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23 September - Autumn Semester

16 December - Christmas vacation

3 January - Christmas Vacation ends

Listed below are all dates for Academic year 2024 / 2025.

Semester 1 - Autumn

This table shows dates in chronological order.
Event Date Notes

Teaching begins

Monday 23 September 2024

Teaching ends

Friday 13 December 2024

Winter Graduations

Friday 13 December 2024

This lasts for 7 days until Thursday 19 December 2024

Friday 13 December -  Coleraine

Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 December - Derry~Londonderry

Wednesday 18 & Thursday 19 December - Belfast

Go to the Graduation site for more information.

Christmas Vacation begins

Monday 16 December 2024

Christmas Vacation ends

Friday 3 January 2025

Examination Period

Monday 6 January 2025

This lasts for 12 days until Friday 17 January 2025

Autumn Semester Ends

Friday 24 January 2025

Semester 2 - Spring

This table shows dates in chronological order.
Event Date Notes

Spring Semester Begins

Monday 27 January 2025

St. Patrick's Day

Monday 17 March 2025

University Closure Day

Easter Vacation Begins

Friday 18 April 2025

Easter Vacation Ends

Friday 2 May 2025

May Bank Holiday

Monday 5 May 2025

University Closure Day

Revision Week (non-teaching)

Tuesday 6 May 2025

This lasts for 4 days until Friday 9 May 2025

Examination Period

Monday 12 May 2025

This lasts for 15 days until Monday 26 May 2025

Spring Semester Ends

Friday 30 May 2025

Last Date for Meetings for Boards of Examiners

Thursday 12 June 2025

Summer Graduations

Monday 30 June 2025

This lasts for 11 days until Thursday 10 July 2025

Monday 30 June - Wednesday 2 July - Derry~Londonderry

Thursday 3 July - Friday 4 July - Coleraine

Monday 7 July - Thursday 10 July - Belfast

Go to the Graduation site for more information.

Semester 3 - Summer

This table shows dates in chronological order.
Event Date Notes

Summer Semester Begins

Monday 21 July 2025

Examination period

Monday 1 September 2025

This lasts for 1 day until Monday 1 September 2025

Summer Semester ends

Friday 12 September 2025

Meetings of Boards of Examiners

Monday 15 September 2025

Resit Period

This table shows dates in chronological order.
Event Date Notes

Submission of supplementary coursework

Thursday 24 July 2025

Examination Resit Period

Wednesday 13 August 2025

This lasts for 9 days until Thursday 21 August 2025

Meetings of Boards of Examiners

Tuesday 26 August 2025

This lasts for 4 days until Friday 29 August 2025

2024/25 Calendar Dates

This table shows dates in chronological order.
Event Date Notes

Introductory period

Monday 16 September 2024

This lasts for 5 days until Friday 20 September 2024

Autumn Semester

Monday 23 September 2024

This lasts for 124 days until Friday 24 January 2025

Winter Graduations

Friday 13 December 2024

This lasts for 7 days until Thursday 19 December 2024

Friday 13 December (Coleraine)

Monday 16 December -  Tuesday 17 December (Magee)

Wednesday 18 December - Thursday 19 December (Belfast)

Christmas vacation

Monday 16 December 2024

This lasts for 19 days until Friday 3 January 2025

Autumn examinations begin

Monday 6 January 2025

Spring Semester

Monday 27 January 2025

This lasts for 124 days until Friday 30 May 2025

Easter vacation

Friday 18 April 2025

This lasts for 18 days until Monday 5 May 2025

Revision week

Tuesday 6 May 2025

This lasts for 4 days until Friday 9 May 2025

Spring examinations begin

Monday 12 May 2025

Summer Semester (intensive)

Monday 21 July 2025

This lasts for 54 days until Friday 12 September 2025

Supplementary examinations

Wednesday 13 August 2025

This lasts for 9 days until Thursday 21 August 2025

Summer examinations begin

Monday 1 September 2025


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