Academic calendar
Autumn Term 2026 runs Sep 21, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Welcome Weeks
- Autumn Term 2026Relevant now
- Welcome Weeks (January Intakes Only)
- Spring Term 2027
- Summer Term 2027 (Undergraduate September Start Programmes)
- Summer Term 2027 (Postgraduate)
- Resit Examination Period 2027
Campus language
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Showing 14 of 14 terms
C
- Change
- Change Coffee, the branded coffee shops located across various campus buildings.
- Cutty Sark
- Cutty Sark Hall, a student residence located a short walk from the Greenwich campus.
D
- Daniel Defoe
- Daniel Defoe Hall, a residence hall located immediately adjacent to Greenwich train station.
- Devonport
- Devonport House, a postgraduate and mature student residence located on the Greenwich campus grounds.
G
- GKSU
- Greenwich & Kent Students' Union, the partnership union serving students at the Medway campus.
- GSU
- Greenwich Students' Union, the primary representative body for students.
L
- Lower Deck
- The main student union bar and food venue located in the basement of the Dreadnought Building.
M
- McMillan
- McMillan Student Village, a large private hall of residence frequently used by Greenwich students.
S
- STAART
- Support and Transitions, Advice, Advocacy, Retention and Transition; a service for disabled and neurodivergent students.
T
- The Deep
- The student bar and social space located at the Medway campus.
- The Galley
- The primary canteen and dining hall located at the Avery Hill campus.
- The ORNC
- The Old Royal Naval College, the UNESCO World Heritage site that serves as the Greenwich campus.
- The Painted Hall
- The famous historic hall on campus, often used for graduation ceremonies and filming.
- The Village
- The Avery Hill Student Village, the main residential hub for the Avery Hill campus.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Banner
- The online student records system used for registration, checking grades, and updating personal info.
- Dreadnought
- The Dreadnought Building, the central student hub at Greenwich campus housing the gym, SU, and social spaces.
- Greenwich Gateway Card
- The official student ID card required for building access, library borrowing, and printing.
- Hamilton House
- A university building located on Park Row, primarily used for health and human sciences.
- Intercampus Bus
- The university-run shuttle service that transports students between Greenwich, Avery Hill, and Medway.
- Moodle
- The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) where lecturers post course materials and students submit assignments.
- Pembroke
- The historic main building of the Medway campus.
- Queen Mary
- The Queen Mary Building, a major academic building within the Old Royal Naval College site.
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- Queen Mary Café
- Stockwell Street
- The Stockwell Street Building, which houses the main campus library and specialized studios for creative arts.
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- Stockwell Street Café
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- The Galley Café
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Autumn Term 2026 runs Sep 21, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 14 approved campus terms and 12 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.