Cambridge term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

Compiled from University of Cambridge's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are University of Cambridge's published term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28: when each term starts and finishes, with the vacations between them. We take the dates from the university's own calendar (linked below) and recheck them each academic year. Reading weeks, exam periods and welcome week arrangements sit in the notes under each year where the university publishes them.

Cambridge term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Michaelmas term 2026 termTuesday 6 October 2026Friday 4 December 20269 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSaturday 5 December 2026Monday 18 January 2027
Lent term 2027 termTuesday 19 January 2027Friday 19 March 20279 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSaturday 20 March 2027Monday 26 April 2027
Easter term 2027 termTuesday 27 April 2027Friday 18 June 20278 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • These are Full Term dates. Cambridge defines Full Term as the eight week period in each term when undergraduate teaching takes place.
  • Full Terms run Tuesday to Friday.
  • The Cambridge academic year runs from 1 October to 30 September, and postgraduate study typically continues outside Full Term.

Cambridge term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Michaelmas term 2027 termTuesday 5 October 2027Friday 3 December 20279 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSaturday 4 December 2027Monday 17 January 2028
Lent term 2028 termTuesday 18 January 2028Friday 17 March 20289 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSaturday 18 March 2028Monday 24 April 2028
Easter term 2028 termTuesday 25 April 2028Friday 16 June 20288 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • These are Full Term dates, the eight week undergraduate teaching period within each term.
Source: these dates come from University of Cambridge's official term dates page, last checked by us on 12 September 2026. The university's page is the authority if anything changes mid-year. Read how we compile dates.

Common questions

When does Cambridge term start?

The next term at University of Cambridge is Lent term 2027, starting Tuesday 19 January 2027.

Do these dates apply to every course?

They're the university's published dates for standard undergraduate teaching. Postgraduate, medicine, law conversion and some professional courses often run longer or start earlier, and welcome week sits before the first term for new students. Your course handbook is the authority for anything that costs money to get wrong.

Where do these dates come from?

From University of Cambridge's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Family in Cambridge? School term dates work differently from university terms: see Cambridgeshire school term dates for the local authority's calendar.

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