Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER II
pp. 174–175
MATRICULATION, RESIDENCE, ADMISSION TO DEGREES, DISCIPLINE

TERMS AND LONG VACATION

1. There shall be three terms in the year, called respectively the Michaelmas Term, the Lent Term, and the Easter Term. The University shall determine the days on which each term shall begin and end, provided that the three terms shall together include two hundred and twenty-seven days at least.

2. The University libraries, laboratories, and museums shall be closed, and lectures shall not be given, on Good Friday.

3. The University shall determine from time to time by Ordinance what portion of each term, being not less than three-fourths, shall constitute full term.

4. The term ‘academical year’ shall mean the year beginning on the first day of the Michaelmas Term.