Dates of Semesters 2026–2027: SUMMARY
Dates of semesters for the academic year 2026–2027 are as follows 1 :
First Semester
Reading/Field Trip Week: 12.10.2026 – 17.10.2026 2
Revision Period: 01.12.2026 – 05.12.2026 3
Assessment Period: 07.12.2026 – 23.12.2026 4
Second Semester
Class Suspension Period for Lunar New Year: 06.02.2027 – 12.02.2027
Reading/Field Trip Week: 08.03.2027 – 13.03.2027 6
Revision Period: 03.05.2027 – 07.05.2027 7
Assessment Period: 08.05.2027 – 25.05.2027 8
Optional Summer Semester
Teaching and Assessment Period: 28.06.2027 – 21.08.2027 9
First Semester
October 2026: Medicine — MBBS Fourth Summative Assessment
October and November 2026: Medicine — MBBS Final Summative Supplemen-tary/Re-Assessment
November 2026: Medicine — PDipID
November 2026 – January 2027: Medicine — MChinMed
December 2026: Medicine — MBBS Fourth Summative Supplemen-tary/Re-Assessment, MAP, MBioInno, MCRPD, MMedSc, MMDPath, MNurs, MPsyMed, MPH, MSc(Nurs), DNurs and PDipPsyMed
February 2027: Medicine — MRes(Med)
Second Semester
February and March 2027: Medicine — MBBS Final Summative Assessment
February – May 2027: Medicine — MChinMed
March and July 2027: Medicine — MPsyMed and PDipPsyMed
April 2027: Medicine — MPH and DNurs
April – May 2027: Medicine — MNurs and MSc(Nurs)
April, June and July 2027: Medicine — MMDPath
April and July 2027: Medicine — PDipID
May 2027: Medicine — MAP, MBioInno, MCRPD, MMedSc and MRes(Med)
May – June 2027: Medicine — MBBS First Summative Assessment, MBBS Second Summative Assessment and MBBS Final Summative Supplementary/Re-Assessment
June 2027: Medicine — MBBS Third Summative Assessment
Summer Semester
July and August 2027: Medicine — MBBS First Summative Supplemen-tary/Re-Assessment, MBBS Second Summative Supplementary/Re-Assessment and MNurs
August 2027: Medicine — MPH and DNurs
Remarks
Not applicable to the postgraduate curricula offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Dates of teaching for Dentistry taught postgraduate programmes: 01.09.2026 – 31.08.2027.
Reading/Field trip week for BDS: 07.12.2026 – 12.12.2026; MA in the fields of Chinese Historical Studies, and Translation: 13.10.2026 – 17.10.2026; and MA(AppliedLinguistics): 26.10.2026 – 31.10.2026.
Not applicable to MBBS and BPharm.
No Reading/Field trip week for MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(ConstProjectMan); MSc(DMBA); MSc(EnvMan); MSc(RealEst); MSocSc in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance; MUS&HM; PGDE and PGDE (P/T).
Revision Period for BNurs (RN) (P/T): 30.11.2026 – 04.12.2026.
Not applicable to BDS and MBBS.
No Revision Period for MArch; MArch(Design); MA in the field of Chinese Language and Literature; MA(AppliedLinguistics); MACAIFM; MDASC; MIPA; MJ; MJ-DFS; MPA; MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(CompSc); MSc(ECom&IComp); MSc(FTDA); MSocSc in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance; MStat; MUrbanDesign and DPA.
Assessment Period for BDS: 04.01.2027 – 09.01.2027; MArch and MArch(Design): 30.11.2026 – 22.12.2026; MA in the field of Chinese Language and Literature: 08.12.2026 – 23.12.2026; MA(AppliedLinguistics): 02.11.2026 – 31.12.2026; MDASC, MIPA, MPA, MSc(CompSc), MSc(ECom&IComp), MSc(FTDA), MStat and DPA: 01.12.2026 – 23.12.2026; PCLL and PCLL (P/T) (Year 1): 07.12.2026 – 09.01.2027, and PCLL (P/T) (Year 2): 07.12.2026 – 19.12.2026.
No Assessment Period for MACAIFM; MA(TESOL); MEd; MJ; MJ-DFS; MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(LIM); MSc(TDLL); PCHLM; PGDE and PGDE (P/T).
Trial Advocacy Elective will start from early April for some sessions and continue after the written examinations from mid-May to mid-June (teaching for around three to four weeks).
Reading/Field trip week for MA in the field of Chinese Historical Studies: 08.03.2027 – 12.03.2027; and MA(AppliedLinguistics): 23.03.2027 – 27.03.2027.
Not applicable to MBBS and BPharm.
No Reading/Field trip week for MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(ConstProjectMan); MSc(DMBA); MSc(EnvMan), MSc(RealEst); MSocSc in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance; PGDE and PGDE (P/T).
Revision Period for BSc(Nurs): 26.04.2027 – 30.04.2027; BNurs (RN) (P/T): 05.04.2027 – 09.04.2027.
Not applicable to MBBS.
No Revision Period for MArch; MArch(Design); MA in the field of Chinese Language and Literature; MA(AppliedLinguistics); MACAIFM; MDASC; MIPA; MJ; MJ-DFS; MPA; MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(CompSc); MSc(ECom&IComp); MSc(FTDA); MSocSc in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance; MStat; MUrbanDesign and DPA.
Assessment Period for BDS: 10.05.2027 – 29.05.2027; BNurs: 10.05.2027 – 25.05.2027; BSc(Nurs): 02.05.2027 – 25.05.2027; BNurs (RN) (P/T): 12.04.2027 – 30.04.2027; MArch and MArch(Design): 03.05.2027 – 11.06.2027; MA in the field of Chinese Language and Literature: 09.05.2027 – 25.05.2027; MA(AppliedLinguistics): 30.03.2027 – 28.05.2027; MDASC, MIPA, MPA, MSc(CompSc), MSc(ECom&IComp), MSc(FTDA), MStat and DPA: 03.05.2027 – 25.05.2027; MExpArtsTh, MSocSc in the fields of Behavioral Health, Counselling, Gerontology, Mental Health, Nonprofit Management, and Social Service Management, and MSW: 08.05.2027 – 14.05.2027; MUrbanDesign: 26.04.2027 – 01.05.2027; PCLL and PCLL (P/T) (Year 1 and 2): 24.04.2027 – 14.05.2027.
No Assessment Period for MACAIFM; MA(TESOL); MEd; MJ; MJ-DFS; MSc in the fields of Food Industry: Management and Marketing, and Food Safety and Toxicology; MSc(LIM); MSc(TDLL); MSocSc in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance; PCHLM; PGDE and PGDE (P/T).
Not applicable to BDS, MBBS and BPharm.
Compulsory summer semester.
The examination schedules for EMBA; MAcct; MAA; MAIB; MBA; IMBA; MEcon; MFWM; MFin; MFFinTech; MGM; MSc(BA); MSc(Mktg); MSAF, MWM, DBA and the taught postgraduate curricula offered by the Faculty of Dentistry will be announced separately.
