HE teaching year is 30 weeks – this includes 5 days scheduled staff development training (to allow UCS to meet the DfE CPD requirement). As a consequence the taught time for degree students is equivalent to 29 weeks for HE programmes.