academic year

American  

noun

1. the customary annual period of instruction at a college, university, etc., running approximately from September to June.

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Etymology

Origin of academic year

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

By the academic year 2022-23, teaching on some courses remained hybrid, with almost a third still being delivered online.

From BBC

The Institute of International Education reported that the number of international graduate students declined by 12% in the 2025-26 academic year.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the previous academic year, there were 1,839 children who were being home-schooled.

From BBC

The query requested data for the most recent academic year in which statistics were available and for all chicken products served in schools.

From BBC

A small band of brothers stayed, and within months they hatched a plan to reopen the school by the 1973 academic year.

From The Wall Street Journal