UNIABUJA Academic Calendar 2021/22, 2022/23 & 2023/2024

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The calendars of academic activities at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) for the 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions have been approved.

University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) Academic Calendar

The authorities of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) have released the revised academic calendar for the 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.

UNIABUJA Academic Calendar for 2021/2022 | Revised

The academic year consists of the First and the Second Semesters and One eight-week Summer or Long Vacation Session. Each Semester includes 15 weeks of instruction and two weeks of final examinations with minor adjustments where needed. The long vacation session includes a one-eight – one-six week- and two four week periods of instruction. Because of the prolonged 2020 Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and the 2022 ASUU Strike, the University continues to make efforts to recover into a more regular academic calendar.

First Semester 2021-2022 (Continuation)

Second Semester, 2021-2022

UNIABUJA Academic Calendar for 2022/2023 | Proposed

The academic year consists of the First and the Second Semesters and One eight-week summer or long vacation session. Each Semester includes 15 weeks of instruction and two weeks of final examinations with minor adjustments where needed. The long vacation session includes a one-eight – one-six week- and two four week periods of instruction. Because of the prolonged 2020 Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the University continues to make efforts to recover into a more regular academic calendar.

First Semester, 2022-2023

Second Semester, 2022-2023

UNIABUJA Academic Calendar for 2023/2024 | Proposed

The academic year consists of the First and the Second Semesters and One eight-week summer or long vacation session. Each Semester includes 15 weeks of instruction and ten days of final examinations. The long vacation session includes a one-eight – one-six week- and two four week periods of instruction.

First Semester, 2023-2024

Second Semester, 2023-2024

UNIABUJA Academic Calendar for 2024 Long Vacation (Summer) Session

[*] The Implementation starts of the Policy for every lecturer to teach at least one of his/her classes as a virtual class. HOD after consulting with the lecturer to designate the Virtual Class course for every lecturer, and this information is to be passed to the Registry for documentation. 

* During Summer or Long Vacation Session, academic departments may offer a rerun of courses in which many students have recorded a fail grade, and where students have indicated a significant interest in retaking during the Long Vacation Session. Lecturers who teach such courses are paid separately from their regular salaries as students are charged fair cost per credit hour in order to register. Only classes that make a University determined viable number of registered students are offered otherwise a class that does not make such a number is canceled, except where a lecturer offers in writing to teach it as a tutored-study, which attracts less renumeration to the lecturer.  A Student is allowed to register only a maximum of 9 credit hours courses during the Long Vacation (Summer) Session.

Olusegun Fapohunda