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
- 3 August - 14 August 2026
Vacation Period
- 20 December 2025 - 4 January 2026
- 18 April 2026 - 4 May 2026
- 6 June 2026 - 18 September 2026*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
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
Vacation Period
- 24 December 2026 - 3 January 2027
- 17 April 2027 - 3 May 2027
- 7 June 2027 - 17 September 2027*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
Dates given below are provisional.
Semester 1
- Welcome Week – 20 – 24 September 2027
- Teaching - 27 September 2027 – 17 December 2027
- Study period: 20 December 2027 – 21 December 2027
- Bank holidays: 27 - 28 December 2029, 3 January 2028
Semester 1 - Examination Period
- Study period: 4-5 January 2028
- Examinations: 6 January – 21 January 2028
Semester 2
- Welcome Week – 17 – 21 January 2028
- Teaching - 24 January – 13 April 2028
- Bank holidays: 14 April and 17 April 2028
Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules
- Study period: 2 May – 3 May 2028
- Examinations: 4 May – 2 June 2028
- Bank holidays: 1 and 29 May 2028
Late Summer Resit Period
- 7 August – 18 August 2028
Vacation Period
- 22 December 2027 – 3 January 2028
- 14 April 2028 – 1 May 2028
- 5 June 2028 – 15 September 2028*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
Dates given below are provisional.
Semester 1
- Welcome Week – 18 – 22 September 2028
- Teaching - 25 September 2028 – 15 December 2028
- Study period: 18 December 2028 – 19 December 2028
- Bank holidays: 25 - 26 December 2029, 1 January 2029
Semester 1 - Examination Period
- Study period: 2-3 January 2029
- Examinations: 4 January – 19 January 2029
Semester 2
- Welcome Week – 15 – 19 January 2029
- Teaching - 22 January – 13 April 2029
- Bank holidays: 30 March and 2 April 2029
Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules
- Study period: 1 May – 2 May 2029
- Examinations: 3 May – 1 June 2029
- Bank holidays: 7 and 28 May 2029
Late Summer Resit Period
- 6 August – 17 August 2029
Vacation Period
- 20 December 2028 – 1 January 2029
- 16 April 2029 – 1 May 2029
- 4 June 2029 – 14 September 2029*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
Dates given below are provisional.
Semester 1
- Welcome Week – 17 – 21 September 2029
- Teaching - 24 September 2029 – 14 December 2029
- Study period: 17 December 2029 – 18 December 2029
- Bank holidays: 25 - 26 December 2029, 1 January 2030
Semester 1 - Examination Period
- Study period: 2 January 2030
- Examinations: 3 January – 18 January 2030
Semester 2
- Welcome Week – 14 – 18 January 2030
- Teaching - 21 January – 12 April 2030
- Bank holidays: 19 and 22 April 2030
Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules
- Study period: 29 April - 1 May 2030
- Examinations: 2 May – 31 May 2030
- Bank holidays: 6 and 27 May 2030
Late Summer Resit Period
- 5 August – 16 August 2030
Vacation Period
- 19 December 2029 – 1 January 2030
- 15 April 2030 – 26 April 2030
- 3 June 2030 – 13 September 2030*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
Dates given below are provisional.
Semester 1
- Welcome Week – 16 – 20 September 2030
- Teaching - 23 September 2030 – 13 December 2030
- Study period: 16 December 2030 – 17 December 2030
- Bank holidays: 25 - 26 December 2030, 1 January 2031
Semester 1 - Examination Period
- Study period: 6 - 8 January 2031
- Examinations: 9 January – 24 January 2031
Semester 2
- Welcome Week – 20 – 24 January 2031
- Teaching - 27 January – 18 April 2031
- Bank holidays: 11 and 14 April 2031
Semester 3 - Examination period for Semester 2 & Year Long Modules
- Study period: 6 May - 7 May 2031
- Examinations: 8 May – 6 June 2031
- Bank holidays: 5 and 26 May 2031
Late Summer Resit Period
- 4 August – 15 August 2031
Vacation Period
- 18 December 2030 – 3 January 2031
- 21 April 2031 – 2 May 2031
- 9 June 2031 – 12 September 2031*
*Please note that Masters students do not have a summer vacation. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.
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
- International Foundation Programme students (January start) do not follow this pattern of attendance – visit the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film for more information.
For Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma students
- Pre-Masters Graduate Diploma students (January start) do not follow this pattern of attendance – visit the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film for more information.
For MBBS and BDS students
- The MBBS and BDS do not follow this pattern of attendance - please contact Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry for more information.
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