Withdrawal calendar for undergraduate full-time home students 2025/26

This calendar includes PGCE and Pre-Registration Healthcare programmes.

Withdrawal and Break in Learning

Please note: this calendar applies to students with a fee status of Home. For new and returning students with a fee status of European Union, the international withdrawal calendar will apply. 

The date that you withdraw or take a break in learning will affect the level of tuition and accommodation fees that may be refunded and it will also affect your student loan (if applicable). Fee adjustments are calculated with reference to the date of withdrawal from the University and cannot be actioned if the withdrawal procedure has not been followed correctly. Tables showing how the adjustment is calculated are shown below:

September intake students

January intake students

March intake students

* % of total tuition fees due, not amount paid at the time of withdrawal

An adjustment can only be made on tuition fees: registration fees cannot be refunded or reduced.

In order to withdraw or take a Break in Learning, you must submit the appropriate form via UDo. The form must be approved by an appropriate academic. It must state the date on which you withdrew or took a Break in Learning (if backdated, this cannot normally be for more than six weeks). If you are taking a Break in Learning, you must also provide a date for your return to study.

Break in Learning

Interrupting your studies (also called taking a Break in Learning) may become necessary if circumstances make it impossible for you to continue studying for a short period of time but you do not wish to permanently withdraw from your course. The period of Break in Learning must be for a minimum of one semester and should not be for more than one year. 

It is important to remember that students who are taking a Break in Learning are not registered students of the University; you are temporarily suspending your studies. This means that, in normal circumstances, you will lose your right of access to certain University facilities, including the library.

If you are in receipt of a tuition fee loan, this will only be met by the Student Loans Company if you are in attendance at various liability points during the academic year. 

These liability points are as follows: