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Michaelmas term is the first academic term
Academic term

An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called 'terms', 'semesters', academic quarter , or 'trimesters', depending on the institution and the country....
 of the academic years of the following British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 universities:



and was the third and final term at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in Australia. It was established in Sydney in 1850. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight " universities that are highly ranked in terms of their research performance....
 before it swapped over to the two semester system in 1989.

Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs from September or October to Christmas
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
 and is the only term name shared by Oxford and Cambridge.








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Michaelmas term is the first academic term
Academic term

An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called 'terms', 'semesters', academic quarter , or 'trimesters', depending on the institution and the country....
 of the academic years of the following British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 universities:

  • University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
  • University of Durham
  • University of Oxford
    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
  • London School of Economics
    London School of Economics

    The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the University of London in London, England....
  • King's College London
    King's College London

    King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
  • University of Wales, Lampeter
    University of Wales, Lampeter

    University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest Academic degree awarding institution in Wales and contested as the Third oldest university in England debate in England and Wales after Oxford University and University of Cambridge....
  • Aberystwyth University
  • University of Exeter
    University of Exeter

    The University of Exeter is a university in the South West England of England. Most of its activities are located in the city of Exeter, Devon, where it is the principal higher education institution....
  • University of Glasgow
    University of Glasgow

    The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
  • University of Lancaster
  • University of Chester
    University of Chester

    The University of Chester is a university based in the city of Chester in the United Kingdom.The University, based on a main campus in Chester and a smaller campus in nearby Warrington, offers a full range of foundation degree, undergraduate degree, postgraduate degree and doctoral degree courses, as well as undertaking academic research....
  • University of Kent
    University of Kent

    The University of Kent is a plate glass university Campus university university in Kent, England....
  • The Honorable Society of King's Inns
  • Royal Holloway, University of London
    Royal Holloway, University of London

    Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has around 7,345 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 120 different countries....
  • Heythrop College
    Heythrop College

    Heythrop College is a constituent college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy, psychology and theology, as well as research in related fields....
  • University of Manchester
    University of Manchester

    The University of Manchester is a "red brick university" civic university located in Manchester, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration....
  • formerly Newcastle University
  • Trinity College, Dublin
    Trinity College, Dublin

    Trinity College, Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent residential college of the University of Dublin....
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
    Canterbury Christ Church University

    Canterbury Christ Church University is a New Universities in Canterbury, Kent, England....


and was the third and final term at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in Australia. It was established in Sydney in 1850. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight " universities that are highly ranked in terms of their research performance....
 before it swapped over to the two semester system in 1989.

Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs from September or October to Christmas
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
 and is the only term name shared by Oxford and Cambridge.

The Legal Year

The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year
Legal year

In English law, the legal year is the calendar during which the judges sit in court. The year is divided into four terms: Michaelmas term from October to December, Hilary term from January to April, Easter term from April to May and Trinity term from June to July....
 is divided by the Courts of England and Wales
Courts of England and Wales

Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the Civil law and Criminal law courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
.

Schools

Schools in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 which use the name 'Michaelmas term' include:
  • Warwick School
    Warwick School

    Warwick School is an independent school for boys in Warwick, England, and is reputed to be the third-oldest surviving school in the country after King's School, Canterbury and St Peter's School, York....
  • Reading School
    Reading School

    Reading School is a grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, Berkshire, England. It is a single-sex school boys' school, which selects incoming students on the basis of examined ability, usually at age 11, with a few entrants at age 13 and 16....
  • Dean Close School
    Dean Close School

    Dean Close School is a co-educational independent school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest private land area in the town....
  • Dulwich College
    Dulwich College

    Dulwich College is a selective independent school for boys in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London, United Kingdom. The College was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan era actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift"....
  • Repton School
    Repton School

    Repton School, founded in 1557, is a British independent Public school#England.2C Wales.2C .26 Northern Ireland located in the village of Repton, in Derbyshire, England....
  • Wellington College, Berkshire
    Wellington College, Berkshire

    Wellington College, the national monument to the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is an English co-educational public school located in the Berkshire village of Crowthorne....
  • Monmouth School
    Monmouth School

    Monmouth School is a HMC public school Single-sex education in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in south east Wales. It is run under trust by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Livery Companies....
  • Abingdon School
    Abingdon School

    Abingdon School is an independent school day and boarding school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, previously known as Roysse's School....
  • Bromsgrove School
    Bromsgrove School

    Bromsgrove School, founded in 1553, is a co-educational independent school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England....
  • Christ's Hospital
    Christ's Hospital

    Christ's Hospital is a full board coeducational boarding school located in the countryside just south of Horsham, West Sussex, England. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Christ Church Greyfriars, London and Hertford....
  • Eastbourne College
    Eastbourne College

    Eastbourne College is a United Kingdom co-educational independent school day/boarding school for children aged 13-18, situated on the south coast of England....
  • Eton College
    Eton College

    Eton College, also known as Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England. It was founded as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor....
  • New Hall School
    New Hall School

    New Hall is one of the oldest Catholic schools in England. It is located in the former Tudor Palace of Beaulieu in Essex. The Community?s spirituality is rooted in the Augustinian tradition and teaches pupils aged from 3 to 18....
  • King's School, Chester
  • Whitgift School
    Whitgift School

    Whitgift School is an independent day school educating approximately 1,200 boys aged 10 to 18 in South Croydon, London in a parkland site....
  • Gresham's School
    Gresham's School

    Gresham?s School is a Independent school coeducational boarding school at Holt, Norfolk in North Norfolk, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • Norwich School
  • Liverpool College
  • Manchester Grammar School
    Manchester Grammar School

    The Manchester Grammar School is an important independent school boys' school in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. Founded in the 16th century as a free grammar school, it continued on a site adjacent to Manchester parish church until 1930, when it moved to the present site....
  • Worksop College
    Worksop College

    Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for boy and girls aged 13 to 18 in England. Worksop is split into eight houses - Talbot, Mason, Portland, Pelham and Shirley for boys and Gibbs, Derry and School House for girls....
  • Clifton College
    Clifton College

    Clifton College is a coeducational Public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. It was founded in 1862....
  • Giggleswick School
    Giggleswick School

    Giggleswick School is an Independent school co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England....
  • Yarm School
    Yarm School

    Yarm School is a fee-paying Independent School situated within the market town of Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees , England....
  • St Bede's College, Manchester
    St Bede's College, Manchester

    St Bede's College, Manchester is an Independent school Roman Catholic Church day school situated on Alexandra Road South in the Whalley Range area of the city, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
  • St Benedict's School
    St Benedict's School

    St Benedict's School is an independent Roman Catholic Church day school situated in Ealing, West London. The school is part of Ealing Abbey and is governed by the Abbot and monks of Ealing....
  • Edenhurst Preparatory School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Amesbury School
    Amesbury School

    Amesbury School is a co-educational independent Nursery, Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory day school in Surrey, England. Founded in 1870, Amesbury is the oldest Preparatory school in the area....
  • Woodbridge School
    Woodbridge School

    Woodbridge School is an independent school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, founded in 1577, for the poor of Woodbridge. It was later supported by the Seckford Trust....
  • St. Edmund's College
    St. Edmund's College

    There are a number of colleges named after Saint Edmund. These include:*St Edmund's College, Cambridge*St. Edmund's College, Ware*St Edmund's College, Canberra...


See also

  • Hilary term
    Hilary term

    Hilary Term is the second academic term of Oxford University's and Dublin University's academic year. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of Hilary of Poitiers of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term....
  • Lent term
    Lent term

    Lent term is the name of the spring Academic term at the following United Kingdom universities:*University of Cambridge*London School of Economics...
  • Summer term
    Summer term

    Summer term is the name of the summer academic term at many United Kingdom schools and universities, and also elsewhere in the world.In the UK, the term runs from the Easter holiday until the end of the academic year in June or July, and thus corresponds to the Easter term at Cambridge University, and Trinity term at Oxford University and s...
  • Trinity term
    Trinity term

    Trinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and Dublin University's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June....
  • Easter term
    Easter term

    Easter term is the name of the summer term at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Durham, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tyne , in the United Kingdom....
  • Epiphany term
    Epiphany term

    Epiphany term is the second academic term of the University of Durham and formerly of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne . The term runs from January to March....