UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR THE 2018/2019 ACADEMIC SESSION
FIRST SEMESTER
January 2019
Monday 14 -Arrival/Registration of New Students
-Lectures begin for new students
Monday 21 -Arrival and Registration of old Students
February 2019
Friday 15 – Sale of Application Forms for the 2019/2020 Postgraduate Admission
Begin
Friday 15 -Registration Ends for new students
-Late Registration starts for New Students
Monday 18 – Nomination of External and Internal Examiners by the Departments for 2018/2019
fresh students
– Submission of Completed End-of-Session Report by all Old Students
Tuesday 19 – Board Meeting
Friday 22 -Registration for Old Students ends
Tuesday 26 -Vice-Chancellor’s Research Leadership Prize Winner’s Lecture
-First Semester Lectures continue
March 2019
Thursday 14 – Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the Departmental and
Faculty Level
Friday 15 – Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at University level at PAA
– End of Sale of Application Forms for 2019/2020 Postgraduate Admissions
– First Semester lectures continue
April 2019
Monday 15 – End of Lectures for First Semester
Monday 16 – Revision begins
Tuesday 16 – Submission of First Semester Coursework Exam Time-Table
Thursday 18 – Board Meeting
Monday 29 – Revision ends
Tuesday 30 – First Semester Examinations start
May 2019
Tuesday 07 – SPGS Distinguished Lecture Series
2017/2018 Academic Session (Distinguished Lecture)
Tuesday 14 – First Semester coursework Examinations end
Thursday 16 – Training Workshop for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers, Nsukka Campus
Friday 17 – Training Workshop for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers, Enugu Campus
SECOND SEMESTER
Monday 20 – Second Semester Lectures begin
Tuesday 21 – Submission of First Semester Results to SPGS begin
– Submission of Second Semester Lecture Time-Table
June 2019
Tuesday 04 – End of Submission of First Semester Results
Tuesday 18 – Board Meeting
-Second Semester Lectures continue
July 2019
Friday 19 – PG Admission Screening Test (CBT) takes place
Friday 26 – Arrival of Sandwich Students
Monday 29 – Registration Starts for Sandwich Students
– Lectures begin for Sandwich Students
August 2019
Wednesday 07 – End of Registration for Sandwich Students
Tuesday 08 – Board Meeting
Monday 26 – Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table
Friday 30 – Lectures end for Regular Postgraduate Students
September 2019
Monday 02 – Revision begins
Friday 06 – Revision ends
– End of Submission of Second Semester Examination Time-Table
Monday 09 – Second Semester Examinations begin
Friday 20 – End of Second Semester Examinations – regular students
Friday 27 – Sandwich Lectures End
– End of 2019 Sandwich Programme
October 2019
Founders Day Ceremonies
Wednesday 09 – Friday 11 – Advanced Ph.D Research/Paper Writing Workshop
Tuesday 15 – Board Meeting
Thursday 17 – Friday 18 – Workshop on PGC 601 AND PGC 701 for Nsukka Campus
Thursday 24 – Friday 25 – Workshop on PGC 601 AND PGC 701 for Enugu Campus
Monday 28 – Postgraduate Students vacate the campus
November 2019
Tuesday 12 – Arrival of External Examiners for 2017/2018 students’ oral defense
Wednesday 13-Thursday 14 – Examination/oral defense of projects for 2017/2018 set
Friday 15 – Departure of External Examiners
December 2019
Monday 02 – Beginning of 2019/2020 session for postgraduate students
SUMMARY FOR 2018/2019 SESSION
First Semester: Lectures 13 Weeks
Revision 2 Weeks
Examination 2 Weeks
Total 17 Weeks (FIRST SEMESTER)
Second Semester: Lectures 14 Weeks
Revision 2 Weeks
Examination 2 Weeks
Total 18 Weeks (SECOND SEMESTER)
Third Semester: Project Report writing and Oral Defense – 6 Months
BIENNIAL EVENT: Grand Alumni Home-coming