SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION
FIRST SEMESTER
|
WEEK
|
DATE
|
ACTIVITY/PROGRAMME
|
|
July, 2025
|
|
|
21st – 31st
|
Sale of PG forms for PGD, Masters and PhD
|
|
21st – 31st
|
Workshops/Training for All Staff
|
|
August, 2025
|
|
|
18th – 30th
|
Registration of students
|
|
September, 2025
|
|
Week 1
|
1st – 12th
|
Registration of students
|
|
4th
|
Eid-El-Maulud ( Public Holiday)
|
|
15th
|
Resumption for fresh students
|
|
17th – 19th
|
Orientation for fresh students
|
|
22nd-26th
|
Lectures
|
|
October, 2025
|
|
|
1st
|
Nigeria National Independence Day ( Public Holiday)
|
|
Week 2
|
3rd
|
Scholastic Mass on all campuses
|
|
6th -10th
|
Lectures
|
|
8th
|
PG Departmental board meeting
|
|
Week 3
|
13th -17th
|
Lectures
|
|
15th
|
PG faculty board meeting
|
|
Week 4
|
20th -24th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
30th–
|
PG Board Meeting
|
|
Novermber, 2025
|
|
Week 5
Week 6
|
3rd -7th
|
Lectures
|
|
10th – 14th
|
Lectures
|
|
27th
|
Convocation Lecture
|
|
28th
|
23rd Convocation Ceremony for Award of First and Higher degrees
|
|
Week 7
|
17th – 21st
|
Lectures
|
|
|
24th-26th
|
Proposal Presentation
|
|
December, 2025
|
|
Week 8
|
2nd
|
Evaluation coverage of First Semester Courses’ Contents by DQA & DAP
|
|
2nd – 6th
|
Lectures
|
|
Week 9
|
9th-11th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
12th
|
Harvest & Bazaar/End of Year Mass
|
|
|
13th
|
Christmas Break
|
|
|
|
|
|
January, 2026
|
|
Week 10
|
7th – 10th
|
Resumption
|
|
Week 11
|
12th -16th
|
Lectures
|
|
17th
|
Workshop on Research Methodology (Part 1
|
|
22nd
|
PG Board Meeting
|
|
Week 12
|
20th-24th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
28th
|
DQA and DAP meet with HODs to Evaluate coverage of First Semester Courses’ Contents
|
|
|
27th-311st
|
Lectures
|
|
WEEK
|
DATE
|
ACTIVITY/PROGRAMME
|
|
February, 2026
|
|
|
|
Week 13
|
3rd – 7th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
10th – 11th
|
Seminar Presentation
|
|
|
18th
|
Ash Wednesday
|
|
|
12th-20th
|
1st Semester Examinations
|
|
|
23rd
|
Conference Marking Begins
|
|
|
27th
|
Conference Marking Ends
|
SECOND SEMESTER
|
March, 2026
|
|
Week 1
|
2nd – 6th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
|
|
|
9th
|
Workshop on Research Methodology (Part 2)
|
|
Week 2
|
10th – 13th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
17th
|
Departmental Board Meeting (Consideration of 1st Semester Results)
|
|
|
19th
|
Faculty Board Meeting (Consideration of 1st Semester Results)
|
|
|
20th
|
Eid El-Fitr (Public Holiday)
|
|
Week 3
|
23th – 27th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
31st
|
Easter Break
|
|
April, 2026
|
|
|
3rd April
|
Good Friday [Public Holiday]
|
|
5th April
|
Easter Sunday
|
|
|
6th – 16th
|
Easter Break Continues
|
|
Week 4
Week 5
|
17th
|
Resumption
|
|
20th – 24th
|
Lectures
|
|
27th – 30th
|
Lectures
|
|
May, 2026
|
|
|
1st
|
Labour Day [Public Holiday]
|
|
2nd
|
Resumption of All Students from Easter Break
|
|
Week 6
|
4th – 8th
|
Lectures
|
|
|
14th
|
Ascension Day (Holy Day of Obligation)
|
|
Week 7
|
11th 15th
|
Lectures
|
|
Week 8
|
18th _ 22nd
|
Lectures
|
|
Week 9
|
25th – 29th
|
Lectures
|
|
June, 2026
|
|
Week 10
|
1st – 5th
|
Lectures
|
|
Week 11
|
8th – 11th
|
Lectures
|
|
12th
|
Democracy day [Public Holiday]
|
|
Week 12
|
15th –19th
|
Lectures
|
|
Week 13
|
22th – 26th
|
Lectures
|
|
July, 2026
|
|
Week 14
|
29th June – 3rd July
|
Lectures
|
|
7th-10th
|
Revision
|
|
13th – 17th
|
Examinations
|
|
20th – 24th
|
Thesis/Dissertation Defence
|
|
25th
|
Vacation
|
|
August, 2026
|
|
|
4th August
|
Departmental Board Meeting (Consideration of 2nd Semester Results)
|
|
5th August
|
Faculty Board Meeting (Consideration of 2nd Semester Results)
|
|
6th August
|
PG Board Meeting
|
|
|
15th August
|
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Holiday of Obligation)
|
|
September 2026
|
|
|
|
|
15th August
|
Resumption for Fresh Students for 2026/2027 Academic Session
|
|
|
16th – 18th
|
Orientation for fresh students
|
