UNN Postgraduate Academic Calendar for 2017/2018 Session

This is to inform all postgraduate students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) that the Academic Calendar for 2017/2018 Academic session has been published.

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The details of academic events are as stated on the table below;

TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR THE 2017/2018 ACADEMIC SESSION
FIRST SEMESTER 2017/2018
FEBRUARY 2018
Thursday 08	-	Arrival/Registration for New Students
Thursday 15	-	Lectures begin for new Students
Thursday 22	-	Arrival and Registration for Old Students
	-	End of Registration for new Students
Friday 23	-	Late Registration starts for New Students
MARCH 2018
Friday 02	-	Submission of Lecture Time-Table to the School
Tuesday 20	-	Board Meeting
Wednesday 28	-	Sale of Application forms for the 2018/2019 Postgraduate Admissions begins
Thursday 29	-	End of Registration for all Postgraduate Students
Thursday 29	-	Easter Break
APRIL 2018
Tuesday 03	-	Lectures Resume after Easter Break
Wednesday 04 - Tuesday 24	-	Orientation for Fresh Students at Departmental/Faculty levels
Wednesday 25	-	Orientation for Fresh Students at University level at P.A.A.
MAY 2018
Tuesday 08	-	Submission of First Semester Examinations Time-Table
Monday 14	-	Vice-Chancellor's Research Leadership Prize Winners Lectures (Distinguished Lecture)
Tuesday 15	-	Training Workshop for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers
Thursday 24	-	End of Lectures for First Semester
Friday 25	-	Revision begins.
JUNE 2018
Tuesday 19	-	Board meeting
Friday 08	-	Revision ends.
Monday 11	-	First Semester Examinations begin
Monday 25	-	First Semester Examinations end
Thursday 28	-	End of sale of application forms for the 2018/2019 Postgraduate Admissions
JULY 2018
Tuesday 10	-	Submission of First Semester Result to the School of Postgraduate Studies begins
Tuesday 24	-	End of Submission of First Semester Examination Results
SECOND SEMESTER 2017/2018
JULY 2018
Tuesday 24	-	Second Semester Lectures begin
*Wednesday 25	-	Registration starts for Sandwich Students
AUGUST 2018
*Friday 03	-	End of registration for sandwich students
Friday 03	-	Submission of Second Semester Lecture Time-Table
*Monday 06	-	Lectures begin for Sandwich students
Thursday 09 - Friday 10	-	Postgraduate Admission CBT Screening Test takes place
SEPTEMBER 2018
Sunday 16 - Tuesday 18	-	Grand Alumni Home Coming/Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Tuesday 25	-	Board meeting
*Friday 28	-	Sandwich lectures end.
	-	End of 2017/2018 Sandwich Programme
OCTOBER 2018
Monday 15 - Wednesday 17	`	Advanced Ph.D Research/Paper Writing Workshop
Thursday 18 - Friday 19	-	Workshops on PGC 601 and PGC 701 for Nsukka Campus
Thursday 25 - Friday 26	-	Workshops on PGC 601 and PGC 701 for Enugu Campus
Monday 29	-	Lectures end for regular Postgraduate Students
Tuesday 30	-	Revision begins.
NOVEMBER 2018
Thursday 01	-	Submission of Second Semester Examinations Time Table
Wednesday 14	-	Revision ends.
Thursday 15	-	Second Semester Examinations begin
Thursday 29	-	End of Second Semester Examinations
DECEMBER 2018
Monday 10	-	Arrival of External Examiners
Tuesday 11	-	Board Meeting
Tuesday 11 - 12	-	Oral Defense/Examination at Departments for 2016/2017 set
Thursday 13	-	External Examiners Depart
Friday 14	-	Submission of Second Semester Results begin
Tuesday 25 - Wednesday 26	-	CHRISTMAS BREAK
JANUARY 2019
Monday 10	-	Submission of Second Semester Results end.
SUMMARY FOR THE 2017/2018 SESSION
First Semester:        Lecture		14 Weeks
Revision		2 Week
Examinations		2 Weeks
Total		18 Weeks
Second Semester:   Lecture		14 Weeks
Revision		2 Week
Examinations		2 Weeks
Total		18 Weeks
Grand Total for the Session		36 Weeks