Find out key and term dates for the academic year 2024/25.
Please note: term dates are an indication for teaching only and do not confirm dates for vacation periods.
Term dates 2024/25
- Induction Week (most undergraduate and postgraduate courses): Monday 16th to Friday 20th September 2024
- Postgraduate term one: Monday 2nd September to Sunday 8th December 2024
- Undergraduate term one: Monday 23rd September to Friday 13th December 2024
- Undergraduate Christmas/winter break: Monday 16th December 2024 to Friday 3rd January 2025
- January Reconnect Week: Monday 20th to Friday 24th January 2025
- Postgraduate term two: Monday 20th January to Friday 28th March 2025. (Teaching resumes on 27th January.)
- Undergraduate term two: Monday 27th January to Friday 11th April 2025
- Undergraduate Easter/spring break: Monday 14th to Friday 25th April 2025
- Postgraduate term three: Monday 7th April to Friday 27th June 2025
- Undergraduate term three: Monday 28th April to Friday 16th May 2025
- Summer graduation: Tuesday 15th July to Saturday 19th July 2025.
Multiple courses have alternative start dates. Our SMUOnline degrees also have six start dates throughout the year. Please double check the date your course begins.
A few programmes may finish the academic year on a different date. We will update this page as information becomes available.
International students
There are no official recognised vacation periods for postgraduate September and January starters within the academic calendar at St Mary’s University.
Please refer to the St Mary’s University Work During Studies information for postgraduate students.
Some degrees have a different start date to our other programmes. We've listed courses by qualification and then alphabetically so you can find your alternate start date quickly.
Foundation degrees
- FdA Early Years Education (one-year route): Monday 9th September 2024
- FdA Early Years Education (two-year route): Tuesday 10th September 2024
- FdA Primary Education: Tuesday 10th September 2024
- FdA Primary Education (one-year route): Thursday 12th September 2024
- FdSc Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development: Monday 23rd September 2024
Undergraduate degrees
BA
- BA Physical Education, Sport and Youth Development: Monday 9th September 2024
- BA Primary Education (work-based route): Thursday 19th September 2024
- BA Primary Education (work-based route) (one-year top-up): Thursday 19th September 2024
- BA Primary Education (work-based route) (two-year top-up): Friday 20th September 2024
- BA Primary Education with QTS (work-based route): Monday 9th September 2024
- BA Primary Education with QTS (work-based route) (two-year route): Monday 9th September 2024
- BA Theological Studies: Monday 16th September 2024
BSc
- BSc Business Management: Monday 16th September 2024
- BSc Business Management (Top-up): Monday 16th September 2024
- BSc Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development: Monday 9th September 2024
- BSc Physiotherapy: Monday 16th September 2024
- BSc Sports Performance Analysis and Talent Identification: Monday 9th September 2024
- BA Sports Management: Monday 9th September 2024
PGCE degrees
- PGCE Primary: Friday 30th August 2024
- PGCE Secondary: Monday 2nd September 2024
Postgraduate degrees
LLM
- LLM Legal Professional Practice: SQE (full-time): Monday 16th September 2024
- LLM Legal Professional Practice: SQE (part-time): Saturday 21st September 2024
MA
- MA Bioethics and Medical Law (part-time): Monday 16th September 2024
- MA Catholic School Leadership: Principles and Practice: Saturday 21st September 2024
- MA Catholic School Leadership: Principles and Practices (October full-time): Thursday 3rd October 2024
- MA Catholic School Leadership: Principles and Practices (October part-time): Saturday 28th September 2024
- MA Catholic Social Teaching: Saturday 7th September 2024
- MA Christian Spirituality: Saturday 21st September 2024
- MA Creative Writing: First Novel: Tuesday 24th September 2024
- MA Education (distance-learning): Saturday 28th September 2024
- MA Education (all full-time pathways, unless otherwise stated): Saturday 14th September 2024
- MA Education (all part-time pathways, unless otherwise stated): Saturday 28th September 2024
- MA Education, Culture and Society: Monday 30th September 2024
- MA Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Migration and Organised Crime: Tuesday 24th September 2024
- MA International Sports Journalism: Monday 16th September 2024
- MA Literature, Culture and Heritage: Saturday 28th September 2024
- MA Public History: Wednesday 25th September 2024
- MA Sports Journalism: Tuesday 24th September 2024
- MA Theology: Monday 16th September 2024
MRes
- MRes Sports, Health and Applied Science: Tuesday 1st October 2024
MSc
- MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Biomechanics: Friday 13th September 2024
- MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology: Friday 13th September 2024
- MSc Applied Sports Nutrition: Friday 27th September 2024
- MSc Applied Strength and Conditioning Science: Monday 9th September 2024
- MSc Chronic Disease Management: Tuesday 17th September 2024
- MSc Computer Science: Wednesday 25th September 2024
- MSc Human Nutrition: Monday 16th September 2024
- MSc Nutrition and Genetics: Tuesday 17th September 2024
- MSc Performance Football Coaching (distance-learning): Monday 16th September 2024
- MSc Physiotherapy: Wednesday 4th September 2024
- MSc Professional Development (all pathways): Monday 16th September 2024
- MSc Psychology (Conversion): Monday 9th September 2024
- MSc Psychology of Mental Health (full-time): Monday 9th September 2024
- MSc Psychology of Mental Health (part-time): Saturday 7th September 2024
- MSc Public Health: Friday 20th September 2024
PGCert
- PGCert Catholic School Leadership: Principles and Practices: Saturday 28th September 2024
- PGCert Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Tuesday 1st October 2024
- PGCert Psychology of Mental Health: Tuesday 1st October 2024
Doctoral degrees
All our doctoral degrees begin Tuesday 1st October 2024.
Postgraduate degrees
MA
- MA Catholic School Leadership: Principles and Practice: Tuesday 21st January 2025
- MA Catholic Social Teaching:Saturday 11th January 2025
MBA
- Master of Business Administration: Monday 6th January 2025
MSc
- MSc Chronic Disease Management: Friday 17th January 2025
- MSc Computer Science (January full-time): Monday 20th January 2025
- MSc Computer Science (January part-time): Saturday 18th January 2025
- MSc International Business Management: Monday 20th January 2025
- MSc International Finance and Accounting: Monday 20th January 2025
- MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration): Monday 13th January 2025
- MSc Public Health: Monday 27th January 2025
- MSc Sports Management: Monday 20th January 2025
Exams
- Semester one exams: Monday 6th to Friday 17th January 2025
- Semester two exams: Wednesday 7th to Friday 16th May 2025
- Summer reassessment period: Monday 21st July to Friday 25th July 2025
Graduation
- Summer graduation: Tuesday 15th July to Saturday 19th July 2025
Full list of key 2024/25 dates