Term dates and closures

On this page you can find out the UCL term dates and closures for 2025-26.

Term dates 2025-26

College Reading Weeks

Monday 3 November 2025 and Monday 16 February 2026.

ExtendED Learning Weeks

Monday 18 May - Friday 12 June 2026.

More about ExtendED Learning

Term dates exceptions

Students on full-time Taught Masters programmes usually study for 45 weeks of the full calendar year and students are expected to study beyond the end of the third term to prepare their dissertation in time for submission in September.

Students on full-time 10-month or 2-year Taught Masters programmes should ask their Departments when they are expected to study outside the normal stated term dates.

Students on PGCE programmes usually study for the full academic year. Students will need to consult their programme specific timetable for further information on placement dates.

Research students are required to be in continuous attendance, apart from periods of leave to be taken in line with UCL staff holiday entitlements.

For student and Tier 4 visa holders, this means that you will continue to be restricted to term-time levels of permissible hours of work, paid or unpaid.   

Find out more about Tier 4/Student visa working regulations.   

UCL Institute of Education

• Initial Teacher Education Programmes

UCL School of Pharmacy 

• MSc Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy
• MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy with extended placement

Closures and Bank Holidays

Christmas: 5:30pm on Tuesday 23 December 2025 to 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026

Easter: 5:30pm on Wednesday 1 April 2026 to 9:00am on Wednesday 8 April 2026

Bank Holidays: Monday 4 May 2026, Monday 25 May 2026 and Monday 31 August 2026

All Bank Holidays, and the College closure dates based on them, are the standard dates and may be subject to change by government.

Find out more on GOV.UK

Future term dates