Intercalation (university administration)

Intercalation, also known as intermission or interruption, in the context of university administration, is a period when a student is allowed to officially take time away from studying for an academic degree.

When a university or similar institution allows a student to intercalate, it is usually for one of the following reasons:

  • on medical or compassionate grounds, so that the student can take a break from his or her studies and return later.[1]
  • to allow the student to gain work experience in a field related to his or her field of study.[2]
  • for medical, dental and veterinary students in the UK, to allow the student to pursue a separate but related research degree (normally for one year) and then return to the main medical, dental or veterinary degree.[3][4][5]
  1. ^ Guidance from the University of Hull on compassionate or medical intercalation Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Guidance from the University of Warwick on an intercalated year in industry Archived 2013-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "List of UK intercalated degrees for medical students". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ Andrews, Freda (21 May 2001). "Veterinary Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ Graham, Robert; Banks, David; Fentem, Peter (15 December 2005). "David Greenfield: Medical researcher who transformed training and services in one of our poorest hospital regions". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2022.