UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
COLLEGE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SEPTEMBER 2024
Monday 16 – Arrival/Registration of New Postgraduate Students
– Sale of Application forms for 2024/2025 Postgraduate Application begin
Monday 30 – First Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students begin
OCTOBER 2024
Tuesday 29 – Board Meeting
NOVEMBER 2024
Monday 5-8 – Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the
Departmental and Faculty Levels
Friday 29 – Registration for New Postgraduate Students ends
– Registration for Old Postgraduate Students ends
DECEMBER 2024
Friday 6 – Late Registration for Old/New Students begins
Monday 23rd December – January 3rd 2025 – Christmas break
JANUARY 2025
Friday 10 – End of Sale of Application Forms for Postgraduate
Admission 2024/2025
– End of First Semester Lectures
– Submission of First Semester Coursework Examination Time-Table
January 17 – Revision begins
Friday 24 – First Semester Coursework Examination starts
FEBRUARY 2025
February 5 – First Semester Coursework Examination ends
February 7-17 – 1st Semester Break
SECOND SEMESTER
Monday 17 – Submission of First Semester Results to CPGS begins
– Second Semester Lectures begin
MARCH 2025
Tuesday 4-6 – Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers
at Nsukka Campus
– Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers
at Enugu Campus
Thursday 20 – End of Submission of First Semester Results to the College
Tuesday 25 – Board Meeting
APRIL 2025
Tuesday 8 – Second Alumni Lecture
Tuesday 15 – Postgraduate Admission Screening end
Tuesday 22 – 3MT Competition
Thursday 24 – PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshop for Nsukka Campus
Friday 25 – PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshops for Enugu Campus
MAY 2025
Tuesday 12 – Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table
Tuesday 13 – Board Meeting
Tuesday 27 – End of Second Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students
JUNE 2025
Tuesday 3 – Revision begins
Tuesday 10 – End of Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table
– Revision ends
Tuesday 17 – Second Semester Examinations begin
Monday 30 – Second Semester Examinations end
JULY 2025
Tuesday 1 – Arrival of External Examiners for 2023/2024 Postgraduate Students
Wednesday 2 – Examination/Oral Defense of Master’s Projects for
2023/2024 set
Thursday 3 – Departure of External Examiners
Sunday 31 – End of 2023/2024 Session
SUMMARY
First Semester – Lectures 13 Weeks
- Revision 1 Week
- Examinations 2 Weeks
- Total 16 Weeks
Second Semester – Lectures 16 Weeks
- Revision 1 Week
- Examinations 2 Weeks
- Total 19 Weeks
Third Semester
Writing and Oral Defence – 6 Months
/Sgd./
Professor Obioma Njoku
Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies