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 2026/2027 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 2026/2027 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 2026/2027 academic sessions as outlined below:
UNIBEN First Semester Academic Calendar for Fresh & Returning Students 2026/2027 Session
| FIRST SEMESTER (15 WEEKS) | |
| DATES | ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES |
| Monday 10th November, 2025 | Commencement of Online Clearance/Registration of newly admitted students for the 2025/2026 Academic Session |
| Sunday 16th November, 2025 | Freshers’ Come into Halls of Residence |
| Monday 20th November, 2025 – Monday 5th January, 2026 | Course Registration (6 Weeks) |
| Sunday 23 November, 2025 | Returning Students Come into Halls of Residence |
| Monday 24th November, 2025 | Lectures begin in all Faculties |
| Monday 26th January, 2026 | Orientation for New Students |
| Wednesday 28th January, 2026 | Matriculation |
| Friday 6th March, 2026 | Lecture Ends |
| Monday 9th-13 March, 2026 | Revision Week |
| Monday 16-Friday 20th March, 2026 | Examinations begin in Faculties of Education, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Physical Sciences and School of Basic Medical Sciences |
| Saturday 21 March, 2026 | CED Examinations |
| Monday 23rd March – Thursday 2nd April 2026 | Examinations in other Faculties/Schools/Institutes |
| Friday 3rd April-Saturday 4th April, 2026 | GST Examinations |
| Sunday 5th April, 2026 | First Semester Break/Students Vacate Hostels (2 Weeks) |
| SECOND SEMESTER (15 WEEKS) | |
| Sunday 19th April, 2026 | Students return to Hostels |
| Monday 20th April, 2026 | Lectures Begin in all Faculties |
| Friday 31 July, 2026 | Second Semester Lecture Ends in all Faculties |
| Monday 3rd-Friday 7th August, 2026 | Revision Week |
| Monday 10th – Friday 14th August, 2026 | Examinations begin in Faculties of Education, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Physical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences and Department of Theatre Arts/Music |
| Saturday 15th August, 2026 | CED Examinations |
| Monday 17th-27th August, 2026 | Examinations begin in other Faculties/Schools/Institutes |
| Friday 28th – Saturday 29th August, 2026 | GST Examinations |
| Sunday 30th August, 2026 | Students go on End of Session Holiday (4 weeks) |
| Monday 14th – Friday 18th September, 2026 | Departmental Boards of Examiners Consider Results/Release of Provisional Results |
| Monday 21-25th September, 2026 | Faculty Boards of Studies Consider Results |
| Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th September, 2026 | Senate Consider Results for 2025/2026 graduating students |
| Monday 5th – Friday 9th October, 2026 | Business Committees of Senate Consider Results/Release of Results for lower levels |
| Monday 5th October, 2026 | Commencement of Online Clearance/Registration of newly admitted students for the 2025/2026 Academic Session |
We provide this information for your awareness and future planning. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Kindly assist others by sharing this post on your social media platforms below so that they can also benefit from the information provided.
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