Academic calendar 2024-25
Our Academic Calendar contains key dates for the 2024-25 academic year, including teaching weeks, exam periods and vacations for all taught courses.
The calendar information provided below is for:
- higher education courses at ARU's campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough and Writtle; and our academic partners in the UK
- college courses in Writtle (see the section 'College courses').
Higher education courses
Many of our undergraduate degrees are taught over two trimesters (Trimester 1, Trimester 2) but some are taught over three.
Trimester 1
- Welcome Week: 16-20 September 2024
- Trimester 1 teaching (11+1 weeks): 23 September–13 December 2024
- Examinations: 16–20 December 2024
Trimester 2
- Welcome Week: 13–17 January 2025
- Trimester 2 teaching (11+1 weeks): 20 January–11 April 2025
- Examinations: 28 April–14 May 2025
Trimester 3
- Trimester 3 teaching (11+1 weeks): 12 May–1 August 2025
- Examinations: 1–8 August 2025
Vacations
- Christmas: Monday 23 December 2024–Friday 3 January 2025 (inclusive)
- Easter: Monday 14 April–Friday 25 April 2025 (inclusive)
Download the academic calendar (higher education) 2024-25
College courses
These dates relate to further education courses at Writtle College.
Autumn term
- 2 September–20 December 2024 (induction for first-year students takes place from 2-6 September; returning students start back on Monday 9 September)
- Half-term 28 October–1 November 2024
Spring term
- 6 January–4 April 2025
- Half-term 17–21 February 2025
Summer term
- 24 April–13 June 2025
- Bank holidays 18 April, 21 April, 5 May, 26 May 2025
Inset days
(Teacher training, no pupils)
- 25 October 2024
- 14 November 2024
- 15 January 2025
- 23 April 2025
Vacations
- Christmas: 23 December 2024–3 January 2025 inclusive
- Easter: 7–21 April 2025 inclusive
Download the academic calendar (further education) 2024-25