The academic calendar captures the dates for semesters and other key dates across the academic year, which runs from September to August. These dates apply to all faculties and to the majority of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate taught (PGT) programmes.
For further details related to more specific dates for your programme, please contact your faculty or department.
Please see our article When is the university closed? for details on closure days and public holidays.
2023-24 Academic Calendar (September 2023 – August 2024)
Welcome to King's enrolment events: Monday 11 September – Friday 22 September 2023
Week one will mainly be online and week two will be on-campus. Faculties may hold welcome sessions for some programmes outside of this period. Please check with your faculty for further information.
Teaching dates
- Semester 1
- Teaching: Monday 25 September – Friday 8 December 2023
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 11 December – Friday 15 December 2023
- Semester 2
- Teaching: Friday 12 January – Thursday 28 March 2024
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 22 April – Friday 26 April 2024
These dates are when the majority of UG and PGT students are expected to be at university.
Reading weeks
If your programme has reading weeks, they will normally be:
- Monday 30 October – Friday 3 November 2023
- Monday 19 February – Friday 23 February 2024
Assessment periods
- Period 1: Friday 5 January – Thursday 11 January 2024
- Period 2: Monday 29 April – Friday 31 May 2024
- Period 3: Monday 5 August – Friday 16 August 2024
These are the university’s established assessment periods during which most UG and PGT examinations will be held. However, not all students will have examinations during each period. Please check with your faculty for further information and refer to our article on the
exam timetable.
Attendance & holidays
- Normal hours of operation are 08:00 – 18:00. These are the times in which you should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled.
- If you are a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student, you are expected to work on your dissertation/project throughout the summer.
- If you are a Postgraduate Research student (PGR), you should agree vacations in writing with your supervisor.
2024-25 Academic Calendar
Academic Year: Sunday 1 September 2024 – Sunday 31 August 2025
Welcome to King's: Monday 16 September – Friday 20 September 2024
Faculties may hold welcome sessions for some programmes outside of this period.
- Semester 1
- Teaching: Monday 23 September – Friday 6 December 2024
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 9 December – Friday 13 December 2024
- Semester 2
- Teaching: Monday 13 January – Friday 28 March 2025
- Teaching/Revision: Tuesday 22 April – Friday 25 April 2025
These dates are when the majority of UG and PGT students are expected to be at university.
If your programme has reading weeks, they will normally be:
- Monday 28 October – Friday 1 November 2024
- Monday 17 February – Friday 21 February 2025
- Period 1: Monday 6 January – Friday 10 January 2025
- Period 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 30 May 2025
- Period 3: Monday 4 August – Friday 15 August 2025
These are the university’s established assessment periods during which most UG and PGT examinations will be held. However, not all students will have examinations during each period. Please check with your faculty for further information and refer to our article on the exam timetable.
- Normal hours of operation are 08:00 – 18:00. These are the times in which you should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled.
- If you are a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student, you are expected to work on your dissertation/project throughout the summer.
- If you are a Postgraduate Research (PGR) student, should agree vacations in writing with your supervisor.
2025-26 Academic Calendar
Academic Year: Monday 1 September 2025 – Monday 31 August 2026
Welcome to King's: Monday 22 September – Friday 26 September 2025
Faculties may hold welcome sessions for some programmes outside of this period.
- Semester 1
- Teaching: Monday 29 September – Friday 12 December 2025
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 15 December – Friday 19 December 2025
- Semester 2
- Teaching: Friday 16 January – Thursday 2 April 2026
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 27 April – Friday 1 May 2026
These dates are when the majority of UG and PGT students are expected to be at university.
If your programme has reading weeks, they will normally be:
- Monday 3 November – Friday 7 November 2025
- Monday 23 February – Friday 27 February 2026
- Period 1: Friday 9 January – Thursday 15 January 2026
- Period 2: Tuesday 5 May – Friday 5 June 2026
- Period 3: Monday 10 August – Friday 21 August 2026
These are the university’s established assessment periods during which most UG and PGT examinations will be held. However, not all students will have examinations during each period. Please check with your faculty for further information and refer to our article on the exam timetable.
- Normal hours of operation are 08:00 – 18:00. These are the times in which you should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled.
- If you are a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student, you are expected to work on your dissertation/project throughout the summer.
- If you are a Postgraduate Research (PGR) student, should agree vacations in writing with your supervisor.
2026-27 Academic Calendar
Academic Year: Tuesday 1 September 2026 - Tuesday 31 August 2027
Welcome to King's: Monday 21 September - Friday 25 September 2026
Faculties may hold welcome sessions for some programmes outside of this period.
- Semester 1
- Teaching: Monday 28 September - Friday 11 December 2026
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 14 December - Friday 18 December 2026
- Semester 2
- Teaching: Friday 15 January - Thursday 25 March 2027
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 19 April - Friday 23 April 2027
These dates are when the majority of UG and PGT students are expected to be at university.
If your programme has reading weeks, they will normally be:
- Monday 2 November – Friday 6 November 2026
- Period 1: Friday 8 January - Thursday 14 January 2027
- Period 2: Monday 26 April - Friday 28 May 2027
- Period 3: Monday 2 August - Friday 13 August 2027
These are the university’s established assessment periods during which most UG and PGT examinations will be held. However, not all students will have examinations during each period. Please check with your faculty for further information and refer to our article on the exam timetable.
- Normal hours of operation are 08:00 – 18:00. These are the times in which you should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled.
- If you are a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student, you are expected to work on your dissertation/project throughout the summer.
- If you are a Postgraduate Research (PGR) student, should agree vacations in writing with your supervisor.
2027-28 Academic Calendar
Academic Year: Wednesday 1 September 2027 – Thursday 31 August 2028
Welcome to King's: Monday 20 September – Friday 24 September 2027
Faculties may hold welcome sessions for some programmes outside of this period.
- Semester 1
- Teaching: Monday 27 September - Friday 10 December 2027
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 13 December - Friday 17 December 2027
- Semester 2
- Teaching: Monday 17 January - Friday 31 March 2028
- Teaching/Revision: Monday 21 February - Friday 25 February 2028
These dates are when the majority of UG and PGT students are expected to be at university.
If your programme has reading weeks, they will normally be:
- Monday 1 November – Friday 5 November 2027
- Monday 21 February – Friday 25 February 2028
- Period 1: Monday 10 January - Friday 14 January 2028
- Period 2: Tuesday 2 May - Friday 2 June 2028
- Period 3: Monday 7 August - Friday 18 August 2028
These are the university’s established assessment periods during which most UG and PGT examinations will be held. However, not all students will have examinations during each period. Please check with your faculty for further information and refer to our article on the exam timetable.
- Normal hours of operation are 08:00 – 18:00. These are the times in which you should expect teaching, learning and assessment activities to be timetabled.
- If you are a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student, you are expected to work on your dissertation/project throughout the summer.
- If you are a Postgraduate Research (PGR) student, should agree vacations in writing with your supervisor.
