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.
| PhD in Social Anthropology 2020-21 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2020 | |
| Thursday 8 October | Michaelmas Term teaching begins |
| Wednesday 14 October | 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 2021 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Friday 14 May | Noon Submission deadline for Fieldwork Proposal |
| tbc | Fieldwork Clearance Interviews |
| Monday 31 May | Deadline for William Wyse Fieldwork Funding applications |
| Monday 31 May | Deadline for University Fieldwork Fund Applications |
| Friday 16 June | Easter Full Term ends |
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.