The following dates are for this academic year 2020 to 2021.
You can download future term dates here: University of Southampton term dates until 2027 (PDF, 145KB).
Semesters
- Semester 1: Monday 28 September 2020 to Saturday 30 January 2021
- Semester 2: Monday 1 February 2021 to Saturday 12 June 2021
Term dates
- Welcome week: Monday 28 September 2020 to Sunday 4 October 2020
- Autumn: Monday 5 October 2020 to Saturday 12 December 2020
- Spring: Monday 4 January 2021 to Saturday 20 March 2021
- Summer: Monday 12 April 2021 to Saturday 12 June 2021
Vacations
- Christmas: Sunday 13 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021
- Easter: Sunday 21 March 2021 to Sunday 11 April 2021
Public holidays and closure days
The University will be closed on the following days:
- Monday 26 August 2019
- Tuesday 24 December 2019 to Wednesday 1 January 2020 (Christmas vacation)
- Thursday 9 April 2020 to Tuesday 14 April 2020 (Easter vacation)
- Friday 8 May 2020
- Monday 25 May 2020
- Monday 31 August 2020
- Thursday 24 December 2020 to Friday 1 January 2021 (Christmas vacation)
- Friday 2 April to Monday 5 April (Easter vacation)
- Monday 3 May 2021
- Monday 31 May 2021
- Monday 30 August 2021