What are the university term dates?

If you are a student studying during the 2024-25 academic year the dates for teaching and exam periods are as follows:-

Semester 1

Semester 1 begins on Monday 23 September 2024 and ends on Friday 24 January 2025. 
The winter vacation is Monday 9 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.
The Semester 1 exam period will take place between Monday 6 January and 24 January 2025.

Semester 2

Semester 2 begins on 3 February 2025 and ends on Friday 6 June 2025.
The spring vacation is Monday 14 April to 2 May 2025.
The Semester 2 exam period will take place between Monday 19 May and 6 June 2025.

Please note, the School of Medicine's term dates may differ due to a shorter winter break and students following Surrey Online Learning courses may also have separate programme dates.

Postgraduate students

If you are a full-time postgraduate student starting in either September or February, you may have teaching and assessment activities taking place during the winter and summer vacations.
Research students, on a full-time postgraduate research course, are expected to be in continuous attendance except for annual leave and university closure days.

During vacations and outside term-time, the university remains open except for a small number of closure dates which are detailed on our Key Dates pages.

If you need to view term dates for future academic years you can also view these on our Key Dates pages.