Important Dates

Term dates

All students are required to keep full term, which means students must be resident in Cambridge for the entirety of term time. Find below the upcoming term dates for the next three academic years.

	Full Michaelmas Term	Full Lent Term	Full Easter Term
2021-2022	Tuesday 5 October - Friday 3 December	Tuesday 18 January - Friday 18 March	Tuesday 26 April - Friday 17 June
2022-2023	Tuesday 4 October - Friday 2 December	Tuesday 17 January -Friday 17 March	Tuesday 25 April - Friday 16 June
2023-2024	Tuesday 3 October - Friday 1 December	Tuesday 16 January - Friday 15 March	Tuesday 23 April - Friday 14 June

Travel days

Travel day is a day at the end of full term where the majority of people are expected to leave their rooms for the vacation.

Graduations

Graduation ceremonies, for undergraduates, take place usually near the beginning of July, when all results have been released. Timings differ for other degrees, more information can be found on the documents on this page.

Congregation Dates 2023

Homerton graduands may be presented in absentia at any congregation held at Senate House but may only be presented in person on specified dates. Upcoming dates are below:

1st April 2023 MA congregation only*
29th April 2023 Postgraduate congregation*
1st July 2023 General Admission*
22nd July 2023 Postgraduate congregation*
25th November 2023 Postgraduate congregation* TBC

* These are in-person, and guests are premitted in the Senate House. All events are subject to changes/cancellation in accordance to any changes in guidelines.

Subject Dinners

Subject Dinners are designed to bring together all students in the College in a particular discipline, from first year undergraduates to final year PhDs, together with their Directors of Studies and Supervisors, other Fellows in that field and guests, who may be formal visiting speakers or alumni. The dinners are free of charge (students can only attend the dinner relating to their subject area) and typically take place in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms. The Senior Tutor’s Office will be in touch with students with an invitation to their dinner and booking instructions.

Subject Dinner Dates 2022/23

Thursday 17th November	Economics, Land Economy, Law and Management Studies
Thursday 24th November	ASNC, Classics, English, Linguistics and MML
Thursday 19th January	Archaeology, Architecture, Foundation Year students, Geography, History of Art, Music, Philosophy and TRPR
Thursday 26th January	AMES, History, History and Modern Languages, History and Politics
Thursday 2nd February	Computer Science and Maths
Thursday 16th February	Chemical Engineering and Engineering
Thursday 23rd February	Education, Human, Social, and Political Sciences and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences
Friday 24th February	Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Thursday 2nd March	Natural Sciences