BENIN CITY
APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2025/2026 SESSION
S/N ACTIVITIES DATE
1. Twelve Weeks Concentrated Clinical Posting for Monday, June 23 – Friday, September 12, 2025
MLS and Nursing (200L-400L)
2. Staff Orientation Tuesday September 9, 2025
3. Professional Qualifying Examination for Tuesday, September 9 – September 12, 2025
Midwifery (500 level)
4. Founder’s Day Thursday September 11, 2025
5. Convocation Ceremonies for 2024/2025 session Thursday, September 18 – Saturday,
September 20, 2025
6. Four Weeks Holiday for FAHS (200 level – 400 Saturday, September 13 – Sunday, October 12,
level) 2025
7. Online Registration for 2025/2026 session Monday September 22, 2025
begins
8. Physical Resumption (Fresh Students) for Sunday October 5, 2025
2025/2026 Session
9. Orientation For Fresh Students Wednesday October 8 – Friday October 10,
2025
10. Physical Resumption for First Semester, 2025/2026 Sunday October 12, 2025
Session (Returning Students)
11. Commencement of Lectures Monday, October 13, 2025
12. Clinical Posting for MLS and Nursing (300 – 500 Monday, October 13 – Friday, December 12,
Levels; 1 day a week for 10 weeks) 2025
13. Professional Qualifying Examination for General Tuesday, November 4 – Friday, Nov ember 7,
Nursing (400 level) 2025
14. Late Registration begins Monday November 17, 2025
15. 1st Continuous Assessment week Monday November 17 – Friday November
21, 2025
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16. Students proceed on Christmas Break Saturday December 13, 2025
17. Staff proceed on Christmas break Friday December 19, 2025
18 President’s Birthday Monday December 22, 2025
19 Resumption from Christmas Break (Students) Sunday January 4, 2026
20 Lecture Begins Monday January 5, 2026
21 2nd Continuous Assessment Week Monday January 12 – Friday January 16,
2026
22. Pre-Professional Examination (Midwifery) Tuesday, January 13 – Friday, January 16,
2026
23. Revision Week Monday January 26 – Friday, January 30,
2026
24. First semester Examination (Education/GST Monday February 2 – Friday February 6,
Exams) 2026
25. First Semester Examination (Full Time/Part-Time) Monday February 9 – Friday, February
for 2025/2026 session 20, 2026
26. Students proceed on First Semester Break Saturday, February 21, 2026
27. Consideration of First Semester Results Monday March 2 – Friday March 6, 2026
(Departments and Faculties)
28. Resumption for Second Semester Sunday, March 8, 2026
29. Registration / Commencement of Lectures Monday, March 9, 2026
31. Consideration of First Semester results (Business Monday March 9 – Thursday March 15,
Committee of Senate) 2026
32. Mission’s week Monday March 9 – Sunday March 15,
2026
31. Professional Qualifying Examination for Midwifery Tuesday, March 10 – Friday, March 13, 2026
32. Students proceed on First Semester/Easter Break Saturday, March 21 – Monday, April 6, 2026
(Medical 200 level students only)
33. Pre-Professional Examination for RN/RPHN Tuesday, March 24 – Friday, March 27, 2026
34. JAM Summit/Easter break Monday March 30 – Monday April 6, 2026
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35. Resumption from Easter break Tuesday April 7, 2026
36 Part 1 Professional MBBS Examination (300 Tuesday, April 7 – Friday, April 24, 2026
level)
37. 1st Continuous assessment week for second Tuesday April 13 – Friday April 17, 2026
semester
38. Medical Students Break (300 level) Saturday, April 25 – Saturday, May 9, 2026
39. Professional Qualifying Examination for RN/RPHN Tuesday, May 5 – Friday, May 8, 2026
40. Resumption and Commencement of Second Semester Sunday, May 10 – Monday, September 14,
Lectures (400 Level MBBS) at Faculty of Basic 2026
Clinical Sciences (FBCS)
41. 2nd continuous assessment week Monday May 11 – Friday May 15, 2026
42. Revision week Monday June 1 - Friday June 5, 2026
43. SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION Monday June 8- Thursday June 11, 2026
Education/GST/Degree Examinations
44. SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION (Full Monday June 15 - Friday June 26, 2026
Time and Part Time)
45. Students proceed on end of session vacation Saturday June 27, 2026
(Except Medical Students)
46. Concentrated Clinical Posting (200 Level – 400 Monday, June 29 – Friday, September 11,
Level) 2026
47. EXTENDED EXAMINATION PROGRAMME (8 Monday July 6 – Friday August 28, 2026
weeks)
48. Pre-professional Examination for Midwifery (500 Tuesday, July 7 – Friday, July 10, 2026
Level)
49. Consideration of Second Semester Results Monday July 20 - Friday July 24, 2026
(Departments and Faculties)
50. Final Professional/ (Pre)Council Examinations (400 Monday, July 27 – Friday, August 21, 2026
Level and 500 Level-Nursing and Med. Lab students)
51. Chancellor’s Birthday Celebration Monday July 27 – Wednesday July 29, 2026
52. Consideration of Degree and sessional Wednesday July 29 - Wednesday August 12,
Examination Results (Business Committee of 2026
Senate)
53. Consideration of Degree and Sessional Thursday August 20, 2026
Examination Results (Senate)
54. Pre-Professional Examination for General Nursing Tuesday, August 25 – Friday, August 28, 2026
(400 Level)
55. Professional Qualifying Examination for Midwifery Tuesday, September 8 – Friday, September 11,
(500 Level) 2026
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56. Consideration of all outstanding results for Wednesday 9 September – Wednesday 16
2025/2026 session (Business Committee of Senate) September, 2026
57 Founder’s Day Thursday September 11, 2026
58. Convocation ceremonies for 2025/2026 session Thursday, September 10 – Saturday,
September 12, 2026
59. Four Weeks Holiday for FAHS Saturday, September 12 – Sunday, October
11, 2026
60 End of Session Vacation (Medical Students-200 and Tuesday, September 15 – Saturday,
300 Levels) September 26, 2026
61 Staff Orientation for 2026/2027 Session Tuesday September 22, 2026
62 Consideration of all outstanding results for Thursday, September 24, 2026
2026/2027 session (Senate)
63 Online Registration for 2026/2027 Session Monday September 28, 2026
begins
64 Resumption for Fresh Students for 2026/2027 Sunday October 04, 2026
session
65 Resumption for First Semester 2026/2027 Session Sunday October 11, 2026
(Returning Students)
Please Note:
All gazetted Public Holidays will be observed.
