Term dates
Term dates and French Public Holidays.
Please note that the term dates below do not apply to the LLM, which is organised with two start dates and different teaching terms/exam periods. Specific term dates for the LLM programme can be found under the Structure tab of the programme page on the Queen Mary website.
Term dates 2023-24
Student Induction and Freshers’ Week
- Week starting Monday 18 September 2023
First semester
- Monday 25 September - Friday 15 December 2023
- Reading Week: Monday 30 October - Friday 3 November 2023
Second semester
- Monday 22 January - Friday 12 April 2024
- Reading Week: Monday 4 March - 8 March 2024
Examinations
- 15 January - 19 January 2024 (Exact dates to be confirmed)
- 2 May - 31 May 2024 (Exact dates to be confirmed)
French Public Holidays 2023-24
- Toussaint - Wednesday 1 November 2023
- Armistice Day - Saturday 11 November 2023
- Christmas Day - Monday 25 December 2023
- New Year's Day - Monday 1 January 2024
- Good Friday - Friday 29 March 2024
- Easter Monday – Monday 1 April 2024
- Labour Day – Wednesday 1 May 2024
- VE Day – Wednesday 8 May 2024
- Ascension Day – Thursday 9 May 2024
- Pentecost – Monday 20 May 2024
- Bastille Day – Sunday 14 July 2024
- Assumption – Thursday 15 August 2024