Calendar
University Calendar
Calendar of Events
2025 / 2026 Academic Year
Meetings & Governance
Academic Sessions
Examinations
Ceremonies
Holidays & Observances
September 2025
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
University Court
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Coordinating Committee
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
School Board Meetings (begins, ends 26th)
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Start of Second Semester Reference Exams (ends 3rd Oct)
30
October 2025
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Senate
3
End of Second Semester Reference Exams
4
5
6
Conditions of Service Committee
7
8
9
10
11
University Reopens 2025/2026 (Continuing Students)
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Start of First Semester Lectures
21
22
23
24
Congregation Working Group Meeting
25
26
27
Coordinating Committee Meeting
28
29
Scoring of Academic Staff (ends 31st)
30
Staff Appraisal Committee (Administrative Staff)
31
November 2025
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
Medical School Committee Meeting
4
5
Junior Staff Review Committee, BC
6
Junior Staff Review Committee, NC
7
Congregation Working Group Meeting
8
9
10
11
12
13
Appointments & Promotion Meeting
14
15
Reopening 2025/2026 Session (Freshmen)
16
17
18
19
Freshmen Orientation Ceremony, NC
20
Freshmen Orientation Ceremony, NC
21
Congregation Working Group Meeting
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
December 2025
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
University Court Meeting
4
5
Congregation Working Group Meeting
6
7
8
9
10
11
Matriculation Ceremony, BC
12
Matriculation Ceremony, NC
13
14
15
University Congregation Week (ends 20th)
16
17
18
19
Congregation – Diplomas & Certificates
20
Congregation – Undergraduate & Postgraduate
21
22
23
Start of Christmas Break
24
25
Christmas Day
26
27
28
29
30
31
January 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
End of Christmas Break
6
7
Audit Committee
8
Finance & General Purposes Committee
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
February 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Recess from Lectures (Continuing Students) (ends 13th)
10
11
12
13
End of Recess from Lectures (Continuing Students)
14
15
16
Start of First Semester Exams (Continuing) (ends 28th)
17
18
Armed Forces Day
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
End of First Semester Exams (Continuing)
March 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
First Semester Break (Continuing Students)
3
4
5
6
7
8
International Women's Day
9
Recess from Lectures (Freshmen)
School Board of Examiners (All Schools)
10
11
12
13
End of Recess from Lectures (Freshmen)
14
End of First Semester Break
Registration 2nd Semester (Continuing)
15
16
Start of First Semester Exams (Freshmen) (ends 28th)
17
Start of Second Semester Lectures
18
Standing Committee (NC)
19
Standing Committee Meeting (BC)
20
Eid-al-Fitr (proposed)
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
End of First Semester Exam (Freshmen)
29
30
Start of First Semester Break (Freshmen)
31
April 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Easter Break
3
Good Friday
4
5
6
Easter Monday
7
End of Easter Break
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Audit Committee
15
16
17
18
19
20
End of First Semester Break
Registration 2nd Semester (Freshmen)
21
Coordinating Committee Meeting
22
Start of Reference & I Grade Exams (ends 1st May)
23
Finance & General Purposes Committee
24
25
26
27
Independence Day
28
29
30
May 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
End of Reference & I Grade Exams
2
3
4
University Court
5
6
Executive Committee of Senate
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Start of Seminar for Final Year Students (ends 30th)
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
End of Seminar for Final Year Students
31
June 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Recess for Final Year Students
2
3
4
Adverts for 2026/2027 Admissions
5
6
End of Recess for Final Year Students
7
8
Comprehensive Examination
9
10
11
Medical School Committee Meeting
12
End of Second Semester Lectures (Continuing)
13
14
15
Recess from Lectures (Continuing Students)
16
17
18
19
End of Comprehensive Exams
20
21
22
Start of Second Semester Exams (Continuing)
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Audit Committee
July 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Finance & General Purposes Committee
3
End of Second Semester Exams (Continuing)
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
End of Second Semester Lectures (Freshmen)
18
19
20
Start of Second Semester Recess (Freshmen)
21
22
23
24
End of Second Semester Recess (Freshmen)
25
26
27
Start of Second Semester Exams (Freshmen)
28
Coordinating Committee Meeting
29
30
31
August 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
End of Second Semester Exams (Freshmen)
9
10
Start of 2nd Semester Break (Freshmen)
Board of Examiners: Basic Education (BC) & Basic Sciences (NC)
11
Board of Examiners: Education (BC) & Natural Resources Mgmt
12
Board of Examiners: Social Sciences & Law (BC) & Agriculture & Food Sciences (NC)
13
Board of Examiners: Technology (NC) & Community Health Sciences (BC)
14
Board of Examiners: Environmental Sciences (NC)
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Coordinating Committee Meeting
28
29
30
31
Start of Second Semester Reference Exams (ends 4th Sept)
September 2026
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
End of Second Semester Reference Exams
5
6
7
8
9
10
Senate
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
