2025 DIARY

JANUARY

Monday 6th 0800 UNIVERSITY RE-OPENS

Tuesday 7th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 8th 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Committee
0900 Boards of Departments
1430 Finance Committee
Thursday 9th 0900 Fees and Levies Committee
1430 Audit Committee
Friday 10th 0900 Infrastructure Development Committee
0900 Boards of Faculties
Monday 13th 0900 Resource Mobilisation and Alumni Committee
1430 Investment and Enterprise Development Committee
Tuesday 14th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Wednesday 15th 0900 Risk Committee
1430 Compliance Committee
Thursday 16th 0900 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Friday 17th 1415 Industrialisation and Business Enterprise Committee
Monday 20nd 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS
Tuesday 21st 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
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Wednesday 22 0900 Termination of Studies Appeals Committee
1415 Procurement Management Committee
Thursday 23rd 0900 Risk Committee
Monday 27th 0900 International Relations Committee
Tuesday 28th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 29th 0900 Research and Ethics Committee
1415 SENATE
Thursday 30th 1430 Boards of Trustees
Friday 31st 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony

FEBRUARY

Monday 3rd 0900 Boards of Departments

0900 Honorary Degrees and Distinction Committee
Tuesday 4th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 5th 0900 Admin Committee Meeting
1415 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
Thursday 6th 1430 Technical Staff Promotions Committee
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Friday 7th 0900 Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
1415 Health and Safety Committee
Monday 10th 0900 Human Capital and Remuneration Committee
1415 Bookshop Management Committee
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Tuesday 11 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1415 Boards of Faculties
Wednesday 12th 0900 UZ Strategic Plan Implementation & Monitoring Committee
Thursday 13th 0900 Evaluation Committee Meeting
1430 Multi-Cultural and Language Centre Board of Management
Friday 14th 0830 Senate Sub Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate status
1100 Academic Staff Promotions Committee
Monday 17th 0900 Library, Publications and Knowledge Management Committee
1415 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Tuesday 18th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Thursday 20th 0900 UZ Pension Committee
1415 Events Management Committee
1700 DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION
Friday 21st 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED (R.G Mugabe National Youth Day)
Monday 24th 0800 1st/2nd SEMESTER BEGINS
Tuesday 25th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 26th 0900 Student and Graduate Career Development Committee
Thursday 27th 1000 Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Committee
Friday 28th 0900 Boards of the Departments
1500 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

MARCH

Monday 3rd 0900 Continuation of Employment beyond Retirement Age Committee

Tuesday 4th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 5th 0900 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 6th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE/Undergraduate Admissions Policy and Capacity
1415 Assets Disposal Committee
Friday 7th 0900 Committee of Council on Ratification of Student and Staff Disciplinary Cases
1415 Boards of Faculties
Tuesday 11th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 12th 0900 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
1415 SENATE
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Thursday 13 0900 Industrialisation and Business Enterprise Committee
1430 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Friday 14th 1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Monday 17th 0900 First Block Examinations Start
Tuesday 18th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 19th 0900 Budget Committee
1430 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Thursday 20th 0900 Administrative and Support Staff Promotions Committee
1415 Student Health and Welfare Committee
Friday 21st 0900 UZ Agro-Industrial Park Board of Trustees
1700 First Block Examinations End
Tuesday 25th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 26th 1500 COUNCIL
Friday 28th 0900 Boards of Departments
Monday 31st 1415 Boards of Faculties

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APRIL

Tuesday 1st 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee

Wednesday 2nd 0900 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 3rd 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 7th 0900 Board of Management: Environment Climate & Sustainable Development Institute
Tuesday 8th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 9th 0900 Boards of Trustees
1415 Strategic Planning and Implementation Committee
Thursday 10th 0900 Audit Committee
Friday 11th 0900 Termination of Studies Appeals Committee
1415 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
Monday 14th 0900 Second Block Examinations Start
1415 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Tuesday 15th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 16th 0900 Compliance Committee
Thursday 17th 0900 Evaluation Committee Meeting
1700 Second Block Examinations End
Friday 18th 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED – INDEPENDENCE DAY
0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED - GOOD FRIDAY
Monday 21th 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED – EASTER HOLIDAY
Tuesday 22rd 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 23rd 0900 Infrastructure Development Committee
1415 Student Health and Welfare Committee
Thursday 24th 0900 International Relations Committee
0900 Finance Committee
1415 Student and Graduate Career Development Committee
Friday 25th 0900 Boards of Departments
1000 Research Ethics Committee
1415 Procurement Management Committee
Monday 28th 0900 Investment and Enterprise Development Committee
0900 Boards of the Faculties
1700 Deadline for Nominations to the Honorary Degrees and Distinctions Committee
Tuesday 29th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 30th 0900 Bookshop Management Committee

MAY

Thursday 1st 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED – WORKERS’ DAY

Friday 2nd 0900 Human Capital and Remuneration Committee
1415 Procurement Management Committee
Monday 5th 0900 Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
1415 Boards of Studies
Tuesday 6th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Thursday 8th 0900 Admin Committee Meeting
Friday 9th 0900 Risk Committee
Monday 12th 0900 Third Block Examinations Start
0900 Committee on Associate/Affiliate Status (SSAAS)
1415 UZ Pension Fund Committee
1700 Closing date for submission to the Budget Committee
Tuesday 13th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 14th 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Committee
Thursday 15th 0900 Budget Committee
Friday 16th 0900 Academic Staff Promotions Committee
1700 Third Block Examinations End
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Monday 19th 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Begins
Tuesday 20th 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Continues
Wednesday 21st 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Continues
Thursday 22nd 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Continues
Friday 23rd 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Continues
Saturday 24th 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Week Ends
Sunday 25th 0900 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED-AFRICA DAY
Monday 26th 0900 Events Management Committee
1415 Works Council
Tuesday 27th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
0900 Boards of Departments
Wednesday 28th 0900 Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Committee
1415 Industrialisation and Business Enterprise Committee
Thursday 29th 0900 Resource Mobilisation and Alumni Committee
0900 Boards of Faculties
Friday 30th 0900 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

JUNE

Monday 2nd
Tuesday 3rd 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Thursday 5th 1000 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Friday 6th 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Monday 9th 0900 Technical Staff Promotions Committee
0900 Fourth Block Examinations Start
Tuesday 10th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 11th 1415 SENATE
Thursday 12th 1100 Works Council
Friday 13th 0930 Professional and Staff Development Committee
1700 Fourth Block Examinations End
1700 SEMESTER ENDS
Monday 16th 1000 Administration and Support Staff Promotion Committee
Tuesday 17th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 18th 0900 Committee of Council on Ratification of Student and Staff Disciplinary Cases
Thursday 19th 0900 COUNCIL
Friday 20th 0900 Boards of Departments
1415 Procurement Management Committee
Monday 23rd 0900 Boards of Faculties
Tuesday 24th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1430 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Wednesday 25th 1000 Honorary Degrees and Distinctions Committee
Thursday 26th 1415 Student and Graduate Career Development Committee
Friday 27th 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Monday 30th 0900 Audit Committee

JULY

Tuesday 1st 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

Thursday 3rd 1000 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Committee
Friday 4th 0900 Bookshop Management Committee
1430 Fees and Levies Committee
Monday 7th 0900 Infrastructure Development Committee
1415 Boards of Faculties
Tuesday 8th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
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Wednesday 9th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 10th 1100 Health and Safety Committee
1415 Events Management Committee
Friday 11th 1415 Library, Publications and Knowledge Management Committee
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Monday 14 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS
0830 Vice Chancellor’s & Deans Management Workshop
1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Tuesday 15th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 16th 0900 Compliance Committee of Council
Thursday 17th 0900 UZ Agro-Industrial Park Board of Trustees
1415 Quality Assurance Committee
Friday 18th 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Monday 21st 0900 International Relations Committee
1415 Boards of Trusties
Tuesday 22nd 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1415 Assets Disposal Committee
Wednesday 23rd 0900 Finance Committee
Thursday 24th 0900 Investment and Enterprise Development Committee
1415 Boards of Departments
Friday 25th 1415 Budget Committee
Monday 28th 0900 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
Tuesday 29th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 30st 0900 Research Ethics Committee
1415 Technical Staff Promotions Committee
Thursday 31st 0900 Human Capital and Remuneration Committee
1415 Boards of Faculties

AUGUST

Friday 1st 0900 Board of Management: Environment Climate & Sustainable Development Institute
1415 Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Committee
Monday 4th 0830 Vice Chancellor & Chairpersons’ Workshop
Tuesday 5th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Wednesday 6th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 7th 1415 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
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Friday 8 0900 Senate Sub Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate Status
Monday 11th 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED-HEROES DAY
Tuesday 12th 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED-DEFENCE FORCES DAY
Wednesday 13th 0900 Orientation Programme Begins for 1st year, August intake
1415 SENATE
Thursday 14th 0900 Orientation Programme Continues for 1st year, August intake
Friday 15th 0900 Orientation Programme Continues for 1st year, August intake
Saturday 16th 0900 Orientation Programme Ends for 1st year, August intake
Monday 18th 0800 1st/2nd SEMESTER BEGIN
0900 Academic Staff Promotions Committee
1600 Closing date for submission to the Budget Committee
Tuesday 19th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 20th 0900 Risk Committee
1500 Works Council
Thursday 21st 0900 Honorary Degrees and Distinctions Committee
1415 Termination of Studies-(Appeals Committee)
Friday 22nd 0900 Resource Mobilization and Alumni Committee
1415 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee

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Monday 25th 1500 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
1700 DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
Tuesday 26th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 27th 0900 Events Management Committee
0900 Industrialisation and Business Enterprise Committee
Thursday 28th 1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Friday 29th 0900 Procurement Management Committee
1430 UZ Pension Fund Committee

SEPTEMBER

Monday 1st 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony

Tuesday 2nd 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 3rd 1500 COUNCIL
Friday 5th 0800 GRADUATION CEREMONY (Provisional Date)
Monday 8th 0900 First Block Examinations Start
0900 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Tuesday 9th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 10th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Friday 12th 1700 First Block Examinations End
Monday 15th 1415 Health and Safety Committee
Tuesday 16th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 17th 0900 Senate Sub- Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate status
1415 Student and Graduate Career Development Committee
Thursday 18th 0900 Continuation of Employment beyond Retirement Age Committee
1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Friday 19th 0900 Boards of Departments
0900 Strategic Plan Implementation & Monitoring Committee
1415 Works Council
Monday 22nd 0900 Administrative and Support Staff Promotions Committee
0900 Boards of Faculties
1415 Student Health and Welfare Committee
Tuesday 23rd 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 24th 0900 Administration and Support Staff Promotions Committee
Friday 26th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 29th 0900 Assets Disposal Committee
Tuesday 30th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee

OCTOBER

Wednesday 1st 0900 Health and Safety Committee

1415 Bookshop Management Committee
Thursday 2nd 0900 International Relations Committee
Monday 6th 0900 Second Block Examinations Start
1415 Resource Mobilisation and Alumni Committee
Tuesday 7th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 8th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 9th 0900 Audit Committee
1000 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Friday 10th 0900 Continuation of Employment beyond Retirement Age Committee
1415 Procurement Management Committee
1700 Second Block Examinations End
Monday 13th 0900 Compliance Committee

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Tuesday 14th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1415 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
Wednesday 15th 0900 Academic Staff Promotions Committee
1415 Library, Publications and Knowledge Management Committee
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Thursday 16 0900 Professional and Staff Development Committee
1415 Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Committee
Friday 17th 0900 Committee on Academic Ceremony
0900 Boards of Departments
1415 Infrastructure Development Committee
1700 Closing date for submissions to the Budget Committee
Monday 20th 0900 Events Management Committee
0900 Boards of Faculties
1415 Strategic Planning and Implementation Committee
Tuesday 21st 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1415 Multi-Cultural and Language Centre Board of Management
Wednesday 22nd 0900 Research Innovation and Industrialisation Committee
1415 Investment and Enterprise Development Committee
Thursday 23rd 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 27th 0900 Finance Committee
1415 Termination of Studies Appeals Committee
Tuesday 28th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 29th 1415 Human Capital and Remuneration Committee
Thursday 30th 1415 Risk Committee

NOVEMBER

Monday 3rd 0900 Third Block Examinations Start

Tuesday 4th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 5th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 6th 0900 Research Ethics Committee
1430 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Friday 7th 1500 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
1700 Third Block Examinations End
Monday 10th 0900 Technical Staff Promotions Committee
1430 Committee of Council on Ratification of Student and Staff Disciplinary Cases
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Tuesday 11 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 12th 1415 SENATE
Thursday 13th 0900 Student Health and Welfare Committee
1415 UZ Strategic Plan Implementation & Monitoring Committee
Friday 14th 0900 Boards of Departments
1030 UZ Pension Fund Committee
1400 Student and Graduate Career Development Committee
Monday 17th 0900 Boards of Faculties
0900 Budget Committee
1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Tuesday 18th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
1430 Information Communication Technology and Digitalisation Committee
Wednesday 19th 0900 Quality Assurance Committee
Thursday 20th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 24th 0900 Administrative Support Staff Promotions Committee
Tuesday 25th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 26th 0900 Procurement Management Committee
1500 COUNCIL

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DECEMBER

Monday 1st 0900 Fourth Block Examinations Start

0900 Bookshop Management Committee
Tuesday 2nd 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 3rd 0900 Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement Committee
Thursday 4th 0900 Board of Management: Environment Climate & Sustainable Development Institute
Friday 5th 1000 Senate Sub- Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate Status
1415 Works Council
1700 Fourth Block Examinations End
1700 1st/2nd SEMESTER ENDS
Saturday 6th 0800 VACATION BEGIN
Monday 8th 1430 Industrialisation and Business Enterprise Committee
Tuesday 9th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 10th 0900 Procurement Management Committee
Thursday 11th 0900 UZ Agro-Industrial Park Board of Trustees
Friday 12th 0900 Boards of Departments
0900 Evaluation Committee Meeting
Monday 15th 0900 Boards of Faculties
Tuesday 16th 0900 Vice Chancellor’s Executive Management Committee
Wednesday 17th 0900 Long Service Awards
Thursday 18th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 22nd 0800 UNIVERSITY CLOSED

22 December 2025 to 04 January 2026 UNIVERSITY CLOSED