Manchester Met term dates 2026/27

Compiled from Manchester Metropolitan University's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are Manchester Metropolitan University's published term dates for 2026/27: 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.

Manchester Met term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Semester One 2026 termMonday, 28 September 2026Friday, 22 January 202717 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday, 23 January 2027Sunday, 24 January 2027
Semester Two 2027 termMonday, 25 January 2027Friday, 21 May 202717 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • Semester One begins with induction week from Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October 2026, with teaching weeks from Monday 5 October to Friday 18 December 2026 and assessment weeks from Monday 11 January to Friday 22 January 2027.
  • The winter break runs from Saturday 19 December 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027.
  • Semester Two begins with Future Me week from Monday 25 January to Friday 29 January 2027, with teaching weeks from Monday 1 February to Friday 19 March 2027 and from Monday 12 April to Friday 7 May 2027, and assessment weeks from Monday 10 May to Friday 21 May 2027.
  • The spring break runs from Saturday 20 March to Sunday 11 April 2027.
Source: these dates come from Manchester Metropolitan University'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 Manchester Met term start?

The next term at Manchester Metropolitan University is Semester One 2026, starting Monday, 28 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 Manchester Metropolitan University's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

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

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