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Find semester dates for the current and upcoming years of study at Queen Mary University of London.

Dates given below are provisional.

Semester 1

  • 18 September - 15 December 2023
  • Study period: 18 December - 21 December 2023
  • Bank holidays: 25 and 26 December 2023, 1 January 2024

Semester 1 - Examination Period

  • Study period: 2 January - 3 January 2024
  • Examinations: 4 January - 19 January 2024

Semester 2

  • 22 January - 12 April 2024
  • Bank holidays: 29 March and 1 April 2024

Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules

  • Study period: 29 April - 1 May 2024
  • Examinations: 2 May - 31 May 2024
  • Bank holidays: 6 and 27 May 2024

Late Summer Resit Period

  • 5 August - 16 August 2024

Dates given below are provisional.

Semester 1

  • 16 September - 13 December 2024
  • Study period: 16 December - 20 December 2024
  • Bank holidays: 25 and 26 December 2024, 1 January 2025

Semester 1 - Examination Period

  • Study period: 2 January - 3 January 2025
  • Examinations: 6 January - 21 January 2025

Semester 2

  • 22 January - 15 April 2025
  • Bank holidays: 18 and 21 April 2025

Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules

  • Study period: 6 May - 7 May 2025
  • Examinations: 8 May - 6 June 2025
  • Bank holidays: 5 and 26 May 2025

Late Summer Resit Period

  • 4 August - 15 August 2025

Dates given below are provisional.

Semester 1

  • 15 September - 12 December 2025
  • Study period: 15 December - 19 December 2025
  • Bank holidays: 25 and 26 December 2025, 1 January 2026

Semester 1 - Examination Period

  • Study period: 5 January - 7 January 2026
  • Examinations: 8 January - 23 January 2026

Semester 2

  • 26 January - 17 April 2026
  • Bank holidays: 3 and 6 April 2026

Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules

  • Study period: 5 May - 6 May 2026
  • Examinations: 7 May - 5 June 2026
  • Bank holidays: 4 and 25 May 2026

Late Summer Resit Period

  • 2 August - 13 August 2026

Dates given below are provisional.

Semester 1

  • 21 September – 18 December 2026
  • Study period: 21 December – 23 December 2026
  • Bank holidays: 25 and 28 December 2026, 1 January 2027

Semester 1 - Examination Period

  • Study period: 4 January – 6 January 2027
  • Examinations: 7 January – 22 January 2027

Semester 2

  • 25 January – 16 April 2027
  • Bank holidays: 26 and 29 March 2027

Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules

  • Study period: 4 May – 5 May 2027
  • Examinations: 6 May – 4 June 2027 
  • Bank holidays: 3 and 31 May 2027

Late Summer Resit Period

  • 2 August – 13 August 2027

Please note -

For Masters students

  • Masters students starting in September are expected to work on their dissertation or project throughout the summer – for these students, this period between the end of the university's Semester 3 and their course end date is not a vacation. For masters students, only Christmas (end of the study week in the university's Semester 1 to the beginning of the university's Semester 1 Examination Period) and Easter (end of the university's Semester 2 and the beginning of the university's Semester 3 Study Period) are vacations.
  • Masters students starting in January are expected to work on their dissertation or project throughout the summer – for these students, this period between the end of the university's Semester 3 and the start of the university's Semester 1 is not a vacation. For masters students, only Easter (end of the university's Semester 2 and the beginning of the university's Semester 3 Study Period) and Christmas (end of the study week in the university's Semester 1 to the beginning of the university's Semester 1 Examination Period) are vacations.

For PhD students

  • PhD students do not follow this pattern of attendance – vacations should be agreed in writing with their supervisor(s).

For International Foundation Programme students

For Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma students

For MBBS and BDS students

You can also access semester dates for previous years.

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