APPROVED REVISED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION FULLTIME PROGRAMME AND SANDWICH PROGRAMME

UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
PORT HARCOURT

APPROVED REVISED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION FULLTIME PROGRAMME AND SANDWICH PROGRAMME

FIRST SEMESTER 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION

0.0  Sunday, 16th November 2025

Arrival of Fresh Students

1.0   Monday, 17th November 2025

Pre-Resumption Registration for Fresh Students Begins

2.0   Sunday, 30th November 2025

All Returning Students Arrive

3.0   Monday, 1st December 2025

• Registration of Returning Students Begins

4.0    Monday, 1st December 2025 – Friday, 14th March 2026 (13 weeks)

• Lecture Begins for All Students (Monday, 1st December 2025)
• Christmas Break (Monday, 22nd December – Sunday, 4th January 2026)
• Orientation for Fresh Students (Tuesday, 20th January 2026)
• Matriculation Ceremony (Tuesday, 10th February 2026)
• Deadline for Payment of First Instalment Charges (Friday, 27th February 2026)
• Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office (Friday,27th February 2026)
• End of Lectures (Friday, 14th March 2026)

5.0  Monday, 16th – Friday, 20th March 2026

Revision

6.0  Monday, 23rd March – Friday, 24th April 2026 (5 weeks)

First Semester Examinations

Easter Break (Friday, 3rd – Monday 6th April 2025)

7.0 Monday, 27th April – Friday, 8th May 2026 (2weeks)

First Semester Break

8.0  Wednesday, 27th May 2026

Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider First Semester 2025/2026 Session Results

SECOND SEMESTER 2024/2025 AND 2025/2026 ACADEMIC SESSION

• May – October 2026

Student Industrial Work Scheme (SIWES)

10.0  Sunday, 10th May 2026

All Students Arrive

11.0  Monday, 11th May – Friday, 7th August 2026 (13 weeks)

• Lecture Begins for all Students (Monday, 11th May 2026)
• Deadline for Payment of Second Instalment Charges (Friday, 12th June 2026)
• End of Registration for Second Instalment Payment (Friday, 19th June 2026)
• Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office (Friday, 7th August 2026)
• End of Lectures (Friday, 7th August 2026)

12.0  Monday, 10th – Saturday, 15th August 2026 (1 week)

SUG Week

13.0  Monday, 17th – Friday, 21st August 2026 (1 week)

Revision

14.0  Monday, 24th August – Friday, 18th September 2026 (4 weeks)

Second Semester Examinations

15.0  Monday, 21st September – Friday, 30th October 2026 (6 weeks)

Long vacation for all students

16.0  Wednesday, 21st October 2026

Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider Second Semester 2025/2026 Session Results

SANDWICH PROGRAMME

1.0 Monday, 6th – Friday, 10th July 2026

• Fresh and Returning Students Arrive (Monday, 6th July 2026)
• Students Resume (Contact with Student Affairs)
• Registration of Fresh and Returning Students
• Orientation for Fresh Students

2.0 Monday, 13th July – Friday, 11th September 2026 (9 Weeks)

• Lectures Begin for All Students (Monday, 13th July 2026)
• Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office (Friday, 4th September 2026)
• End of Lectures (Friday, 11th September 2026)

3.0  Monday, 14th – Friday, 18th September 2026 (1 week)

Revision

4.0 Monday, 21st – Saturday, 26th September 2026 (1 week)

Examinations for All Sandwich Students

5.0 Wednesday, 29th October 2025

Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider Sandwich Programme 2025 Results

Prof. Rosemary Ogu
DVC Academic