Semester dates for the MBChB academic year 2025/26. Semester dates for the 2025/26 term are outlined below. Year 1 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksWelcome Week08 Sep 2025 – 12 Sep 20251 weekSemester 115 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 202511 weeksRevision/exams01 Dec 2025 – 19 Dec 20253 weeksVacation22 Dec 2025 – 09 Jan 20263 weeksSemester 212 Jan 2026 – 03 Apr 202612 weeksVacation06 Apr 2026 – 10 Apr 20261 weekRevision/exams13 Apr 2026 – 01 May 20263 weeksResit examsTBC July / August 20262 weeks Year 2 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksSemester 115 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 202511 weeksRevision/exams01 Dec 2025 – 19 Dec 20253 weeksVacation22 Dec 2025 – 09 Jan 20263 weeksSemester 212 Jan 2026 – 03 Apr 202612 weeksVacation06 Apr 2026 – 10 Apr 20261 weekRevision/exams13 Apr 2026 – 08 May 20264 weeksResit examsTBC July / August 20262 weeks Year 3 - 2025/26 - Degree of BMedSci with HonoursSemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksWelcome week08 Sep 2025 – 12 Sep 20251 weekSemester 115 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 202511 weeksRevision/exams01 Dec 2025 – 19 Dec 20253 weeksVacation22 Dec 2025 – 09 Jan 20263 weeksSemester 212 Jan 2026 – 03 April 202612 weeksVacation06 Apr 2026 – 17 Apr 20262 weeksRevision/exams20 Apr 2026 – 22 May 20265 weeks Year 4 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksInduction04 Aug 2025 – 08 Aug 20251 weekBlock 111 Aug 2025 – 05 Sep 20254 weeksBlock 208 Sep 2025 – 03 Oct 20254 weeksBlock 306 Oct 2025 – 31 Oct 20254 weeksVacation03 Nov 2025 – 07 Nov 20251 weekBlock 410 Nov 2024 – 05 Dec 20254 weeksBlock 508 Dec 2025 – 19 Dec 20252 weeksVacation22 Dec 2025 – 02 Jan 20262 weeksBlock 5 continued05 Jan 2026 – 16 Jan 20262 weeksBlock 619 Jan 2026 – 23 Jan 20261 weekExam (OSCE)26 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 20261 weekBlock 6 continued02 Feb 2026 – 20 Feb 20263 weeksBlock 723 Feb 2026 – 20 Mar 20264 weeksVacation23 Mar 2026 – 27 Mar 20261 weekBlock 830 Mar 2026 – 24 Apr 20264 weeksBlock 927 Apr 2026 – 22 May 20264 weeksBlock 1025 May 2026 – 19 Jun 20264 weeksExams22 Jun 2026 – 10 July 20263 weeks Year 5 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksInduction11 Aug 2025 – 15 Aug 20251 weekBlock 1 18 Aug 2025 – 19 Sep 2025 5 weeksBlock 2 22 Sep 2025 – 24 Oct 20255 weeksConsolidation/exams27 Oct 2025 – 07 Nov 20252 weeksVacation10 Nov 2025 – 14 Nov 20251 weekBlock 317 Nov 2025 – 19 Dec 20255 weeksVacation 22 Dec 2025 – 02 Jan 20262 weeksBlock 405 Jan 2026 – 06 Feb 20265 weeksConsolidation/exams09 Feb 2026 – 27 Feb 20263 weeksVacation02 Mar 2026 – 06 Mar 20261 weekBlock 509 Mar 2026 – 10 Apr 20265 weeksBlock 613 Apr 2026 – 15 May 20265 weeksConsolidation/exams18 May 2026 – 12 Jun 20264 weeksSequential exams15 Jun 2026 – 26 Jun 20262 weeks Year 6 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksInduction18 Aug 2025 – 22 Aug 20251 weekBlock 125 Aug 2025 – 19 Sep 20254 weeksBlock 222 Sep 2025 – 17 Oct 20254 weeksVacation*20 Oct 2025 – 24 Oct 20251 weekBlock 327 Oct 2025 – 21 Nov 20254 weeksBlock 424 Nov 2025 – 19 Dec 20254 weeksVacation22 Dec 2025 – 02 Jan 20262 weeksRevision05 Jan 2026 – 09 Jan 20261 weekFinals/exams12 Jan 2026 – 06 Feb 20264 weeksVacation09 Feb 2026 – 20 Feb 20262 weeksAssistantship and elective23 Feb 2026 – 03 April 20266 weeksConsolidation and resit exams06 April 2026 – 10 April 20261 weekAssistantship and elective13 April 2026 – 22 May 20266 weeksResit exams**18 May 2026 – 29 May 20262 weeks* This week will be used for A990 Induction activities.** Exam resit might fall on your last week of Elective/Assistantship. HCP-Med - Year 1 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksResidential week 108 Sep 2025 – 12 Sep 2025 Exact dates TBCSemester 115 Sep 2025 – 17 Oct 20255 weeksVacation20 Oct 2025 - 24 Oct 20251 weekSemester 1 continued27 Oct 2025 - 28 Nov 20255 weeksResidential week 2 01 Dec 2025 - 05 Dec 2025Exact dates TBCSemester 1 continued08 Dec 2025 – 12 Dec 20251 weekVacation15 Dec 2025 – 02 Jan 20263 weeksSemester 205 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 20264 weeksVacation02 Feb 2026 - 06 Feb 20261 weekSemester 2 continued09 Feb 2026 - 27 Mar 20267 weeksVacation30 Mar 2026 - 03 Apr 20261 weekSemester 306 Apr 2026 - 05 Jun 20269 weeksResidential week 308 Jun 2026 – 12 Jun 2026Exact dates TBCRevision / exams15 Jun 2026 – 03 July 20263 weeksKnowledge Test Paper 1*Knowledge Test Paper 2*Anatomy exam*29 Jun 2026 – 3 July 2026Exact dates TBCResit examsAugust 2026Exact dates TBC* Exam dates are provisional and subject to revision based on University’s timetable. HCP-Med - Year 2 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksResidential week 108 Sep – 12 Sep 2025Exact dates TBCSemester 115 Sep 2025 – 10 Oct 20254 weeksVacation13 Oct 2025 - 17 Oct 20251 weekSemester 1 continued20 Oct 2025 – 05 Dec 20257 weeksResidential week 2 / Knowledge test paper 1*08 Dec 2025 - 12 Dec 2025Exact dates TBCVacation15 Dec 2025 - 02 Jan 20263 weeksSemester 205 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 20264 weeksVacation02 Feb 2026 - 06 Feb 20261 weekSemester 2 continued9 Feb 2026 - 27 Mar 20267 weeksVacation30 Mar 2026 - 03 Apr 20261 weekSemester 306 Apr 2026 - 29 May 20268 weeksOSCE exam20 Apr 2026 – 24 Apr 2026Exact dates TBCResidential week 301 Jun 2026 – 05 Jun 2026Exact dates TBCRevision/exams08 Jun 2026 – 03 July 20264 weeksKnowledge test paper 2*29 Jun 2026 – 3 Jul 2026Exact dates TBCAnatomy Exam*29 Jun 2026 – 3 Jul 2026Exact dates TBCResit examsAugust 2026Exact dates TBC* Exam dates are provisional and subject to revision based on University’s timetable. HCP-Med - Year 3 - 2025/26SemesterDates (Mon-Fri)No. of weeksResidential week 08 Sep 2025 – 12 Sep 2025 Exact dates TBCHospital 115 Sep 2025 – 17 Oct 20255 weeksVacation20 Oct 2025 - 24 Oct 20251 weekHospital 1 continued27 Oct 2025 – 12 Dec 20257 weeksVacation15 Dec 2025 - 02 Jan 20263 weeksHospital 205 Jan 2026 – 23 Jan 20263 weeks Knowledge test paper 1* 26 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 2026Exact dates TBCOSCE exam26 Jan 2026 – 30 Jan 2026Exact dates TBCVacation02 Feb 2026 - 06 Feb 20261 weekHospital 2 continued9 Feb 2026 - 13 Mar 20265 weeksKnowledge test paper 2*16 Mar 2026 – 20 Mar 2026Exact dates TBCGP/Hospital Interface16 Mar 2026 – 27 Mar 20262 weeksVacation30 Mar 2026 – 03 Apr 20261 weekGP/Hospital Interface contd.06 Apr 2026 – 01 May 20264 weeksKnowledge test paper 3*04 May 2026 -08 May 2026Exact dates TBCGP/Hospital Interface contd.04 May 2026 – 19 Jun 20266 weeksKnowledge test paper 422 Jun 2026 - 26 Jun 2026Exact dates TBCOSCE exam*22 Jun 2026 - 26 Jun 2026Exact dates TBCResit examsAugust 2026Exact dates TBC*Exam dates are provisional and subject to revision based on University’s timetable. Graduation datesDetails of graduation dates can be found on the University's Student Administration website.Student Administration Downloads Document Semester dates for MBChB programme 2025-26 (708.3 KB / PDF) Document HCP-Med semester dates 25-26 (updated) (233.27 KB / PDF) This article was published on 2024-09-09