UNICAL Academic Calendar 2025/2026 - Key Dates for Students

 

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 2025Sept 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 2025Oct 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 2025Nov 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 2025Dec 3 — Inaugural lecture
Dec 5 — Matriculation
Dec 8 – Dec 12 — Students’ Week
Dec 17 — Inaugural lecture
Dec 19 — Christmas break begins
January 2026Jan 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 2026Feb 19 — Exams end
Feb 20 — Semester ends

Semester length: 16 weeks — 12 weeks of lectures and 4 weeks of exams.


Second Semester
March 2026Mar 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 2026Apr 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 2026May 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 2026Jun 3 — Inaugural lecture
Jun 8 – Jun 12 — Revision week
Jun 15 – Jun 19 — GSS exams
Jun 22 — Exams for other courses start
July 2026Jul 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