Undergraduate and postgraduate taught

The new academic term starts on Monday 28 September. During this first week we will be running online induction activities that will be delivered on-demand and flexibly. Teaching will begin on Monday 5 October. On-campus teaching for postgraduate taught programmes will begin on 19 October.

Postgraduate research

The academic year will start on 21 September. Please speak to your supervisor for more details. 

Non-standard programmes

Non-standard programmes, including professional programmes like veterinary science, have different start dates. Find out the start dates for non-standard programmes. 

We will provide information about when you can access your accommodation in the next few weeks.

Tuition fees are unaffected, as you will be accessing our quality teaching and support. There will not be a discount.

We are developing a strong, research-rich blended learning curriculum in response to the pandemic.

This combines face-to-face small group teaching and mentoring with new innovative and engaging online teaching and learning.

This means there will be a blend of high-quality on-campus and online education in 2020/21.

If you are unable to travel to Bristol, we will be making arrangements for online access to your programme of study. However, for some programmes there will be requirements around in-person teaching.

We will need to deliver traditional large scale lectures online to keep you and our staff safe.

Spending 50 minutes in large lecture theatres with between 100-400 students is currently not safe during this pandemic.

We will not be scheduling teaching events which do not meet current safety protocols.

However, we will constantly review this approach in line with the evolving public health situation and government advice.

Many of our programmes are taught through small-group settings such as seminars, lab classes and tutorials.

We will try to continue to teach these in person to enable you to engage with your teaching and learning. However, we must follow any national safety guidelines in place at the time.

Supervision for research projects will continue in person or online as appropriate.

We are building in flexibility and resilience to our courses so we can either:

• increase the face-to-face components during the year if the pandemic resolves more quickly than expected, or
• increase the online components if subsequent waves occur and lead to further restrictions.

We will constantly review this approach in line with the evolving public health situation and government advice.

Your safety and wellbeing is our priority.

We are implementing social distancing measures across our campuses.

As part of our approach we will use dedicated entrances and exits along with one-way systems, queues and distance markers combined with other safety measures like hand sanitising stations. This will include:

• teaching and study spaces
• libraries
• laboratories
• residences
• social and sports facilities
• and our outdoor spaces.

We will follow government guidance between now and the proposed physical re-opening of our campus. Any action we take will be made with your safety in mind.

We will clean and disinfect our buildings regularly to reduce the opportunity for transmission and provide extra hand washing and sanitising facilities.

Where required, we will provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for example clinical teaching and research facilities.

We are monitoring the UK government's advice relating to travellers coming to the UK. This will ensure we have the right measures and arrangements in place to support you next year.

Late arrivals

We have flexibility to accommodate you if you arrive onto campus late due to delays leaving your home country.

We will continue to check all travel restrictions and will provide updates where necessary.

Our Careers Service is now offering many of its services online. This includes, the Bristol Plus award, help finding internships and work experience and a range of other support.

We are working with Bristol Students' Union to offer you more volunteering opportunities.