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Academic Calendar

Library on Heriot-Watt Malaysia campus

Semester dates for our Malaysia campus are listed below, and you can find dates for enrolment, teaching, holidays, examination and graduation.

Please note the campus holidays or 'buildings closed' days for our campus.

Semester dates

Session dates for our academic year vary according to the programme you are taking. For detailed information see the academic calendars for your programme :

Foundation programmes

Academic Calendar for Foundation Programmes
DatesActivity
5 – 9 January 2026Welcome Week
12 January – 10 April 2026Semester 1 teaching
16 – 20 February 2026Reading Week
23 – 27 March 2026Break
13 – 17 April 2026Semester 1 Exam
20 April – 17 July 2026Semester 2 teaching
25 – 29 May 2026Reading Week
20 – 24 July 2026Semester 2 Exam
27 – 31 July 2026Semester 2 Break
3 August – 30 October 2026Semester 3 teaching
14 – 18 September 2026Reading Week
2 – 6 November 2026Semester 3 Exam
9 November 2026 – 8 January 2027Break
7 – 11 December 2026Resits
11 – 15 January 2027Undergraduate Welcome Week

The dates are subject to change

Undergraduate programmes

Undergraduate - September intake
DatesActivity
7 – 11 September 2026September Semester Welcome Week
14 September – 4 December 2026September Semester teaching
19 – 23 October 2026September Semester Flexible Learning Week
7 – 18 December 2026December Examination & Assessment Diet
21 December 2026 – 15 January 2027December Break
18 January – 9 April 2027January Semester teaching
22 – 26 February 2027January Semester Flexible Learning Week
12 – 23 April 2027April Break
26 April – 7 May 2027April Examination & Assessment Diet
10 May – 3 September 2027January Semester break
2 – 13 August 2027Resit
11 July 2027Summer Graduation*

* Note: The dates stated above are tentative and subject to change.

Postgraduate programmes

Postgraduate - September intake
DatesActivity
7 – 11 September 2026September Semester Welcome Week
14 September – 4 December 2026September Semester teaching
19 – 23 October 2026September Semester Flexible Learning Week
7 – 18 December 2026December Examination & Assessment Diet
21 December 2026 – 15 January 2027December Break
18 January – 9 April 2027January Semester teaching
22 – 26 February 2027January Semester Flexible Learning Week
12 – 23 April 2027April Break
26 April – 7 May 2027April Examination & Assessment Diet
10 May – 3 September 2027January Semester break
2 – 13 August 2027Resit
11 July 2027Summer Graduation

*Note: The dates stated above are tentative and subject to change.

Future intakes

Campus holidays for 2025/26

The University buildings will be closed for the following official Malaysia holidays in 2025/26:​

2025/26 Malaysia Holidays
DatesActivity
31 August 2025#Independence Day
5 September 2025*Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday
16 September 2025Malaysia Day
20 October 2025*Deepavali
25 December 2025Christmas
1 January 2026New Year's Day
1 February 2026#Federal Territory Day
1 February 2026*#Thaipusam
17 – 18 February 2026Chinese New Year
7 March 2026*Nuzul Al-Quran
21 – 22 March 2026*Hari Raya Aidil Fitri
1 May 2026Labour Day
27 May 2026*Hari Raya Aidil Adha
31 May 2026*#Wesak Day
1 June 2026King's Birthday
16 June 2026*Awal Muharram
25 August 2026*Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday
31 August 2026Independence Day

# As the public holiday falls on a Sunday or another public holiday, the next working day will be the public holiday in lieu.

*Subject to change

Campus holidays up to 2031

Malaysia Campus Holidays Up to 2031

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