Academic calendar
Semester 1 2026-2027 runs Sep 28, 2026 – Jan 29, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Welcome Week 2026
- Semester 1 2026-2027Relevant now
- Semester 2 2026-2027
- Semester 3 2026-2027
- Welcome Week 2027
- Semester 1 2027-2028
- Semester 2 2027-2028
- Semester 3 2027-2028
Campus language
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Showing 13 of 13 terms
C
- City Res
- Short for City Residence, a student accommodation site.
F
- Fountains Cafe
- The coffee shop located within the Fountains Learning Centre (library).
L
- Limes
- Limes Court student accommodation.
S
- SJC
- St John's Central, a major student accommodation site in the city centre.
- SPT
- School of Performance and Media Production, frequently used in departmental communications.
T
- The Dining Hall
- The primary campus canteen located on the ground floor of the Holgate building.
- The Grange
- The Grange student accommodation, located near the main campus.
- The Quad
- The central lawn and courtyard area at the heart of the main Lord Mayor’s Walk campus.
- The SU
- The Students' Union building or the student bar area.
- The SU Bar
- The social and dining venue run by the Students' Union.
V
- VLE
- Virtual Learning Environment, the system used for online course content (Moodle).
Y
- YSJ
- The common abbreviation for York St John University used in official and student contexts.
- YSJSU
- York St John Student Union, the representative body for students.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- caf_41
- Café 41
- Cordukes
- The building housing media, art, and design studios.
- De Grey
- A primary building for lectures and seminars, often used for humanities and social science classes.
- e:Vision
- The online portal used for managing personal student records, module enrollment, and viewing results.
- Foss
- The building primarily used for health sciences and psychology programs.
- Fountains
- The university's library and Learning Centre building.
- Haxby Road
- The location of the university's sports campus and some specialized facilities.
- Holgate
- The central administrative building housing student services, the dining hall, and executive offices.
- holgate_coffee_bar
- Holgate Coffee Bar
- LaunchPad
- The university's service for careers advice, student jobs, and professional development.
- Lord Mayor’s Walk
- The name of the main university campus location in York.
- Moodle
- The platform where students access lecture notes, reading lists, and submit assignments.
- Phoenix
- The Phoenix building, used for various teaching and administrative functions.
- punk_mama_s
- Punk Mama's
- Skell
- A campus building containing teaching spaces and offices.
- The Creative Centre
- The landmark building for performance, music, and computer science.
- Unicard
- The official student ID card used for building access, library borrowing, and printing.
- ysj_kitchen
- YSJ Kitchen
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Semester 1 2026-2027 runs Sep 28, 2026 – Jan 29, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 13 approved campus terms and 18 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.