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SUMMARISED 2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
No. Academic Activity Date
University re-opens: academic and support staff report
1 6 January
for duty
Registration for all returning (undergraduate &
2 6 to 17 January
Postgraduate) students.
Submission of academic exclusion appeals by 2024
3 8 to 13 January
registered students
Commencement of the 2025 academic year for
returning students:
4 Lectures, clinical sessions, practicum sessions commence 7 January
for registered returning students, excluding BSC II/ECPIII,
BSC III/ECP IV students
School Selection Committee Meeting for FTEN
students:
5 15 January
• School of Health Care Sciences
• School of Pharmacy
School Selection Committee Meeting for FTEN and
6 transfer students: 16 January
• School of Medicine
School Selection Committee Meeting for FTEN students:
7 • School of Dentistry 17 January
• School of Science and Technology
Lectures and practicum sessions commence for BSc II, III,
8 21 January
BSC ECP II, III & IV students
9 Registration for 2025 FTEN Students 22 to 31 January
10 Orientation for all First Time Entering students 30 to 31 January
Commencement of 2025 academic year for First Time
11 3 February
Entering students
Closing date: Late registration for all undergraduate and
12
postgraduate students
7 February
13 Closing date: Changing of course and/or modules
14 Closing date: Application for exemptions
Special Summative Assessment (For undergraduate,
15 10 to 12 February
honours and post graduate diploma)
16 Autumn Recess 31 March to 4 April
17 Open Day 8 May 2024
18 Closing date: Cancellation of courses and/or modules
Closing date: Exemption from attending a course or
19 16 May
module
Closing date: Interruption of studies for 2025 academic
20
year
Confirmation to write the June/July examinations by
21 19 May
postgraduate students
22 Winter Graduation Ceremonies 21 to 23 May
23 Revision Week 26 to 30 May
24 Mid-year examinations 2 to 20 June
25 Mid-year supplementary examinations 1 to 8 July
26 Winter Recess 9 to 18 July
27 Release of mid-year examination results 18 July
Closing date for the submission of the 2026 applications
28 for all undergraduate qualifications including MSc Clinical 31 July
Psychology only.
Special Summative Assessment (For undergraduate,
29 4 to 6 August
honours and post graduate diploma)
Closing date for confirmation to write the
29
October/November examinations by postgraduate students
Closing date for submission of first time Postgraduate 29 August
30 applications for 2025 (Excluding Masters by Research
and Doctorates registering for the first time)
31 Spring Graduation Ceremony 12 September
32 Revision Week 6 to 10 October
13 October to 7
33 End-of-year standard examinations
November
34 Supplementary/Deferred Assessments 17 to 25 November
Closing date: for Masters by Research and Doctoral
35 27 November
registration (first time students)
Release of year-end examination results & University
36
Closes
15 December
End of Semester 2 & End of all academic activities of the
37
University
38 All the operations of the University close for 2025 19 December
University Re-Opens for the 2026 Academic Year:
39 5 January 2026
Support and Academic Staff Report for Duty
Holiday Name Date
New Year's Day 1 January
Human Rights Day 21 March
Good Friday 18 April
Family Day 21 April
Freedom Day 27 April
Public Holiday 28 April
Workers' Day 1 May
University Holiday 2 May
Youth Day 16 June
National Women's Day 9 August
Heritage Day 24 September
Day of Reconciliation 16 December
Christmas Day 25 December
Day of Goodwill 26 December
2025 ACADEMIC CALENDER
Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 1 1
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
Apr-25 May-25 Jun-25
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30
Jul-25 Aug-25 Sep-25
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30
31
Oct-25 Nov-25 Dec-25
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31
30
Public Holiday
University Holiday
Recess
Final Assessments
Supplementary/Deferred
Assessments
Special Summative Assessments
Graduation Ceremonies
