10. 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

In addition to the general key dates listed below, please see Section - Appendix III: Programme: Semester Dates & Module Description:

Semester Dates 2025 – 26

Semester 1 (A25) Term Dates

08 September – 12 December 2025

Semester 2 (B25) Term Dates

26 January – 10 April 2026

Semester 3 (C25) Term Dates
(ONLY applicable to students on the Management of Intellectual Property MSc)

No teaching – dissertation and assessment only

 

  • 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.

 

Semester 1 (A25)

08 September 2025

Semester 1 (A25) Teaching Begins

17 October 2025

Deadline for Religious Holiday form for Semester 1 (A25)

03 November 2025

Academic Integrity, QM+ module deadline

28 November 2025

Deadline for all September start PG students to transfer from full time to part time/variable mode status

26 November 2025, 10:00am (GMT)

Dissertation Title and Proposal Submission

28 November 2025

Deadline for the submission Exam Access
Arrangements (DDS) for Sem 1 (A25) Module

xx December 2025, 16:00 - 19:00 (TBC)

Semester 1: End of term party

(Shields Cafe, Charterhouse Square)

12 December 2025

Semester 1(A25) Teaching Period Ends

15 December 2025 – 02 January 2026

Study Week

25 December 2025 – 02 January 2026

University Closure

 

Semester 2 (B25)

07 January 2026

Deadline for students to apply for interruption of study/withdrawal from study prior to SEM 2 (B25) examinations

08 – 23 January 2026

Semester 1 (A25) Online Examination period

Check Exams Dates & Related Details: Semester 1 (A25) Examinations

Semester 1 (A25): Essay Submission

26 January 2026

Semester 2 (B25) Teaching Begins

30 January 2026,10:00am (GMT)

Semester 1 (A25) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline

13 February 2026

Deadline for Religious Holiday Notification form for Semester 2 (B25)

27 February 2026

Subject Examination Board 

09 February – 07 May 2026

Study Project Module - Introduction Lecture

Study Project Module - Mentor Meetings (Meeting dates will be confirmed by mentors)

02 March 2026

Publication of provisional results for Semester 1 (A25) MYSIS

03 - 07 March 2026

Study Week

18 March 2026

PGT Degree Examination Board

(ONLY applicable to Intellectual Property Law Certificate students)

24 March 2026

Official publication of results MySiS: PGT students Semester 1 (A25)

28 March 2026

Deadline for the submission Exam Access
Arrangements (DDS) for Semester 2 (B25) Module

02 April 2026

Deadline for the submission Exam Access
Arrangements (DDS) for Semester 2 (B25) Module

10 April 2026

Semester 2 (B25) Teaching Ends (Law modules)

06 May 2026

Deadline for taught students to apply for interruption of study/withdrawal from study prior to Semester 2 (B25)/Year

07 May – 05 June 2026​ 

Semester 2 (B25) Online Examination period and Semester 1 (A25) resit period
Check Exams Dates & Related Details: Semester 2 (B25) Examinations

Semester 2 (B25): Essay Submission

15 July 2025

Official publication of results via MySiS: PGT students

 

Semester 3 (C25)

12 June 2026​, 10:00am (BST)

Semester 2 (B25) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline

30 June 2026

Deadline for PG students to interrupt their studies to retain examination marks but to defer the Project/Dissertation to a future year

17 August 2026, 10:00am (BST)

Semester 3 (C25): Dissertation submission (IPLM205)

26 August 2026, 10:00am (BST)

Semester 3 (C25) Extenuating Circumstances claim deadline

Check Exams Dates & Related Details: Semester 3 (C25) Examinations

Semester 3 (C25):  Essay Submission

Official Result Release

23 September 2025

HEAR Publication Date

10 October 2025

Study Skill Sessions (Dates maybe subject to Change)

15 October, 13:00 - 14:00 Dissertation overview session
29 October, 12:00 - 13:00 Citation Needed! OSCOLA Referencing Workshop
TBC Themed Dissertation session: Programme of Study
12 November, 12:00 - 13:00 Approaching your Final Assessment Exercise or Examinations
19 November, 12:00 - 13:00 Dissertation Title Proposal Guidance session
19 November, 13:00 - 14:30 Effective Postgraduate Law Essay Writing (for NON-CTW students)

3 December, 13:00 - 14:00

 Extenuating Circumstances Guidance

3 December, 13:00 - 14:00

 Assessment Submission QMplus Guidance

Student Voice Committee (dates to be confirmed)

Semester 1 (A25)

 30 October 2025, 12-2pm

Semester 2 (B25)

 5 February 2026, 12-2pm