Teaching Dates & College Hours
Graduate Diploma
SPRING INTAKE 2019
First Teaching Block
7 January – 17 April 2019 (15 weeks)
Second Teaching Block
25 April – 9 August 2018 (15 weeks)
Total: 30 weeks
SUMMER INTAKE 2019
First Teaching Block
15 July – 2 November 2019
Second Teaching Block
11 November – 20 December 2019 and 13 January – 13 March 2020
Two-year MA
2018/19
Autumn
24 September – 14 December 2018 (12 weeks)
Spring
7 January – 5 April 2019 (13 weeks)
Summer
29 April – 28 June 2019 (9 weeks)
Total: 34 weeks
2019/20
Autumn
23 September 2019 – 13 December 2019
Spring
13 January – 3 April 2020
Summer
20 April – 26 June 20
Total: 34 Weeks
15-month MA (2018 entry)
2018/19
Autumn
10 September – 14 December 2018 (14 weeks)
Spring
7 January – 5 April 2019 (13 weeks)
Summer
29 April – 26 July 2019 (13 weeks)
Autumn
9 September – 13 December 2019 (14 weeks)
Total: 54 weeks
2019/20
Autumn
9 September – 13 December 2019 (14 weeks)
Spring
13 January – 3 April 2020 (13 weeks)
Summer
20 April – 24 July 2020 (13 weeks)
Autumn
14 September – 18 December 2020 (14 weeks)
MRes Healthcare & Design
Autumn
24 September – 14 December 2018 (11 weeks)
Spring
7 January – 5 April 2019 (13 weeks)
Summer
29 April – 28 June 2019 (9 weeks)
Total: 33 weeks
MRes RCA
2018/19
Autumn
24 September – 14 December 2018 (11 weeks)
Spring
7 January – 5 April 2019 (13 weeks)
Summer
29 April – 14 September 2019 (20 weeks)
Total: 45 weeks
2019/20
Autumn
23 September – 13 December 2019 (11 weeks)
Spring
13 January – 3 April 2020 (12 weeks)
Summer
20 April – 11 September 2020 (21 weeks)
Total: 45 weeks
MPhil & PhD
2018/19
Autumn
10 September – 14 December 2018 (14 weeks)
Spring
7 January – 5 April 2019 (13 weeks)
Summer
29 April – 30 August 2019 (17 weeks)
Total: 44 weeks
2019/20
Autumn
9 September – 13 December 2019 (14 weeks)
Spring
13 January – 3 April 2020 (12 weeks)
Summer
20 April – 28 August 2020 (19 weeks)
Total: 44 weeks
College Opening Hours
Students and staff have access to all College buildings from 8.30am – midnight, Monday to Friday, and from 10am – 10pm at weekends during the following term dates:
29 April – 28 June 2019
23 September 2019 – 13 December 2019
13 January – 3 April 2020
20 April – 26 June 20
Outside of these teaching dates, students and staff have access to all College buildings from 9am – 9pm, Monday to Friday, with all College buildings closed at weekends.
College Closures
In addition to Bank Holidays, College buildings are closed during the following periods:
Christmas
24 December 2018 – 1 January 2019
Easter
18 April – 23 April 2019
Please direct enquiries to info@rca.ac.uk or +44 (0)20 7590 4444.
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