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The diary contains term dates, course submission deadlines and deadlines for funding amongst other useful information. For a teaching timetable, please see here.

 

MPhil in Social Anthropological Research 2022-23
MICHAELMAS TERM 2022
Monday 3 October Induction Interviews
Wednesday 5 October Cohort photograph, Induction session and Library induction
Thursday 6 October Michaelmas Term teaching begins
Friday 7 October Welcome Party - 18:00 - 19:30 - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (first floor)
Tuesday 11 October Postgraduate Safety Course (Occupational Health and Safety Service - Online: Postgraduate Safety Course Introduction Training (cam.ac.uk)
Wednesday 12 October Funding application deadline for Gates US PhD applicants - 12midnight
Wednesday 12 October  Nominations for Student Representative members of the MPhil Committee close
Wednesday 2 November Transfer to the PhD session - 14:00-15:30 - Phoenix Building, Room 1 (Phoenix Teaching Rooms 1 and 2: Map of the University of Cambridge)
Friday 18 November Ethics session - 14:00-15:00 - The Mond Building, Seminar Room (first floor)
Monday 21 November Department Form - Risk Assessment (and Additional section if needed) for in-person Christmas vacation fieldwork submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle)
Monday 21 November Department Form - MP13 - Scheme of Work and MP13A - Research Ethics submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle)
Monday 21 November Dissertation Expenses Grant deadline (MPhil/MRes Dissertation Expenses Grant | Department of Social Anthropology (cam.ac.uk))
Friday 25 November Practical Writing Exercise submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle) (10%)
LENT TERM 2023
Thursday 5 January Major funding application deadline for UK/EU/International students applying to the PhD
Thursday 19 January Lent Term teaching begins
Monday 13 February Department Form - MP14 - Proposed Dissertation Title submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle)
Friday 3 March Essay 1 and Essay 2 submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle) (20% each essay)
Tuesday 28 February Dissertation Expenses Grant deadline (MPhil/MRes Dissertation Expenses Grant | Department of Social Anthropology (cam.ac.uk))
   
EASTER TERM 2023
Tuesday 25 April Dissertation synopsis submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle)
Thursday 27 April Easter Term teaching begins
Friday 5 May Department Form - MP15 - Change of Dissertation Title submission deadline - 12noon (via Moodle)
Friday 9 June  Dissertation submission deadline (50%) - 12noon (via Moodle)
Friday 16 June Easter Term ends – Update contact details on CamSIS
Monday 31 July (approx) Results released on Camsis - liaise with your College about graduation

 

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