Updates made to the 2024-25 student academic experience

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Up to 7 August 2024

We’ve designed an induction programme to welcome you into our friendly student community. Please look out for email communications about this.

Head to our Welcome webpages to see the steps you need to take before coming to Newcastle. Please note this information will be updated for the 2024-25 academic year on 5 August. There is helpful information about arranging travel and confirming accommodation, our airport meet and greet service and immigration so please read through carefully.

Once you’ve started your programme, look out for the regular student newsletters which will keep you up to date with the latest University news, events and opportunities. You can also bookmark the Student Homepage where you will find useful links and resources.

If you have a question, please check our FAQs as they may contain the answer you need.

7 August 2024

We’ve designed an induction programme to welcome you into our friendly student community. Please look out for email communications about this.

Head to our Welcome webpages to see the steps you need to take before coming to Newcastle. There is helpful information about arranging travel and confirming accommodation, our airport meet and greet service and immigration so please read through carefully.

Once you’ve started your programme, look out for the regular student newsletters which will keep you up to date with the latest University news, events and opportunities. You can also bookmark the Student Homepage where you will find useful links and resources.

If you have a question, please check our FAQs as they may contain the answer you need.

Up to 7 August 2024

The 2024-25 academic year starts on Monday 16 September 2024. All students must aim to arrive on campus in Newcastle by 16 September for the start of Semester 1. Some programmes may have an earlier start date, if this applies to you your academic school at the University will write to you to confirm this.

You can start the registration process online before you arrive. Information is available on our Student Welcome pages. Please note this information will be updated for the 2024-25 academic year on 5 August. 

It is important that you arrive on time to ensure you don’t miss any important induction or teaching and assessment activities. However, if you are going to be late due to delays caused by issues such as immigration or travel delays, arrival up until Monday 7 October 2024 may be possible depending on your degree programme and subject to approval. To seek approval for a late start submit this form or you may contact Latestartrequest@newcastle.ac.uk.

Students can still complete their registration if necessary after they arrive, but they must be able to attend classes from the latest arrival date approved by the University.

Term dates

Semester dates

Postgraduate students

The end of the academic year for postgraduate taught students is Friday 12 September 2025. All other term and semester dates are as indicated above.

Non-standard study periods

Some programmes offered at our campuses in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as some delivered at Newcastle, have term dates that differ from those given above. In these cases, students will be notified of term dates separately.

7 August 2024

The 2024-25 academic year starts on Monday 16 September 2024. All students must aim to arrive on campus in Newcastle by 16 September for the start of Semester 1. Some programmes may have an earlier start date, if this applies to you your academic school at the University will write to you to confirm this.

You can start the registration process online before you arrive. Information is available on our Student Welcome pages. 

It is important that you arrive on time to ensure you don’t miss any important induction or teaching and assessment activities. However, if you are going to be late due to delays caused by issues such as immigration or travel delays, arrival up until Monday 7 October 2024 may be possible depending on your degree programme and subject to approval. To seek approval for a late start submit this form or you may contactLatestartrequest@newcastle.ac.uk.

Students can still complete their registration if necessary after they arrive, but they must be able to attend classes from the latest arrival date approved by the University.

Term dates

Semester dates

Postgraduate students

The end of the academic year for postgraduate taught students is Friday 12 September 2025. All other term and semester dates are as indicated above.

Non-standard study periods

Some programmes offered at our campuses in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as some delivered at Newcastle, have term dates that differ from those given above. In these cases, students will be notified of term dates separately.

This was updated on 8 August

Make sure you read the student welcome and registration information for 2024. We will take you through:

• the steps you need to take before arriving in Newcastle. Please note that some steps are for all students, but some are only for international students
• how to register as a student
• how to complete your induction

Please note this information will be updated for the 2024-25 academic year on 5 August. 

This was updated on 8 August

Guidance for travelling to England

Please continue to keep up to date with the latest travel guidance.

If you have any questions or queries prior to travelling, you may find some helpful information on our Welcome webpages (please note this information will be updated for the 2024-25 academic year on 5 August) or you can call our student helpline on +44 (0)191 208 3333.  

International Welcome Programme

Our International Welcome starts on Tuesday 10 September 2024 and runs until Friday 13 September 2024.

Our Meet and Greet service from Newcastle Airport will be running from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 September 2024. Booking for the Meet and Greet service will be available in August 2024 on our International Welcome webpage.

Our International Welcome events, including an information fair and information sessions, will be running from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 September 2024. Information about the fair, sessions and social activities will be available on our International Welcome webpage from August 2024. 

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This was added on 08/08/2024:

You may have seen media reports of recent events across the UK. The disturbances over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August are not representative of most people in our community, our region or the UK. This was made very clear when thousands of people in Newcastle and across the UK held peaceful anti-racist demonstrations on the 7th of August to show support and solidarity across communities.

We have around 5,000 international students at Newcastle University, from more than 120 countries, and we are proud that each year, the University welcomes thousands of students from across the world. See our FAQs for more information about student wellbeing and how we keep our student community safe.

This was updated on 12/08/2024:

You may have seen media reports of recent events across the UK. The disturbances over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August are not representative of our community, our region or the UK. This was made very clear when thousands of people in Newcastle and across the UK held peaceful anti-racist demonstrations on the 7th and 1th of August to show support and solidarity across communities.

We have around 5,000 international students at Newcastle University, from more than 120 countries, and we are proud that each year, the University welcomes thousands of students from across the world. See our FAQs for more information about student wellbeing and how we keep our student community safe.

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