The 2025/26 semester 1 assessment period starts on Monday 12 January 2026 and ends on Friday 23 January 2026.
Find your exam schedule
This page will be refreshed before each assessment period. The schedule for the semester 1 exams was released on 17 November 2025.
Your personalised exam schedule on SAMIS
Personalised exam schedules for upcoming exams will be available on SAMIS.
We recommend checking your personal exam schedule regularly. You should save the dates, times, locations, and seat numbers of your exams before the exam period begins.
While we aim to keep the exam schedule consistent, minor changes may sometimes be necessary.
The schedule on SAMIS tells you the dates and times of your exams and whether your exams are in-person using paper or Inspera, or sat remotely and online using Inspera. Find further information on rooms in the exam venue guide.
The default type of exam is an on-campus, in-person exam using pen and paper. If the room shown in SAMIS is:
- A room only such as 4 WEST – 1.10, your exam will be sat on campus, normally using paper.
- Inspera only, your exam will be sat using Inspera remotely, in a location you choose.
If you hold a Student (or Tier 4) visa to study in the UK, you are currently required to undertake all of your study (including all exams delivered online) in the UK. For further information please contact the Student Immigration Service at studentimmigrationservice@bath.ac.uk.
Find more information about travelling to the UK using an eVisa.
Exams will start between 9am and 5pm UK local time, Monday to Friday. If you are taking your exam outside of the UK, you will need to sit the exam according to the UK time on the schedule. You are expected to plan your time accordingly.
Further information on the types of exams you could be set is provided in the Student Exam Handbook.
Alternative exam arrangements
If you have a disability we may be able to help you make alternative exam arrangements for your course.
It's really important to contact the Disability Service in enough time to organise any alternative exam arrangements. Remember that there will be waiting times for appointments so give as much notice as you can.
For the semester one exams, you must make an appointment with the Disability Service for alternative exam arrangements by Friday 28 November 2025.
If your exam is not showing in SAMIS
If you think one of your units is missing from your SAMIS Exam Schedule, please contact your Programme Administrator. Updates may take a short time to show in SAMIS.
- Faculty of Engineering & Design
- Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
- School of Management undergraduates should email bsc@management.bath.ac.uk.
- School of Management MSc students
- Faculty of Science
What to do if you can’t attend a scheduled exam
Please note that the dates of each assessment period are published on the Academic Year Charts for the current and following academic year. Students should be aware of these dates and should expect to attend all scheduled exams and assessments. Scheduling exams at the University is complex, and therefore it is not usually possible to change the schedule for a single student. You should read your Department Handbook to find out what to do if you:
- Unexpectedly can't attend an exam
- Are ill, or likely to be ill for more than three days.
- Have a clash with a planned religious observance, or medical appointment.
- Need to be absent for more than three days for a planned reason such as a medical or surgical procedure, or to participate in a religious observance. You can apply for a leave of absence and your department can arrange in advance for time off study. It may be able to consider other options.