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

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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

Vacation Period

  • 21 December 2024 - 1 January 2025
  • 16 April 2025 - 5 May 2025
  • 9 June 2025 - 12 September 2025*

*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.

Please note -

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

You can also access semester dates for previous years.

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