# Exeat

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Education term

The [Latin](/source/Latin) word ***exeat*** ("he/she may leave") is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning.[1]

## In Britain

*Exeat* is used in [Britain](/source/Education_in_Britain) to describe leave of absence from a [boarding school](/source/Boarding_school).[2]

It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence -- such as for entire days, parts of a day, for appointments, interviews, [open days](/source/Open_house_(school)) and other fixtures.[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*][3] Students at [Oxford University](/source/University_of_Oxford),[4] [Cambridge University](/source/University_of_Cambridge), and other British universities have in the past also been required to obtain such permission to leave college overnight, though such regulations are now less stringent.[5]

## In the Commonwealth

A similar method of *exeat* notifications is used in many [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) schools.[6] It is common for [Australian](/source/Education_in_Australia) schools to call the [long weekends](/source/Long_weekend) of leave enjoyed by boarders an *exeat* weekend. This results in the [boarding house](/source/Boarding_house) closing for the weekend. This typically involves an extra day of leave associated with a [public holiday](/source/Public_holiday) to create a long weekend.[7]

In [New Zealand](/source/Education_in_New_Zealand) or [South Africa](/source/Education_in_South_Africa), an *exeat* may refer to a period of day leave from a school. This is used as a way to record the coming and going of students from the campus.[8]

## See also

Look up ***[exeat](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/exeat)*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [New Zealand portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_Zealand)
- [South Africa portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:South_Africa)
- [United Kingdom portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_Kingdom)
- [Education portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Education)

- [List of Latin phrases (E)](/source/List_of_Latin_phrases_(E))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dict_1-0)** [*Exeat* — definition](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Exeat) from the [Free Online Dictionary](/source/Free_Online_Dictionary).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Boarding in the UK](http://www.boardingschools.hobsons.com/advice/advice_overseas_boarding_uk_boarding)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], The Hobsons UK Boarding Schools Guide.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Exeat & Leave Weekend Request Forms](http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/OnlineForms) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120831024309/http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/OnlineForms) 2012-08-31 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Regulations For Junior Members"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120207103129/http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/uploads/regs_jnr_members_aug05.pdf) (PDF). [Saint Peter's College, Oxford](/source/Saint_Peter's_College%2C_Oxford). August 2005. Archived from [the original](http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/uploads/regs_jnr_members_aug05.pdf) (PDF) on February 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Glossary of Cambridge jargon"](http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/jargon/CUjargon-all.html). Queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [School Rules](http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/_userfiles/pdf/about/HLD_School_Rules.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090913005138/http://newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/_userfiles/pdf/about/HLD_School_Rules.pdf) 2009-09-13 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Newington College](/source/Newington_College).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Parent Handbook, p. 13](http://www.det.wa.gov.au/countryboarding/docs/Parent_Handbook_Broome.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070903071912/http://det.wa.gov.au/countryboarding/docs/Parent_Handbook_Broome.pdf) 2007-09-03 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Broome Residential College.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Wentworth College – Prospectus – Contact Procedures](http://www.wentworthcollege.school.nz/prospectus/contact_procedures.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070912045922/http://www.wentworthcollege.school.nz/prospectus/contact_procedures.html) September 12, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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