2025-26 Handbook for STA Undergraduate Students

This is where you will find all the information, rules, and explanations you need during your time as a student in STA.

You are expected to know the information in this booklet-- it is your responsibility to read it and refer to it as necessary.

Term Dates 2025 - 2026

Queen Mary's normal hours of operation are 9am-6pm. These are the times in which students should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled. Activities for some programmes may take place outside of these times; students should contact their module organisers for further information.

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 they are expected to be working on their dissertation or project when they are not attending taught classes. Please see the section below for Masters students for further details.

Pre-Masters Programme - January Starters

Semester 1

Monday 26 January - Friday 17 April 2026
Bank holidays: 3 and 6 April 2026
Examinations: 7 May - 5 June 2026

The university term dates for future years are published here: www.qmul.ac.uk/about/calendar