Academic calendar
Autumn Term 2026 runs Sep 26, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Autumn Term 2026Relevant now
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Campus language
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Showing 23 of 23 terms
B
- Beit
- Beit Hall, a historic residence located right next to the Union building.
C
- CGCU
- City & Guilds College Union, the constituent union for engineering students.
E
- Eastside
- A cluster of halls (Gabor, Linstead, Wilkinson) located on the east side of Prince's Gardens.
F
- Felix
- The official weekly student newspaper of Imperial College London.
- FiveSixEight
- The main student union bar, named after the number of milliliters in a pint.
H
- h-bar
- A popular pub and cafe located in the basement of the Sherfield Building.
I
- ICSMSU
- Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union, representing medical students.
- ICU
- Imperial College Union, the central student representative body.
K
- Kemp Porter
- Kemp Porter Buildings, a student residence located in North Acton near Woodward.
L
- Library Cafe
- The coffee shop located on the ground floor of the Central Library.
M
- Mega-Felix
- A special, larger edition of the student newspaper usually released at the end of term.
- Metric
- The Union's nightclub and late-night venue used for events and club nights.
R
- RCC
- Recreational Clubs Committee, the body overseeing non-sporting interest societies.
- RCSU
- Royal College of Science Union, the constituent union for science students.
- RSM
- Royal School of Mines, the constituent union for materials and earth science students.
S
- Southside
- A cluster of halls (Falmouth, Keogh, Selkirk, Tizard) located on the south side of Prince's Gardens.
T
- The Bubble
- The perceived insular social and academic environment of the South Kensington campus.
- The JCR
- The Junior Common Room cafe and seating area located on Level 2 of the Sherfield Building.
- The SCR
- The Senior Common Room, a buffet-style dining area in Sherfield often used by staff and postgrads.
- The Walk of Shame
- The act of leaving the Central Library at 6:00 AM after an all-night study session.
V
- Varsity
- The annual high-profile sports competition against University College London (UCL).
W
- Woodward
- Woodward Buildings, a large modern hall located in North Acton.
X
- Xenia
- A student hall located in Waterloo, primarily for undergraduates.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Blackboard
- The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) where course materials and assignments are hosted.
- Blackett
- The Blackett Laboratory, home to the Department of Physics.
- CID
- College Identifier; the unique 8-digit number used for all administrative and login purposes.
- feast
- Feast
- Huxley
- The Huxley Building, which houses the Departments of Mathematics and Computing.
- Imperial Mobile
- The official campus app used for viewing timetables, maps, and library occupancy.
- library_caf
- Library Café
- Panopto
- The lecture capture system used to record and view past lectures online.
- Queen's Lawn
- The central green space on campus, used for events and socializing in summer.
- Queen's Tower
- The iconic 287-foot free-standing bell tower in the center of campus.
- reynolds_cafe
- Reynolds Cafe
- Roderic Hill
- The building housing Chemical Engineering and parts of Biology.
- scr_restaurant
- SCR Restaurant
- Sherfield
- The Sherfield Building, the main administrative hub containing the JCR, h-bar, and student services.
- Skempton
- The Skempton Building, home to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
- South Ken
- The primary campus located in South Kensington, London.
- the_loud_bird
- The Loud Bird
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Autumn Term 2026 runs Sep 26, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 23 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.