Student Handbook 2024/25
8. Key Dates
8.1. Key Dates - SEPTEMBER 2024 Programmes
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
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27 January 2025 |
Semester 2 (B24) Teaching Begins |
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29 January 2025 |
Semester 1 (A24) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline |
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27 January – 28 February 2025 |
Teaching Study Block C |
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14 February 2025 |
Deadline for Religious Holiday Notification form for Semester 2 |
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03 March – 07 March 2025 |
Study Week - Law including SEF (no teaching) |
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10 March – 11 April 2025 |
Teaching Study Block D |
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11 April 2025 (updated 18 October 2024) |
Semester 2 Teaching Period Ends (B24) |
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14 and 15 April 2025 (updated 18 October 2024) |
Study Period |
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16 April – 05 May 2025 (updated 25 October 2024) |
Vacation date |
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06 - 07 May 2025 (updated 25 October 2024) |
Study Period |
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08 May – 06 June 2025 (Updated 25 October 2024) |
Online Examination period and Semester 1 (A23) resit period |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |