The management of the University of Benin wishes to notify all fresh and returning students of the institution that the senate of the university has made adjustments to the academic calendar for the 2025/2026 academic session.
The revised UNIBEN academic calendar is designed to span approximately one year. All academic and non-academic activities have been meticulously scheduled within the approved timeframe, as directed by the university’s management.
UNIBEN Academic Calendar 2025/2026 Academic Session
The academic calendar for UNIBEN is as follows:
The Senate of the University Of Benin convened an emergency meeting during which they ratified the adjusted academic calendar for the 2025/2026 academic sessions as outlined below:
UNIBEN First Semester Academic Calendar for Fresh & Returning Students 2025/2026 Session
| First Semester | |
| DATE | EVENTS |
| Monday 18th March. 2025 | Registration of new students for the 2025/2026 academic session |
| Sunday 28th April, 2025 | All students (both old and new) are to enter into their various halls of residence. |
| Monday, 29th April, [yea]. | Lectures begin/Continuation of online registration and physical clearance of new students for the 2025/2026 academic session. |
| Friday 17th May, 2025 | Matriculation |
| Tuesday 21st May, [yea]. | Orientation of fresh students. |
| Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd August, 2025. | Revision |
| Monday 5th August, 2025. | Examination begins in Faculty of Education, Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Physical Sciences and Schools of Basic Medical Sciences |
| Saturday 10th August, 2025. | CED Examination. |
| Monday 12th August, 2025. | Examination begins in other faculties, Schools and Institutes |
| Friday 16th to Sunday 17th August, 2025. | · GST Examination · Students go on end of Semester break |
SECOND SEMESTER ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION
| Sunday 1st September, 2025. | All students come into Halls of Residence |
| Monday 2nd September, 2025. | Lecture begins |
| Monday 25th to Friday 29th November, 2025. | Resumption |
| Tuesday 3rd December, 2025. | Examination begins in Faculty of Education, Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Physical Sciences and Schools of Basic Medical Sciences |
| Saturday 7th December, 2025. | CED Examinations |
| Monday 9th December, 2025. | Examination begins in other faculties, Schools and Institutes |
| Saturday 14th December, 2025. | · GST Examination · Students go on end of Semester break |
IMPORTANT NOTE:
17th and 18th June 2025 is Idel-Kabir hence there will be a public holiday nationwide.
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Please when will postgraduate program for 2025/2026 resume classes for first semester?
Please I scored 170 in jamb 2021 can I be given admission in nursing
I want to study law and I score 207 will I be offered admission
Pls when is the academic calendar for the new session (freshers) starting and when will they finish giving admission?
Please when is freshers resuming this year??
And when is uniben matriculation
Not anytime soon because 2025/2026 session is still on.
Please when is uniben resuming for newly admitted student
March
How can you know you have been given admission
Check via JAMB CAPS or UNIBEN’s website for the admission list. You will be required to input your JAMB registration details
Can someone thaT SCore 200 in jamB Study nursing
That score is quite low for Nursing
Please how do I get the notification for the 2018/19 physical Clearance date?
You will have to visit the school for confirmation
please when is the deadline for clearance of new student, I just saw my admission letter.
Pls my status says congrats you’ve been admitted but my kofa says submitted those that’s mean m admitted
Yes it simply means you have been admitted
Please how do you know if you are been given addimission
uniben..updates
My kofa is showing submitted while
On caps its showing welcome do I have hope
pls what is the score I can get in post utme to get admitted into accounting department
Is combined results (WAEC) acceptable
Yes but it must not be more than 2 sittings and 2 years apart
What do u mean by ‘O’ level certificates and secondary school testimonials. Which one is Waec result
O level certificate is your waec result
Pls can I use normal black and white prints for my JAMB result?
Yes you can
Plz I have HND and PGDE can I apply for master degree in educational management?
plz i want 2 do diploma at uniben,does it require jamb plz,if so i score 192 and i want 2 study medical laboratory secien
please i scored 189 in jamb can i be admitted
No
pls can i be admitted into physiology with 214 in jamb
What about Uniben post graduate study?
You mean their academic calendar?
Pls what is the cutoff of accounting for post utme 2025/2026
Please is there extention for date of payment for school fees ? If so how long? After rhe desdline of school fees payment, what next? What happens if the students has already paid for acceptance but yet to pay school fees?
My caps keep showing me ‘welcome’while other times it shows me welcome with my full name attached to it and when I check my jamb profile it shows no admission is given yet.Please what does this mean? And is there going to be 3rd batch?
Yes most probably
My caps keep showing me ‘welcome’while other times it shows me welcome with my full name attached to it and when I check my jamb profile it shows no admission is given yet.Please what does this mean? And would there be 3rd batch in uniben?
pls I scored 60 in post utme and 244 in jamb will I be given admission?
and my caps is showing not admitted and my kofa is showing submitted
Wat does it mean?
You are not yet admitted then.
Please what is uniben cut off mark
200