For details about University Centre Sparsholt’s term dates, please see the below details:
Autumn Term – 2025
HE Year 1 & Part time students
Monday 8 September – Wednesday 17 December 2025
HE Year 2 , Year 3 & MSc
Monday 15 September – Wednesday 17 December 2025
Reading Break
Monday 27 October – Friday 31 October 2025
Student Winter Holiday
Thursday 18 December 2025 – Wednesday 7 January 2026
Spring Term – 2026
HE Years 1, 2, 3 & MSc UCS
Thursday 8 January – Wednesday 25 March 2026
Reading Break
Monday 16 February – Friday 20 February 2026
Easter Bank Holiday Weekend
Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April 2026
Student Spring Holiday
Thursday 26 March – Wednesday 15 April 2026
Summer Term – 2026
Bank Holiday Closus
4 May 2026, 25 May 2026
HE Years 1, 2, 3 & MSc UCS
Thursday 16 April – Friday 5 June 2026
Reading Break
Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May 2026
Graduation
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Autumn Term – 2026
HE Year 1 & Part-time
Monday 7th September – Friday 11th December
HE Year 2, 3 &MSc
Monday 14th September – Friday 11th December
Reading Break
Monday 26th October – Friday 30th October
Spring Term – 2027
HE Years 1, 2, 3 & MSc
Thursday 5th January – Wednesday 24th March
Reading Break
Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February
Summer Term – 2027
HE Years 1, 2, 3 & MSc
Monday 12th April – Friday 28th May
Reading Break
Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June
UCS Referral & Deferral window
Monday 5th July – Friday 23rd July
Notices
Each Reading Break commences on Friday at 5.00pm
University Centre Year equates to 30 Teaching Weeks*
* Although the HE teaching year is 30 weeks – this includes 5 days scheduled staff development training (to allow UCS to meet the DfE CPD requirement). As a consequence the taught time for degree students is equivalent to 29 weeks for HE programmes.
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