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LSE Exam Timetable

Please ensure you have read the following Exam Procedures for Candidates before proceeding with your exams. This document provides important instructions for completing your assessments and sources of help for when things do not go to plan.

The 2026 January exam period will take place between Wednesday 7 January and Friday 16 January 2026 inclusive.

All exams that are due to take place in January 2026 will be listed on the schedule (therefore any assessments listed that are normally taken in the spring are for postgraduate students from past cohorts who are resitting or taking a deferred assessment only).

Online assessments longer than 24hrs and take home coursework assessments will not appear on the schedule, please contact your course department if you have any queries about these assessments.

The January 2026 exam timetable will be published on Friday 12 December 2025.

A limited number of exams will be e-Exam enabled. To check if your exam is enabled please refer to the list on the e-Exam webpage.

Personal exam timetables, including room and seat information, will be available on Thursday 18 December 2025.

The 2026 Spring exam period will take place between Monday 11 May and Friday 19 June 2026 inclusive.

All exams that are due to take place in Spring 2026 will be listed on the schedule (therefore any assessments listed that are normally taken in the January exam period are for RDAP2 postgraduate students from past cohorts who are resitting or taking a deferred assessment only).

Online assessments longer than 24hrs and take home coursework assessments will not appear on the schedule, please contact your course department if you have any queries about these assessments.

The Spring 2026 exam timetable will be published on Wednesday 11 March 2026.

A limited number of exams will be e-Exam enabled. To check if your exam is enabled please refer to the list on the e-Exam webpage.

Personal exam timetables, including room and seat information, will be available on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

The In-year Resit and Deferred Assessment Period (IRDAP) will take place between Monday 17 August and Wednesday 26 August 2026 inclusive.

The IRDAP 2025 exam timetable will be published on Monday 3 August 2026.

A limited number of exams will be e-Exam enabled. To check if your exam is enabled please refer to the list on the e-Exam webpage.

Personal exam timetables, including room and seat information, will be available on Thursday 13 August 2026.

If, due to the observance of a religious holiday, you are unable to sit exams on specific dates, you should contact the exams team as soon as possible, and before the publication of the course by course timetable, to discuss possible arrangements. Please include the following information:

your name
your student ID number
the courses you are taking
the dates on which you are unable to attend exams
details of your religious observance (you may be asked to provide a supporting letter from a religious leader)

Please note that events such as weddings or other personal appointments do not constitute exceptional reasons for exam timetabling purposes.

For further details about Central Exam Adjustments (CEAs), please visit our webpage.

For further details about Overseas Exams Arrangement, please visit our webpage.

If you have a student visa, you can work part time during your studies and full time during the vacation. The vacation time starts after the official term end date, not after your final exam. If you are a one year Masters student and have to submit a dissertation, your vacation time starts after the official end of your programme in September.

More details about working at the end of your studies are available from the LSE Student Advice and Engagement Team.

If you have successfully requested to defer an in-person exam it may still appear on your personal exam timetable.

The email confirming your successful deferral request serves as confirmation that your exam has been deferred to the next appropriate assessment period. Your personal exam timetable will not necessarily be updated to remove this exam, this is perfectly normal.