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UNN Postgraduate Academic Calendar 2025 Academic Session Released

The University of Nigeria postgraduate academic calendar for 2025/2026 academic session has been released by the management of the school of postgraduate studies, UNN. UNN postgraduate academic calendar as seen below, contains all scheduled academic and non-academic activities scheduled for the semeseters for all postgraduate programmes which includes the continuation of the previous academic session and for fresh and returning students.

It contains the start date for application forms and closing date as well as the proposed date the semester would be ending.

From the calendar, you will observe that the academic semester is designed to last for a period of sixteen weeks (16 weeks). That is, 13 weeks of lectures, 1 week of revision and 2 weeks for examination. The long vacation session begins immediately and candidates who applied for UNN PG form for 2025/2026 session are expected to resume in July 2025 according to UNN PG academic calendar as approved by the SPGS, UNN.

UNN Postgraduate Academic Calendar 2025/2026

DATEACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Monday 18โ€“

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Arrival/Registration of New Postgraduate Students Continue

Sale of Application form for 2025/2026 Postgraduate Application continue

Tuesday 19โ€“First Semester Lectures continue for Postgraduate Students (mainly online)
February 2021
Thursday 04โ€“Board Meeting
Friday 05โ€“Registration Ends for New Postgraduate Students
Saturday 06โ€“Matriculation ceremonies for Postgraduate Students (who are not Alumni of UNN)
Wednesday 10โ€“Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the Departmental and Faculty Level
Thursday 11โ€“Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the University level at Ekpo

Convocation Arena

Friday 12โ€“Registration for Old Postgraduate Students ends
โ€“Late Registration for Old/New Students begins
Monday 15โ€“Submission of Completed End of Session Report Forms
Monday 22โ€“End of Sale of Application Form for Postgraduate Admissions 2025/2026
โ€“End of First Semester Lectures
โ€“Submission of First Semester Course-work Examination Time-Table
Tuesday 23โ€“Revision begins
March 2025
Monday 01โ€“Revision ends
Tuesday 02โ€“First Semester Coursework Examinations start
Monday 15โ€“First Semester Coursework Examinations ends
Tuesday 16โ€“First Semester break
School of Postgraduate Studies Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series for 2025/2026
SECOND SEMESTER
Monday 22โ€“Submission of First Semester Results to SPGS begin
โ€“Second Semester Lectures begin
 

Friday 26

 

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Training Workshop for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers at Nsukka Campus
 

Monday 29

 

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Training Workshop for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers at Enugu Campus

 

April 2025
Friday 02โ€“End of Submission of First Semester Results to the School (SPGS)
Thursday 15

 

 

Wednesday 21

Thursday 29

Friday 30

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Board Meeting

Second Semester Lectures Continue Second Distinguished Alumni Lecture

Postgraduate Admission Screening (CBT) takes place

Postgraduate Admission Screening continue/end

May 2025
Thursday 20โ€“3MT Competition
Thursday 06 to Friday 07

Monday 10 to Tuesday

11

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PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshop for Nsukka Campus

 

 

PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshop for Enugu Campus

June 2021
Wednesday 09โ€“Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table begin
Thursday 17โ€“Board Meeting
Monday 21โ€“End of Second Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students
Tuesday 22โ€“Revision begins
Wednesday 23โ€“End of Submission of Second Semester Examination Time-Table
Tuesday 29โ€“Revision ends
Wednesday 30โ€“Second Semester Examinations begin
July 2025
Saturday 10โ€“Second Semester Examinations end
Sunday 11โ€“Arrival of External Examiners for 2025/2026 Postgraduate Students
Monday 12โ€“Examination/Oral Defence of Masterโ€™s Projects for 2025/2026 set
Tuesday 13โ€“Departure of External Examiners
โ€“End of 2025/2026 Session
Saturday 17โ€“Sandwich programme begins
โ€“Arrival of Sandwich Postgraduate Students
Monday 19โ€“Registration of Sandwich Postgraduate Students

SUMMARY

First Semester             โ€“           Lectures          โ€“           5 Weeks

  • Revision โ€“           1 Week
  • Examinations โ€“ 2 Weeks
  • Total โ€“           8 Weeks

Second Semester

  • Lectures  โ€“ 13 Weeks
  • Revision โ€“           1 Week
  • Examinations โ€“ 2 Weeks
  • Total โ€“           16 Weeks

Third Semester            โ€“           Project Report Writing and Oral Defence โ€“ 6 Months

Hope this was well understood? It is actually self-explanatory. However, if you still feel or have the need for questions related to UNN postgraduate academic calendar for 2025/2026 academic session, please feel free to send down you questions via the comment section below and I shall respond accordingly.