UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
COLLEGE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
REVISED TIME-TABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
NOVEMBER 2026
Monday 23rd – 2026/2027 Session begins
Tue 24th-Mon 30th – 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 1st– Tue 22nd – Lectures Continues
Wed 23rd Dec – Sun 3rd Jan. – Christmas/New Year Break
JANUARY 2027
Friday 8th – Registration for New Postgraduate Students ends
– Registration for Old Postgraduate Students ends
Thursday 21st – College Board Meeting
Tuesday 26th – Orientation for Fresh Postgraduate Students at the Departmental and Faculty Levels
Thursday 28th – General/University wide Orientation
FEBRUARY 2027
Monday 1st – Late Registration for Old/New Students begins
Friday 5th – Submission of First Semester Coursework Examination Time-Table
Monday 8t – End of Application forms for Admission into 2026/2027 for PGD and Master Programmes only
MARCH 2027
Friday 12th – End of First Semester Lectures
Monday 15th – Revision begins
Monday 22nd – First Semester Coursework Examination starts
Fri. 26th –Mon 29th – Easter Break
Tue 30th –Fri 2nd Apr – First Semester Coursework Examination continues
APRIL 2027
Friday 2nd – First Semester Coursework Examination ends
Mon 5th –Sun 10th – 1st Semester Break
SECOND SEMESTER
APRIL 2027
Monday 12th – Second Semester Lectures begin
– Submission of First Semester Results to CPGS begins
– Sale of Application forms for 2027/2028 Postgraduate Application begin
Friday 16th – End of Submission of First Semester Results to the College
Tuesday 27th – Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers at Nsukka Campus
Wednesday 28th – Training Workshops for Postgraduate Supervisors/Teachers at Enugu Campus
MAY 2027
Thursday 6th – College Board Meeting
Thursday 27th – Second Alumni Lecture
JUNE 2027
Thursday 3rd – 3MT Competition
Thursday 17th – PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshop for Nsukka Campus
Friday 18th – PGC 601 and PGC 701 Workshops for Enugu Campus
JULY, 2027
Friday 9th – Submission of Second Semester Exam Time-Table
Friday 23rd – End of Second Semester Lectures for Postgraduate Students
Mon 26th –Fri 30th – Revision Week
AUGUST 2027
Monday 2nd – Second Semester Examinations begin
Friday 13th – Second Semester Examinations end
Monday 18th – Arrival of External Examiners for 2026/2027 Postgraduate Students
Tuesday 19th – Examination/Oral Defense of M.Sc and Ph.D Projects
Wednesday 20th – 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
Sgd.
Professor Malachy Ike Okwueze
Ag. Provost, College of Postgraduate Studies