UNICAL Academic Calendar 2025/2026 - Key Dates for Students
The University of Calabar has published the 2025/2026 academic calendar. It contains all key dates for resumption, registration, lectures, exams, and breaks. Students should study the schedule carefully to keep up with activities.
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Calendars like this aren’t just lists, they’re the rhythm your semester will dance to. The University of Calabar has laid out every major date for the 2025/2026 academic session. If you know what’s ahead, you’ll spend less time scrambling and more time focusing on your work — or at least trying to.
First Semester
September 2025
- Sept 19 — New students arrive
- Sept 22 — Screening and registration start for freshers
- Sept 23 — Returning students come back
- Sept 24 — Registration begins for returning students, plus the inaugural lecture
- Sept 25 — Lectures start for all
- Sept 29 — Solemn Assembly
October 2025
- Oct 8 — Inaugural lecture
- Oct 9 – Oct 10 — Freshers’ orientation
- Oct 20 – Oct 24 — Supplementary exams
- Oct 22 — Inaugural lecture
- Oct 27 – Oct 31 — Summer exams
November 2025
- Nov 3 — Late registration begins
- Nov 5 — Inaugural lecture
- Nov 10 — Late registration closes
- Nov 17 – Nov 21 — Continuous assessment
- Nov 19 — Inaugural lecture
- Nov 24 — Add/drop courses deadline
- Nov 26 — Inaugural lecture
December 2025
- Dec 3 — Inaugural lecture
- Dec 5 — Matriculation
- Dec 8 – Dec 12 — Students’ Week
- Dec 17 — Inaugural lecture
- Dec 19 — Christmas break begins
January 2026
- Jan 9 — All students return from break
- Jan 12 – Jan 16 — Revision week
- Jan 19 – Jan 23 — GSS exams
- Jan 21 — Inaugural lecture
- Jan 26 — Exams for other courses begin
February 2026
- Feb 19 — Exams end
- Feb 20 — Semester ends
Semester length: 16 weeks — 12 weeks of lectures and 4 weeks of exams.
Second Semester
March 2026
- Mar 13 — All students return
- Mar 16 — Registration for 500 Level (Stream B)
- Mar 18 — Inaugural lecture
- Mar 23 — Lectures start for all, plus convocation week (Mar 23 – Mar 28)
April 2026
- Apr 8 — Inaugural lecture
- Apr 20 — Late registration begins for 500 Level (Stream B)
- Apr 22 — Inaugural lecture
- Apr 27 — Late registration ends for 500 Level (Stream B)
May 2026
- May 4 – May 8 — Continuous assessment
- May 6 — Inaugural lecture
- May 20 — Inaugural lecture
- May 25 — Add/drop courses end for 500 Level (Stream B)
June 2026
- Jun 3 — Inaugural lecture
- Jun 8 – Jun 12 — Revision week
- Jun 15 – Jun 19 — GSS exams
- Jun 22 — Exams for other courses start
July 2026
- Jul 13 — Exams end
- Jul 14 — Long vacation starts
Semester length: 16 weeks — 12 weeks of lectures and 4 weeks of exams.
Best keep this somewhere close, maybe stuck to your wall. That way, no date go sneak up on you mid-semester.
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