UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT PORT HARCOURT
APPROVED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 SESSION
FULLTIME PROGRAMME AND SANDWICH PROGRAMME
FIRST SEMESTER 202312024 AND 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSIONS

 0.0    Sunday. 24th November 2024
All Returning Students Arrive
    1.0    Monday: 25th November 2024
    (i)     Registration of Returning Students Begins

2.0 Monday. 25th November. 2024 – Friday. 7th March, 2025 (15 weeks)   Lectures Begin for all Returning Students (Monday,25th November, 2024)

Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider Second Semester
2022/2023 and 2023/2024 Session Results (Wednesday, 27th November 2024)

(iii)    Arrival of Fresh Students (Sunday, 1st December, 2024)
(iv)    Pre-Resumption Registration for Fresh Students Begins (Monday, 2 nd December 2024)
(v)    Lecture Begins for All Fresh Students (Monday, 9th December 2024)
         Christmas Break (Monday, 23rd December – Sunday, 5th January 2025)
(vii)    Orientation for Fresh Students (Tuesday, 21st January, 2025)
(viii)    Deadline for Payment of Charges (Friday, 10th January, 2025)
(ix)    Matriculation Ceremony (Tuesday, 11th February, 2025)
(x)    Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office
(Friday,21st February, 2025)
(xi)    End of Lectures (Friday, 7th March, 2025)
    

3.0    Monday. 10th – Friday, 14th March. 2025
Revision

4.0    Monday. 17th March – Friday. 11th April. 2025 (4. weeks)
First Semester Examinations

5.0    Monday. 14th – Friday. 25th April. 2025 (2week.s)
First Semester Break

6.0    Wednesday. 14th May 2025
Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider First Semester 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 Session Results

SECOND SEMESTER 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION
7.0     Student Industrial Work Scheme (SIWES)
Sunday.     2025
8.0    All Students Arrive

Monday. 28th     – Friday. 25th     (13 
9.0 weeks)
         Lecture Begins for all Students (Monday, 28th April 2025)
(ii)    Deadline for Payment of Second Instalment Charges (Friday, 30th May 2025)
(iii)    End of Registration for Second Instalment Payment (Friday, 6th June 2025)
(iv)    Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office

(Friday, 25th July 2025)
(v)    End of Lectures (Friday, 25th July 2025)
10.0 Monday. 28th lull – Friday. 1st August 2025 (1 week)

Revision
11.0 Monday. 4th – Saturday. 9th August 2025 (1 week)

SUG Week
12.0 Monday. 11th August – Friday. 12th September 2025 (5 weeks)

Second Semester Examinations
13.0 Monday. 15th – Friday. 26th September 2025 (2 weeks)

Long vacation for all students
14.0 Wednesday. 15th October 2025
Extra-Ordinary Meeting of Senate to consider Second Semester 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 Session Results

SANDWICH PROGRAMME
1.0 Monday. – Friday.. 11th July. 2025
Fresh and Returning Students Arrive (Monday, 7th July, 2025) Students Resume (Contact with Student Affairs)
(i)    Registration of Fresh and Returning Students
(ii)    Orientation for Fresh Students
2.0 Monday. 14th July – Friday. 12th September_. 2025 (9 Weeks)
(i)    Lectures Begin for All Students (Monday, 14th July, 2025)
(ii)    Submission of Continuous Assessment Scores to Academic Office
(Thursday, 4th September, 2025)
(iii)    End of Lectures (Friday, 12th September, 2025)

3.0 Monday. 15th – Friday. 19thSeptember.2025 (1 week)
Revision
4.0 Monday. 22nd – Saturday. 27th September. 2025 (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. Kingsley I. Owete
DVC Academic