Course diary
The diary contains term dates, course submission deadlines and deadlines for funding amongst other useful information. For a teaching timetable, please see the Timetables.
| MRes in Social Anthropology 2020-21 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2020 | |
| Thursday 8 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins |
| Wednesday 14 October | 17:00 Deadline - Nominations for pre-field cohort PhD Committee Junior Member |
| tbc | Election for nomination of pre-field cohort PhD Committee Junior Member |
| Friday 23 October | Research Training Paper titles released |
| Monday 23 November | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Christmas vacation fieldwork |
| LENT TERM 201 | |
| Thursday 7 January (noon) | Application funding deadline for continuation to the PhD (GRADSAF) |
| Thursday 21 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Friday 22 January | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 1 |
| Friday 5 March | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Easter vacation fieldwork |
| Friday 19 March | Lent Full Term ends |
| EASTER TERM 2021 | |
| Thursday 29 April | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Friday 30 April | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 2 |
| Friday 30 April | Noon Submission deadline for Ethnographic Case Study |
| Wednesday 12 May | Noon deadline for submitting MRes thesis title for approval |
| Friday 18 June | Easter Term ends, update contact details in your CamSIS self-service account |
| Friday 27 August | Noon Submission deadline for MRes thesis |
| Monday 13 September | Noon Submission deadline for Fieldwork Proposal |
| Late September | MRes viva voce examinations (if required)* |
| Late September/ Early October | Fieldwork clearance interviews (for those continuing to PhD) |
| 8 October 2021 | Application deadline for University Fieldwork Funding |
| 8 October 2021 | Application deadline for Wyse Fieldwork Funding |
* An oral examination is only necessary if a candidate is in danger of failing
A staff-student coffee morning is held during Full Term - you will be notified of the time and date.
Academic calendar
- The Cambridge academic year commences on 1st October and finishes on 30th September each year and 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.
- Graduate students operate on the basis of the academic year which extends beyond the end of the Easter Term are expected to be in residence at all times, even outside of Full Term, unless they have been granted leave to work away.
For specific term dates please see University Term Dates.