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DATES OF SEMESTERS FOR FULL-TIME FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES 2025-2026

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In 2025-26, apart from a few exceptions, the First Semester for undergraduate programmes starts on September 1, 2025 and the Second Semester on January 19, 2026. The dates of teaching are as follows:

CURRICULUM FIRST SEMESTER (1) SECOND SEMESTER (2) OPTIONAL
SUMMER
SEMESTER (4)
Dates of Teaching Reading Week Dates of Teaching (3) Reading Week
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE 29.06.26 – 22.08.26
BA(ArchStud),
BA(LS), BA(UrbanStud),
BSc(Surv), BASc(Design+)
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF ARTS
BA, BA(GCIN), BA(HDT),
BA&BEng(AI&DataSc),
BA&LLB
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (HKU BUSINESS SCHOOL)
BBA, BBA(Acc&Fin), BBA(ADA),
BBA(BA), BBA(IBGM),
BBA(Law)&LLB,
BEcon, BEcon&Fin, BFin(AMPB), BSc(MAT), BSc(QFin)
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
BDS 01.09.25 – 06.12.25 08.12.25 – 13.12.25 12.01.26 – 25.07.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
BA&BEd(LangEd), BASc(SDS),
BEd&BSc,
BEd(ECE&SE),
BSc(ACD), BSc(SLP)
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
BSc(IM) 01.09.25 – 05.12.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 09.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
BEng&BBA, BEng(CivE),
BEng(CE), BEng(DASE),
BEng(ElecE), BEng(Elite),
BEng(EE), BEng(ME),
BEng X + MScEng AIE
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
School of Computing and Data Science

BEng(CompSc),
BEng(AI&DataSc),
BStat, BSc(ActuarSc),
BASc(FinTech),
BASc(Applied AI)
School of Innovation

BSc(I&T)
27.05.26 –26.06.26 (Compulsory)
FACULTY OF LAW
LLB 01.09.25 – 29.11.25
13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
LI KA SHING FACULTY OF MEDICINE
BBiomedSc,
BChinMed,
BNurs, BASc(GHD)
01.09.25 – 23.12.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 26.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
BPharm N/A N/A
MBBS N/A 02.01.26 –26.05.26 N/A
BSc(Nurs) 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 05.01.26 – 26.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26 08.06.26 –21.08.26 (Compulsory)
BEng(BME) 01.09.25 –29.11.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 29.06.26 – 22.08.26
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
BSc, BSc&LLB,
BSc&MRes
01.09.25 – 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
BJ, BSocSc,
BSocSc(Govt&Laws)&LLB,
BSW, BPsych
01.09.25 - 29.11.25 13.10.25 – 18.10.25 19.01.26 – 02.05.26 09.03.26 – 14.03.26


(1)
Revision Period : 01.12.2025 – 05.12.2025 [Not Applicable to: BDS, MBBS].
Assessment Period : 06.12.2025 -23.12.2025 [Not Applicable to: BDS (Assessment Period:05.01.26 -10.01.26)].

(2) Revision Period : 04.05.2026 – 09.05.2026 [Not Applicable to: MBBS].
Assessment Period : 11.05.2026 – 26.05.2026 [Not Applicable to: BDS (Assessment Period:11.05.26 -30.05.26)].

(3) Suspension Period for Chinese New Year: 17.02.2026 – 23.02.2026

(4) Optional Summer Semester is not applicable to: BDS, BPharm, MBBS, BSc(Nurs). For BASc(SDS) and BSc(IM), Summer Semester is 27.05.26 -22.08.26.

 
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