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The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh) from 1908 to 1997 and as "National University of Ireland Galway" (NUI Galway) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh; OÉ Gaillimh) from 1997 to 2022. In September 2022, it changed its ...
An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. Specific synonyms are commonly used to denote the duration or a term. In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ends during the following spring or summer.
This quarter system was adopted by the oldest universities in the English-speaking world (Oxford, founded circa 1096, [1] and Cambridge, founded circa 1209 [2]). Over time, Cambridge dropped Trinity Term and renamed Hilary Term to Lent Term, and Oxford also dropped the original Trinity Term and renamed Easter Term as Trinity Term, thus establishing the three-term academic "quarter" year widely ...
Full Term in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge refers to the eight weeks within the longer academic term, during which lectures are given and students are required to be in residence. The dates of Full Term may differ from year to year within the fixed dates of the whole term (simply, but ambiguously, referred to as "Term" with a capital ...
Michaelmas (/ ˈ m ɪ k əl m ə s / MIK-əl-məs) term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs ...
Lent term, named for Lent, the six-week fasting period before Easter, is the name of the winter academic term at the following British universities: University of Cambridge [1] Canterbury Christ Church University [2] University of Lancaster [3] University of Liverpool [4] London School of Economics and Political Science [5] Swansea University [6]
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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. [ 2 ] At the University of Sydney , it was the second and coldest of the three terms, running from the 24th to the 34th Mondays of the year (late May to early August) in the middle ...