The students return in October for the start of the new academic year.

学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。

《牛津词典》

As a rule, our academic year begins early in September.

我们的学年通常在九月初开始。

youdao

So, the first thing is, you normally write it during the first half of the academic year.

所以首先，你通常在学年的前半段写好它。

youdao

American schools provided aid to almost half of foreign graduate students during the last academic year, but only ten percent of undergraduates.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The Institute of International Education in New York says thirty-one percent during the last academic year were undergraduates.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The University of Arizona has more than two thousand international students this academic year.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Some credit unions require borrowers to apply for a new loan each academic year.

WSJ: New College Lenders Step Up

Roughly 9.3 million students signed up for one during the 2010-11 academic year, according to FinAid.org.

WSJ: Does the New Student-Loan Legislation Go Far Enough?

In some universities the authorities have delayed registration of students for the new academic year.

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