Student Handbook 2024/25
7. Key Dates
The dates in this table are for all full time and part time programmes.
Other key Queen Mary dates are available on the ARCS homepage (www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk) and here: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/calendar/
Semester Dates
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Law |
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Semester 1 (A24) Teaching period |
30 September – 13 December 2024 |
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Study Week (no teaching) |
04 – 08 November 2024 |
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Semester 2 (B24) Teaching period |
27 January – 11 April 2025 |
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Study Week (no law teaching) |
03 March – 07 March 2025 |
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Semester 3 (C24): Teaching period |
09 June – 11 July 2025 (Law modules only) |
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Economics and Finance |
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Semester 1 (A24) Teaching period |
30 September – 13 December 2024 |
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Study Week |
04 - 08 November 2024 |
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Semester 2 (B24) Teaching period |
22 January – 15 April 2024 |
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Study Week |
03 – 07 March 2024 |
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Semester 3 (C24) Teaching period |
NOT APPLICABLE |
Teaching and Assessment Key Dates
Semester 1
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30 September 2024 |
Semester 1 Teaching Begins |
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30 September – 03 November 2024 |
Teaching Study Block A |
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18 October 2024 |
Deadline for Religious Holiday form for Semester 1 |
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08 November 2024 |
Academic Integrity, QM+ module deadline |
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04 – 08 November 2024 |
Study Week - Law including SEF (no teaching) |
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11 November – 13 December 2024 |
Teaching Study Block B |
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26 November 2024 |
Deadline for all PG students to transfer from full time to part time/variable mode status |
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27
November 2024, 10:00am (GMT) |
Dissertation Title and Proposal Submission |
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29 November 2024 |
Semester 1 Exam Access Arrangements (DDS) |
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05 December 2024, 7pm (GMT) |
PG Law Student End of Semester 1 Party |
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13 December 2024 |
Semester 1 Teaching Period Ends (A24) |
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16 December - 20 December 2024 |
Study Week |
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23 December |
Study period |
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24 December 2024 - 01 January 2025 (Updated 25 October 2024) |
Vacation period/University Closure |
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02 & 03 January (Updated 18 October 2024) |
Study period |
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03 January 2025 |
Deadline for students to apply for interruption of study/withdrawal from study prior to SEM 2 examinations |
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06 – 21 January 2025 |
Examinations Period (Semester 1) (A24) Final Assessment AND Online / Campus Examinations |
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06 January 2025, 10:00am (GMT) |
Essay
Submission (Semester 1) (A24) |
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13 January 2025, 10:00am (GMT) |
Essay
Submission (Semester 1) (A24) |
Semester 2
27 January 2025 | Semester 2 (B24) Teaching Begins |
29 January 2025 | Semester 1 (A24) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline |
27 January – 28 February 2025 | Teaching Study Block C |
14 February 2025 | Deadline for Religious Holiday Notification form for Semester 2 |
03 March – 07 March 2025 | Study Week - Law including SEF (no teaching) |
10 March – 11 April 2025 | Teaching Study Block D |
11 April 2025 (updated 18 October 2024) | Semester 2 Teaching Period Ends (B24) |
14 and 15 April 2025 (updated 18 October 2024) | Study Period |
16 April – 05 May 2025 (updated 25 October 2024) | Vacation date |
06 - 07 May 2025 (updated 25 October 2024) | Study Period |
08 May – 06 June 2025 (Updated 25 October 2024) | Online Examination period and Semester 1 (A23) resit period |
08 May 2025, 10:00am (BST) (Updated 01 Nov 2024) | Semester 2 Essay Submission Deadline (Study Block C 15 credits) (inclu ROA Resit Essays and Dissertations) |
15 May 2025, 10:00am (BST) (Updated 01 Nov 2024) | Semester 2 Essay Submission Deadline Study Block C (30 credit modules) and Study Block D (15 credit modules) |
13 June 2025 -TBC (Updated 25 October 2024) | Semester 2 (B24) Extenuating Circumstances claim request deadline |
Semester 3
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09 June |
Semester 3 (C24) Teaching Begins Law modules only |
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26 June 2025 |
Deadline for PG students to interrupt their studies to retain examination marks but to defer the Project/Dissertation to a future year |
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27 June 2025 |
Subject Examination Board |
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27 June 2025 |
Deadline for Religious Holiday Notification form for LSR's |
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11 July 2025 |
Semester 3 (C24) Teaching Ends |
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14 July – 01 August 2025 (Updated 25 October 2024) |
Study Period |
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15 July 2025 |
Official results publication Semester 1 (A24) and Semester 2 (B24) |
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04 August - 15 August 2025 |
Examinations Period (Semester 3) (C24) Final Assessment AND Online / Campus Examinations |
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04 August – 15 August 2025 |
Late Summer Resit period:
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15 August 2025. 10:00am (BST) |
Semester 3 (C24): Essay Submission |
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15 August 2025. 10:00am (BST) |
Late Summer Resit period: Essay submission for modules Semester 1 (A24) and Semester 2 (B24) (including accepted Extenuating Circumstances First sits) |
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20 August 2025 |
Deadline for students to apply for interruption of study/withdrawal from study prior to SEM 3 examinations |
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21 August 2025, 10:00am (BST) |
Semester 3 (C24): Dissertation submission |
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03 September 2025, 10:00am (BST) |
Semester 3 (C24) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline |
The period between the end of final assessments for Semester 3 and your course end date is not a vacation. You use this time to complete a project or dissertation, or prepare and sit exams. You are still known as a student until your course completion date stated in MySiS.
Examination Board Dates
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26 September 2025 |
Subject Examination Board |
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10 October 2025 |
Degree Examination Board |
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20 October 2025 |
Official Publication of results |
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December 2025/January 2026 (dates TBC) |
Winter Graduation Ceremonies |
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08 - 23 January 2026 |
Resit period: Semester 3 (C24) online/on campus examination/FAE modules |
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08 - 23 January 2026 |
Resit period: Essay and Dissertation submission for modules Semester 3 (C24) (including accepted Extenuating Circumstances First sits) |
Study Skill Sessions
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Study Skills (may be subject to change) |
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16 October 2024,(TBC) 12:00 - 13:00 |
Dissertation overview session |
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16 October 2024,(TBC) 13:00 - 14:00 |
Dissertation Title Proposal Guidance Session |
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30 October 2024, 12:00 – 14:00 |
Citation Needed! OSCOLA Referencing Workshop |
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13 or 20 November 2024 12:00- 13:00 or 13:00-14:00 TBC |
Themed Dissertation session: Programme of Study |
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20 November 2024 12:00 – 14:00 |
Effective Postgraduate Law Essay Writing (for NON-CTW students) |
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27 November 2024, 12:00 - 14:00 |
Approaching your Final Assessment Exercise or Examinations |
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11 December 2024 12:00 - 13:00 |
Extenuating Circumstances Guidance |
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11 December 2024 13:00 - 14:00 |
QMplus Guidance |
Student Voice Committees (may be subject to change)
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23 October 2024, 10:00am (BST) |
Semester 1 (A24) Programme of Study: students to provide their course rep with feedback |
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30 October 2024 12:00 – 14:00 |
Semester 1 (A24) Student Voice Committees |
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29 January 2025, 10:00am (GMT) |
Semester 2 (B24) Programme of Study: students to provide their course rep with feedback |
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05 February 2025 12:00 – 14:00 |
Semester 2 (B24) Student Voice Committees |
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13 March 2025, 10:00am (GMT) |
Semester 2 (B24) Programme of Study: students to provide their course rep with feedback |
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19 March 2025 12:00 – 14:00 |
Semester 2 (B24) Student Voice Committees |
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11 June 2025, 10:00am (GMT) |
Semester 3 (C24) Programme of Study: students to provide their course rep with feedback |
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18 June 2025 12:00 – 14:00 |
Semester 3 (C24) Student Voice Committees |