Nottingham term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

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

These are University of Nottingham'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.

Nottingham term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Autumn Term 2026 termMonday 21 September 2026Friday 11 December 202612 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSaturday 12 December 2026Sunday 10 January 2027
Spring Term 2027 termMonday 11 January 2027Thursday 25 March 202711 weeks
Easter vacation vacationFriday 26 March 2027Sunday 25 April 2027
Summer Term 2027 termMonday 26 April 2027Friday 18 June 20278 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • The university also publishes semester dates: Autumn Semester Monday 21 September 2026 to Friday 22 January 2027, and Spring Semester Monday 25 January to Friday 18 June 2027.
  • Welcome Week runs Monday 21 September to Friday 25 September 2026.
  • The winter vacation runs Monday 14 December 2026 to Friday 8 January 2027, and the spring vacation Friday 26 March to Friday 23 April 2027.
  • Autumn exams run Monday 11 January to Friday 22 January 2027, and spring exams Monday 17 May to Friday 4 June 2027.
  • The reassessment period runs Monday 16 August to Friday 27 August 2027.

Nottingham term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Autumn Semester 2027 termMonday 27 September 2027Friday 28 January 202818 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday 29 January 2028Sunday 30 January 2028
Spring Semester 2028 termMonday 31 January 2028Friday 2 June 202818 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • For 2027/28 the university publishes semester dates only, with no traditional term dates listed.
  • Welcome Week runs Monday 27 September to Friday 1 October 2027.
  • The winter vacation runs Monday 20 December 2027 to Friday 14 January 2028, and the spring vacation Monday 3 April to Friday 21 April 2028.
  • Autumn exams run Monday 17 January to Friday 28 January 2028, and spring exams Monday 8 May to Friday 26 May 2028.
  • The reassessment period runs Monday 7 August to Friday 18 August 2028.
Source: these dates come from University of Nottingham'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 Nottingham term start?

The next term at University of Nottingham is Spring Term 2027, starting Monday 11 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 Nottingham's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

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

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