<12 month Masters courses? / starting in Aug?

Is there such a thing as a masters course that doesn't run from September to September? I have just realised that I will effectively be delaying my life by a year after my masters as I will have to wait for summer entry into a US grad school program the next year.

I need a masters lasting less than 12 months or beginning in June/July/August - do they exist????

I don't know when summer entry(whatever it means) start, but you don't need your degree to be awarded as long as you have final transcript (some UK uni accept without dissertation grade) before the starting date. I think you will have to provide a letter from your institution saying that you will be awarded you degree at the date xxx and maybe a letter from your dissertation supervisor that even if your dissertation is not formally graded yet, in regards to what he saw so far the grade will range between yy and zz.

They actually know degree run from September to September or in some country from October to October. I'm doing a master in France, got accepted in several master in UK and they don't care that my program run from October to October even if the course start in September. As long as you provide them with the document who meets the offer it's ok.

So you're going to be starting your course when you're still enrolled on another? And they're okay with that? Does that mean you're going to be working on your dissertation still while beginning your new course?

So basically, I need to check:
- that CSU (in the US) will let me enroll when still enrolled on an MSc
- that my UK institute will let me mail my dissertation in
- that my UK institute will let me begin a phD while still enrolled
- that my UK institute will provide letters of recommendation by December

Also there is then the practical issue of writing my dissertation while in another country, beginning a phD! aaaargh