Academic calendar
Autumn Semester 2026 runs Oct 5, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Enrolment Week 2026
- Autumn Semester 2026Relevant now
- Spring Semester 2027
- Resit Examination Period 2027
- Enrolment Week 2027
- Autumn Semester 2027
- Spring Semester 2028
- Resit Examination Period 2028
Campus language
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Showing 16 of 16 terms
A
- AU
- Athletic Union, the body overseeing all competitive sports clubs.
C
- Cathays
- The primary residential district where the majority of Cardiff students live.
- CU Pride
- The university's LGBTQ+ student association.
- CUSU
- Cardiff University Students' Union.
H
- Hoffi Coffi
- A prominent coffee shop brand on campus, often used as a meeting shorthand.
J
- Juice
- The flagship Saturday night club event held at the Students' Union (Y Plas).
S
- Senghen
- Senghennydd Court or Senghennydd Hall student accommodation.
- SVC
- Student Volunteers Cardiff, a student-led charity based at the university.
T
- Taly
- Talybont (North, South, Court, or Gate), the largest student accommodation complex.
- The Lash
- The traditional Wednesday night sports social event held at the Students' Union.
- The SU
- The Students' Union building, the primary hub for student dining and socialising.
- The Taf
- The Students' Union's traditional pub serving food and drinks.
- The Village
- A common reference to the Talybont complex due to its size and self-contained nature.
- The Woody
- The Woodville, a popular pub in Cathays frequently used by students for meals.
U
- Uni Hall
- University Hall, a residential site located on Penylan Hill.
Y
- Y Plas
- The main nightclub and multi-purpose venue located within the Students' Union.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Abacws
- The purpose-built home for the Schools of Computer Science and Mathematics.
- biosciences_cafe
- BioSciences Cafe
- Bute
- The Bute Building, home to the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Journalism.
- Cardiff Card
- The official student ID card used for building access, library services, and printing.
- Glamorgan
- The Glamorgan Building, housing the Schools of Social Sciences and Geography and Planning.
- glamorgan_caf
- Glamorgan Café
- green_shoots_caf
- Green Shoots Café
- Hadyn Ellis
- The Hadyn Ellis Building, a major research facility on the Maindy Road campus.
- john_percival_caf
- John Percival Café
- julian_hodge_restaurant
- Julian Hodge Restaurant
- Learning Central
- The university's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) based on Blackboard.
- Main Building
- The historic Grade II listed building in Cathays Park housing administrative offices and Science labs.
- paned_yn_sbarc
- Paned yn Sbarc
- SIMS
- Student Information Management System; the online portal for enrollment, modules, and grades.
- Student Connect
- The central hub for all student support services located in the Centre for Student Life.
- trevithick_restaurant
- Trevithick Restaurant
- Xpress
- The Cardiff Met/University bus service (often the M1/M2) connecting different campus sites.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Autumn Semester 2026 runs Oct 5, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 16 approved campus terms and 17 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.