Universities
Universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland which use the name 'Michaelmas term' include:
- University of Cambridge
- University of Oxford
- University of St. Andrews
- Durham University
- Swansea University
- King's College London
- University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
- Aberystwyth University
- Lancaster University
- London School of Economics
- University of Chester
- The Honorable Society of King's Inns
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Heythrop College
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Trinity College, Dublin, The University of Dublin
In addition, the name is used unofficially in several other University of London colleges. It also used to be the third and final term at the University of Sydney before it swapped over to the two semester system in 1989.
At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made by Council on 8 May 2002, Michaelmas Term begins on and includes 1 October and ends on and includes 17 December. In Michaelmas Term, as in Hilary Term and in Trinity Term, there is a period of eight weeks known as Full Term, beginning on a Sunday, within which lectures and other instruction prescribed by statute or regulation are given. The dates on which each Full Term will begin and end in the next academic year but one are published by the Registrar in the University Gazette during Hilary Term.
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