Version 1.0 - Last Updated: 25 Oct 2023

Creating a full-time undergraduate course - Term dates

Long courses


Any course with term dates over 30 weeks and 3 days is classed as long course.

The length of your course could entitle some students to more maintenance support. CMS will tell you when you enter term dates that exceed 30 weeks and 3 days and ask you to confirm that these are correct.

If the long course status changes from one academic year to the next, you should check that your term dates are correct. Sometimes, this can show that term dates are wrong.

If a course is longer than 45 weeks, this could entitle students to the maximum amount of Long Course Loan.