Imperial College London term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

Compiled from Imperial College London's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are Imperial College London's published term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28: when each term starts and finishes, with the vacations between them. We take the dates from the university's own calendar (linked below) and recheck them each academic year. Reading weeks, exam periods and welcome week arrangements sit in the notes under each year where the university publishes them.

Imperial College London term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Autumn term 2026 termSaturday, 26 September 2026Friday, 11 December 202611 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSaturday, 12 December 2026Friday, 1 January 2027
Spring term 2027 termSaturday, 2 January 2027Friday, 19 March 202711 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSaturday, 20 March 2027Friday, 23 April 2027
Summer term 2027 termSaturday, 24 April 2027Friday, 25 June 20279 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • Imperial terms begin on a Saturday.
  • Term dates vary for some provision, including the School of Medicine, programmes with integral placements and Imperial Business School, where most programmes start on 26 August 2026.

Imperial College London term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Autumn term 2027 termSaturday, 2 October 2027Friday, 17 December 202711 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSaturday, 18 December 2027Friday, 7 January 2028
Spring term 2028 termSaturday, 8 January 2028Friday, 24 March 202811 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSaturday, 25 March 2028Friday, 28 April 2028
Summer term 2028 termSaturday, 29 April 2028Friday, 30 June 20289 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • Imperial terms begin on a Saturday.
  • Imperial confirms term date variations for the year ahead each February, so course specific variations for 2027-28 were not yet published when checked.
Source: these dates come from Imperial College London's official term dates page, last checked by us on 12 September 2026. The university's page is the authority if anything changes mid-year. Read how we compile dates.

Common questions

When does Imperial College London term start?

The next term at Imperial College London is Autumn term 2026, starting Saturday, 26 September 2026.

Do these dates apply to every course?

They're the university's published dates for standard undergraduate teaching. Postgraduate, medicine, law conversion and some professional courses often run longer or start earlier, and welcome week sits before the first term for new students. Your course handbook is the authority for anything that costs money to get wrong.

Where do these dates come from?

From Imperial College London's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Family in London? School term dates work differently from university terms: see Kensington and Chelsea school term dates for the local authority's calendar.

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