UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

COLLEGE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

REVISED TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR

FIRST SEMESTER

NOVEMBER 2026

Monday 23^rd                            –    2026/2027 Session begins

Tue 24^th-Mon 30^th                   –    Arrival/Registration of New Postgraduate Students

–    Sale of Application forms for 2026/2027 Postgraduate Application continues

–    Registration for new students begin

–    First Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students begin

DECEMBER 2026 – JANUARY 2027

Tue 1^st– Tue 22^nd                      –    Lectures Continues

Wed 23^rd Dec – Sun 3^rd Jan.   – Christmas/New Year Break

JANUARY 2027

Friday 8^th                                 –    Registration for New Postgraduate Students ends

–    Registration for Old Postgraduate Students ends

Thursday 21^st                           –    College Board Meeting

Tuesday 26^th                            –    Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the

Departmental and Faculty Levels

Thursday 28^th                          –    General/University wide Orientation

FEBRUARY  2027

Monday 1^st                                       –    Late Registration for Old/New Students begins

Friday 5^th                                 –    Submission of First Semester Coursework Examination

Time-Table

Monday 8^t                                         –    End of Application forms for Admission into 2026/2027 for PGD and Master Programmes only

MARCH  2027

Friday 12^th                               –    End of First Semester Lectures

Monday 15^th                            –    Revision begins

Monday 22^nd                           –    First Semester Coursework Examination starts

Fri. 26^th –Mon 29^th                  –   Easter Break

Tue 30^th –Fri 2^nd Apr               –   First Semester Coursework Examination continues

APRIL 2027

Friday 2^nd                                –    First Semester Coursework Examination ends

Mon 5^th –Sun 10^th                   –    1^st Semester Break

SECOND SEMESTER

APRIL 2027

Monday 12^th                            –    Second Semester Lectures begin

–    Submission of First Semester Results to CPGS begins

• Sale of Application forms for 2027/2028 Postgraduate Application begin

Friday 16^th                               –    End of Submission of First Semester Results to the College

Tuesday 27^th                            –   Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers

at Nsukka Campus

Wednesday     28^th                  –   Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers

at Enugu Campus

MAY 2027

Thursday 6^th                            –   College Board Meeting

Thursday 27^th                          –   Second Alumni Lecture

JUNE 2027

Thursday 3^rd                            –   3MT Competition

Thursday 17^th                          –   PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshop for Nsukka Campus

Friday 18^th                               –   PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshops for Enugu Campus

JULY, 2027

Friday 9^th                                 –   Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table

Friday 23^rd                               –   End of Second Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students

Mon 26^th –Fri 30^th                   –   Revision Week

AUGUST 2027

Monday 2^nd                             –   Second Semester Examinations begin

Friday 13^th                               –   Second Semester Examinations end

Monday 18^th                            –   Arrival of External Examiners for 2026/2027 Postgraduate Students

Tuesday 19^th                            –   Examination/Oral Defense of M.Sc and Ph.D Projects

Wednesday 20^th                      –   Departure of External Examiners/ End of 2026/2027 Session

SUMMARY

First Semester                         –           Lectures                      15 Weeks

• Revision                       1 Week
• Examinations   2 Weeks
• Total                            18 Weeks

Second Semester                     –           Lectures                      15 Weeks

• Revision                       1 Week
• Examinations   2 Weeks
• Total                            18 Weeks

Third Semester

Project Writing and Oral Defence – 6 Months

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Professor Malachy Ike Okwueze

Ag. Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies