MPhil Course Diary
The diary contains term dates, course submission deadlines and deadlines for funding amongst other useful information. For a teaching timetable, please see Timetables.
| MPhil in Social Anthropology 2024-25 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2024 | |
| Tue 8 October | from 09:30 - Introductory welcome meetings with Dr Perveez Mody - Edmund Leach Room |
| Wed 9 October | 09:15-10:15 - Induction session - Phoenix Building, Room 1 |
| Wed 9 October | 10:30-10:45 - Cohort group photograph - Edmund Leach Room |
| Wed 9 October | 12:45-13:45 - Drop-in library tours with librarian George Cronin (they/them) - Haddon Library |
| Wed 9 October | 14:00-15:00 - Meet the Professional Services Team informally over coffee and cake - Common Room |
| Wed 9 October | 15:30-16:30 - Library induction with librarian George Cronin (they/them) - South Lecture Room, Haddon Library |
| Thu 10 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins - see timetable (http://www.timetable.cam.ac.uk/) |
| Fri 11 October | Welcome Party - 18:00-19:30 - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (first floor) |
| Tue 15 October | Postgraduate Safety Course online (Occupational Health and Safety Service - Online: Staying Safe at the University of Cambridge). |
| Thu 17 October | Nominations for Student Representative members of the MPhil Committee close |
| Mon 28 October | 16:00-17:00 - Progression to PhD session - Prof Rupert Stasch - Edmund Leach room |
| Wed 6 November | 10:00-11:00 - Ethics session - Prof Yael Navaro - Sidgwick Site - Room 3 |
| Fri 22 November | Dissertation Expenses Grant - Deadline 1 |
| Fri 22 November | form MP13 - Scheme of Work submission deadline - choose your Set Essay title and Dissertation submission deadline |
| Fri 22 November | form MP13A - Research Ethics submission deadline (and, if applicable, Risk Assessment for Christmas vacation fieldwork. N.B. All students complete MP13A Research Ethics form. An accompanying Risk Assessment is only required if you are intending to carry out field studies during the vacation. When completing form MP13A you will be asked to upload your Risk Assessment. The form and the Risk Assessment will go to your supervisor via the MP13 form and will be approved by your supervisor then. If your research is library-based no Risk Assessment is needed. Instead you should upload the 'I am doing library based research' document from your Moodle course. |
| Tue 3 December | Postgraduate Funding Competition deadline (for submitting PhD application). Applications to the PhD course need to be submitted by this date if you wish to be considered in the main funding competition. Discuss with your supervisor in advance. |
| LENT TERM 2025 | |
| Tue 21 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Fri 14 February | form MP13A - Research Ethics submission deadline (and, if applicable, Risk Assessment for Easter vacation fieldwork). Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle. N.B. All students complete MP13A Research Ethics form. An accompanying Risk Assessment is only required if you are intending to carry out field studies during the vacation. If your research is library-based no Risk Assessment is needed. Risk Assessments get uploaded to your Moodle course. |
| Fri 14 February | form MP14 (Dissertation title and topic) submission |
| Fri 14 February | Dissertation Expenses Grant – Deadline 2 |
| Tue 18 March | 16:00 - Wellbeing session for MPhil students - Lecture Theatre A (Student Services Centre / Arts School) on New Museums Site |
| Thu 20 March | 12:00 noon - Set Essay Submission Deadline |
| EASTER TERM 2025 | |
| Thu 1 May | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Mon 5 May | Dissertation synopsis deadline (for students submitting in May) - send directly to your supervisor |
| Wed 14 May | 12:00 noon - First dissertation submission deadline |
| Early May | Examination timetable released |
| Mon 19 May | Dissertation synopsis deadline (for students submitting end Aug) - send directly to your supervisor |
| Wed 28 May | form MP13A - Research Ethics submission deadline (and, if applicable, Risk Assessment for Summer vacation fieldwork. Risk Assessment MUST be signed off by your Principal Supervisor before submission to Moodle. N.B. All students complete MP13A Research Ethics form. An accompanying Risk Assessment is only required if you are intending to carry out field studies during the vacation. If your research is library-based no Risk Assessment is needed. Risk Assessments get uploaded to your Moodle course. |
| Early June | MPhil examinations (dates to be confirmed) |
| Fri 27 June | Change of Dissertation Title final deadline (only if you would like to change your dissertation title) |
| Fri 29 August | 12:00 noon - Dissertation submission deadline (second and final deadline) |
| Late September | Viva voce examinations (only if required) |
| Early to mid-October | Results released on CamSIS - liaise with your college about graduation arrangements |
Academic calendar
The Cambridge academic year is made up of three terms: Michaelmas, Lent, and Easter. “Full term” means: the eight-week central portion of each of the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter), during which teaching takes place and students are expected to be in residence. For specific term dates please see University Term Dates.