On this page:

• Open days and visit days
• Key academic dates
• University closure days and bank holidays

Open days and visit days

Undergraduate open day	Saturday 9 September 2023
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 Reading week	Decided by faculty	21 to 25 October 2024	27 to 31 October 2025
TB1 Revision week	N/A	2 to 6 December 2024	8 to 12 December 2025
TB1 assessment period	N/A	9 to 13 December 2024	15 to 19 December 2025
Winter vacation (undergraduate and postgraduate taught students only)	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	N/A	N/A
Teaching Block 2	22 January to 3 May 2024	13 January to 4 April 2025	19 January to 24 April 2026
TB2 Reading week	Decided by faculty	17 to 21 February 2025	23 to 27 February 2026
TB2 Revision week	N/A	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 (undergraduate and postgraduate taught students only)	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	N/A	N/A
TB2 assessment period	13 to 31 May 2024	28 April to 16 May 2025	5 to 22 May 2026
Summer vacation starts (undergraduate students only)	10 June 2024	26 May 2025	1 June 2026
Graduation: Summer degree congregations	TBC	TBC	TBC
Reassessment period	TBC	TBC	TBC
PGT submission	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.

If you have any 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)
• Tuesday 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)