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Lancaster University term dates

Last updated: 12 September 2024

2024/2025 Academic year

Foundation Cohort 1 (October Intake) Undergraduate Cohort 1 (October Intake)

Intro Week (Registration & Orientation)  

29th September 2025

Last Day for Student Registration 17th

Michaelmas Term

  • Teaching Starts – 6th October 2025
  • Teaching Ends – 5th December 2025
  • Exams: 8th – 12th December 2025

Lent Term

  • Teaching Starts – 12th January 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 13th March 2026
  • Exams: 16th – 20th March 2026

Summer Term  

  • Teaching Starts – 13th April 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 12th June 2026
  • Exams: 15th – 19th June 2026

Intro Week (Registration & Orientation)   

29th September 2025

Last Day for Student Registration  17th October 2025

Michaelmas Term

  • Teaching Starts – 6th October 2025
  • Teaching Ends – 12th December 2025

Lent Term

  • Teaching Starts – 12th January, 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 20th March 2026

Summer Term

  • Teaching Starts – 20th April, 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 26th June 2026

FINAL EXAM STARTS: 18TH MAY 2026

Foundation Cohort 2 (January Intake) EPP Programme

Intro Week (Registration & Orientation)

7th January, 2026

Last Day for Student Registration

23rd January 2026

Lent Term

  • Teaching Starts – 12th January 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 13th March 2026
  • Exams: 16th – 20th March 2026

Summer (1) Term

  • Teaching Starts – 13th April 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 12th June 2026
  • Exams: 15th – 19th June 2026

Summer (2) Term

  • Teaching Starts – 6th July 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 4th September 2026
  • Exams: 7th – 11th September 2026

 

 

Exams: 7th – 11th September 2026 Intro Week (Registration & Orientation)

29th September 2025

Michaelmas Term

  • Teaching Starts – 6th October 2025
  • Teaching Ends – 5th December 2025
  • Exams: 8th – 12th December 2025

Lent Term

  • Teaching Starts – 12th January 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 13th March 2026
  • Exams: 16th – 20th March 2026

Summer (1) Term

  • Teaching Starts – 13th April 2026
  • Teaching Ends – 12th June 2026
  • Exams: 15th – 19th June 2026