Key dates

On-campus students

Date	Student schedule
16 September 2019	Welcome Week for Professional Education programmes (10 June finish)
16 September 2019 & 4 March 2020	Welcome Week for Nursing Programmes
21 September 2019	Welcome Weekend
23-27 September 2019	Welcome Week
30 September - 20 December 2019	Autumn semester teaching weeks (12 in total)
9 November 2019	Buxton Awards Ceremony
21-22 November 2019	Derby Award Ceremonies
21 December 2019 - 1 January 2020	Winter holiday period
2-7 January 2020	Assessment preparation
8-17 January 2020	Autumn semester assessment weeks
20-24 January 2020	Welcome Week for January starters/Welcome back week for returning students
27 January - 3 April 2020	Spring semester teaching weeks (10 in total)
6-17 April 2020	Spring holiday period
20 April - 1 May 2020	Spring semester teaching weeks (2 in total)
5-8 May 2020	Spring assessment preparation
11-20 May 2020	Spring semester assessment weeks
5-29 May 2020	Student Success Opportunities
1-10 July 2020	Assessment resit weeks
15-17 July 2020	Derby Award Ceremonies

Academic Calendar 2019-2020 for students (revised May 2019) (undergraduate)
Please note; there may be variations to these dates dependent on your course, so please check this with your course team.
Academic Calendar 2019-2020 for staff (revised May 2019)

Our online courses typically start in January, May or September, with application deadline dates usually a couple of weeks before term starts.