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 2021-22 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2021 | |
| Thursday 7 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins |
| Wednesday 13 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 22 October | Research Training Paper titles released |
| Monday 23 November | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Christmas vacation fieldwork |
| LENT TERM 2022 | |
| Thursday 6 January (noon) | Application funding deadline for continuation to the PhD (GRADSAF) |
| Thursday 20 January | Lent Term teaching begins |
| Friday 21 January 12pm | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 1 |
| Friday 4 March | Fieldwork Risk Assessment Form due for Easter vacation fieldwork |
| Friday 18 March | Lent Full Term ends |
| EASTER TERM 2022 | |
| Thursday 28 April | Easter Term teaching begins |
| Friday 29 April | Noon Submission deadline for Research Training Paper (RTP) 2 |
| Friday 29 April | Noon Submission deadline for Ethnographic Case Study |
| Wednesday 11 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 26 August 12pm | Noon Submission deadline for MRes thesis |
| Monday 12 September 12pm | 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) |
| Early October | Application deadline for University Fieldwork Funding |
| Friday 7 October | 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.