ALMANAC

2024/25-2025/26

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/25 - 2025/26

The academic calendar of the University of Dodoma is divided into
Semester I and Semester II of 15 weeks each for all Colleges, Schools and
Institutes except for the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the School
of Nursing and Public Health whose academic calendar is composed of
Semsester I and II of 18 weeks each. There are two weeks set aside for the
end of each semester examinations. The holidays and vacations observed
by the university are noted below.
DATE ACTIVITY

AUGUST 2024

14th August, 2024 Start of Trimester III Examinations

19th August, 2024 108th Senate Meeting
21st August, 2024 Graduate Seminars
22nd August, 2024 End of Trimester III University Examinations
23rd August, 2024 Start of Marking of End of Trimester III University
Examinations
23rd August, 2024 End of Semester II University Examinations for
Health Sciences Programmes
22nd August, 2024 Departmental Examiner’s Boards Meetings for all
Colleges, Schools and Institutes Except the School
of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Nursing
and Public Health
26th August, 2024 Start of Semester II University Examinations for
Health Sciences Postgraduate Programmes
26th August, 2024 Start of Marking of Semester II University
Examinations for Health Sciences Programmes
26th August, 2024 59th Audit and Risk Management Committee
Meeting
26th August, 2024 Special College Boards for all Colleges, Schools
and Institutes Except the School of Medicine and
Dentistry and School of Nursing and Public Health
30th August, 2024 End of Marking of End of Trimester III University
Examinations
30th August, 2024 Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting

SEPTEMBER 2024

2nd September, 2024 87th Council Meeting

3rd September, 2024 Special Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
6th September, 2024 End of Semester II University Examinations for
Health Sciences Programmes

9th September, 2024 Start of Marking of Semester II University

Examinations for Health Sciences Postgraduate
Programmes
10th September, 2024 109th Special Senate
11th September, 2024 Start of Appeals Application for Degree and Non-
Degree Programmes
13th September, 2024 End of Marking for Health Sciences Programmes
18th September, 2024 Graduate Seminars
20th September, 2024 End of Marking of Semester II University
Examinations for Health Sciences Postgraduate
Programmes
23rd September, 2024 89th Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
23rd September, 2024 99th Special Senate Postgraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
24th September, 2024 End of Appeals Application for Degree and Non-
degree Programmes
26th September, 2024 110 Special Senate
30th September, 2024 Management Meeting
30th September, 2024 Start of Supplementary/Special University
Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes Except for Programmes
in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the
School of Nursing and Public Health

OCTOBER 2024

7th October, 2024 Start of Supplementary/Special University

Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes in the School of
Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Nursing
and Public Health
11th October, 2024 End of Supplementary/Special University
Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes Except for Programmes
in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the
School of Nursing and Public Health
14th October, 2024 Nyerere Day
15th October, 2024 Start of Marking of Supplementary/Special
University Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes Except for Programmes
in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the
School of Nursing and Public Health
16th October, 2024 Graduate Seminars
18th October, 2024 End of Marking of Supplementary/Special
University Examinations for all Programmes Except
for Programmes in the School of Medicine and
Dentistry and the School of Nursing and Public
Health
18th October, 2024 End of Supplementary/Special University
Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes in the School of
Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Nursing
and Public Health
18th October, 2024 Departmental Examiner’s Boards Meetings
21st October, 2024 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
23rd October, 2024 90th Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
23rd October, 2024 100th Special Senate Postgraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
 24th October, 2024 End of 2023/2024 Academic Year
25th October, 2024 111th Special Senate

ADMISSION/REGISTRATION FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025

26th October, 2024 Fresh Entrants Report at the University for

Academic Year 2024/25
28th October, 2024 Start of Orientation Week for New Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Students
28th October, 2024 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
29th October, 2024 32nd ICT Board
29th October, 2024 60th Library Service Board Committee
30th October, 2024 90th Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
30th October, 2024 100th Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
31st October, 2024 57th Quality Assurance Board Committee
31st October, 2024 61st Senate Research, Publications and
Consultancy Committee

NOVEMBER 2024

1st November, 2024 End of Orientation Week for New Undergraduate

and Postgraduate Students
1st November, 2024 64th Human Resources Management Committee
Meeting
2nd November, 2024 Deadline for Submission of Hard-bound
Theses/Dissertations from Prospective Graduates
among Postgraduate Students.
2nd November, 2024 Continuing Students Report at the University
2nd November, 2024 Registration of Continuing Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Students for Semester I
4th November, 2024 Start of teaching for Semester I Academic Year
2024/25
4th November, 2024 Graduate Seminars
4th November, 2024 Presentations for Postgraduate Students
4th November, 2024 60th Audit and Risk Management Committee
Meeting
5th November, 2024 63rd Planning, Finance, and Investment
Committee Meeting
4th November, 2024 Start of Teaching for Semester I Academic Year
2024/25
th
6th November, 2024 16 Hospital Board Meeting
th
7th November, 2024 112 Senate Meeting (Q1)
nd
7th November, 2024 72 Students’ Affairs Committee Meeting
7th November, 2024 Presentations for Postgraduate Students
th
8th November, 2024 6 Estate Committee Meeting
11st November, 2024 1st Worker’s Council
15th November, 2024 End of Registration of Continuing Students for
Undergraduate Semester I
20th November, 2024 Graduate Seminars
29th November, 2024 End of Registration of Continuing Postgraduate
Students for the Semester I Academic Year
 2024/25
DECEMBER 2024

3rd December, 2024 th

88 Council Meeting
4th December, 2024 th
15 Convocation Day
5th December, 2024 th
15 Graduation Ceremony Cluster 1
6th December, 2024 th
15 Graduation Ceremony Cluster 2
9th December, 2024 Independence Day
12th December, 2024 61st Special Audit and Risk Management
Committee Meeting
18th December,2024 89th Special Council Meeting
18th December, 2024 Graduate Seminars
24th December, 2024 Start of Christmas Holiday Recess

JANUARY 2025
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1 January,2025 End of Christmas Holiday Recess
3rd January,2025 Departmental Meetings
3rd January,2025 End of Trimester I Examinations for Masters
Evening Programmes
6th January,2025 Start of Trimester I University Examinations
6th January,2025 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
9th January, 2025 91st Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
9th January, 2025 Institutional Repository Committee Meeting
10th January, 2025 101st Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
10th January, 2025 ICT Technical Committee Meeting
13th January, 2025 33rd ICT Board Meeting
13th January, 2025 61st Library Services Board Meeting
14th January, 2025 62nd Senate Research, Publications and
Consultancy Committee Meeting
14th January, 2025 58th Quality Assurance Board Committee Meeting
15th January, 2025 Graduate Seminars
17th January, 2025 End of Trimester I Examinations for Masters
Evening Programmes
29th January, 2025 Management Committee Meeting

FEBRUARY, 2025

3rd February, 2025 Workers Council Meeting

5th February, 2025 113th Senate Meeting
6th February, 2025 66th Human Resources Management Committee
Meeting
7th February, 2025 Graduate Seminars
7th February, 2025 62nd Audit and Risk Management Committee
Meeting
10th February, 2025 64th Planning, Finance and Investment Committee
Meeting
11th February, 2025 17th Hospital Board Committee Meeting
12th February, 2025 74th Students Affairs Committee Meeting
12th February, 2025 9th Estate Committee Meeting
13th February, 2025 End of Teaching for Semester I for All Non-Degree
 and Degree Programmes Except Health Sciences
Degree Programmes
17th February, 2025 Start of Semester I Examinations for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes
27th February, 2025 90th Council Meeting
28th February, 2025 End of Semester I Examinations for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes.

MARCH, 2025

1st March, 2025 Inter-semester break for All Non-Degree and

Degree Programmes Except for Health Sciences
Degree Programmes
3rd March, 2025 Start of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester I Examinations for All Non-Degree
and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes
07th March, 2025 End of Teaching for Semester I for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
10th March, 2025 Start of Semester I Examinations for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
14th March, 2025 Departmental Meetings
17th March, 2025 Start of Semester II Teaching for All Non-Degree
and Degree Programmes Except for Health
Sciences Degree Programmes
18th March, 2025 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
21st March, 2025 End of Semester I Examinations for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
21st March, 2025 End of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester I Examinations for All Non-Degree
and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes.
21st March, 2025 92nd Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
21st March, 2025 Institutional Repository Committee Meeting
22nd March, 2025 Inter-semester break for All Health Sciences Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes
24th March, 2025 Start of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester I Examinations for All Health Sciences
Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
24th March, 2025 102nd Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
24th March, 2025 ICT Technical Committee Meeting
27th March, 2025 34th ICT Board Meeting
27th March, 2025 62nd Library Services Board Meeting
28th March, 2025 Release of Provisional Results for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except
Health Sciences Programmes.
28th March, 2025 63rd Senate Research, Publications and
Consultancy Committee Meeting
28th March, 2025 59th Quality Assurance Board Committee Meeting
End of Trimester I Examinations for Masters
 Evening Programmes
28th March, 2025 Graduate Seminars
30th March, 2025 End of Ramadhan (Eid el fitri)
31st March, 2025 Eid el Fitri Holiday

APRIL, 2025

3rd April, 2025 Management Committee Meeting

7th April, 2025 67th Human Resources Management Committee
Meeting
8th April, 2025 Start of Semester II Teaching for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
8th April, 2025 63rd Audit and Risk Management Committee
Meeting
9th April, 2025 65th Planning, Finance and Investment Committee
Meeting
10th April, 2025 18th Hospital Board Committee Meeting
11th April, 2025 75th Students Affairs Committee Meeting
11th April, 2025 10th Estate Committee Meeting
7th April, 2025 Karume Day
11th April, 2025 End of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester I Examinations for All Health Sciences
Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
14th April, 2025 114th Senate Meeting
16th April, 2025 Graduate Seminars
17th April, 2025 Release of Provisional Results for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
18th April, 2025 Good Friday
20th April, 2025 Easter Sunday
21st April, 2025 Easter Monday
26th April, 2025 Union Day

MAY, 2025

1st May, 2025 Workers’ Day

14th May, 2025 Graduate Seminars
26th May, 2025 91st Council Meeting

JUNE, 2025

7th June, 2025 Eid Al Adha

18th June, 2025 Graduate Seminars
20th June, 2025 Departmental Meetings
23rd June, 2025 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
26th June, 2025 93rd Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
26th June, 2025 Institutional Repository Committee Meeting
27th June, 2025 103rd Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
27th June, 2025 ICT Technical Committee Meeting
27th June, 2025 End of Teaching for Semester II for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes
29th June, 2025 Management Committee Meeting
30th June, 2025 35th ICT Board Meeting
30th June, 2025 63rd Library Services Board Meeting
30th June, 2025 Start of Semester II Examinations for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Programmes

JULY, 2025

1st July, 2025 64th Senate Research, Publications and

Consultancy Committee Meeting
th
1st July, 2025 60 Quality Assurance Board Committee Meeting
th
4th July, 2025 115 Senate Meeting
7th July, 2025 Saba saba Holiday
th
9th July, 2025 115 Senate Meeting
11th July, 2025 End of Semester II Examinations for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes.
14th July, 2025 Start of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester II Examinations for All Non-Degree
and Degree Programmes Except Health
Sciences Degree Programmes
14th July, 2025 Start of Practical Training/Field Work/Teaching
Practice for Students All Non-Degree and Degree
Programmes Except Health Sciences Degree
Programmes
16th July, 2025 Graduate Seminars
18th July, 2025 End of Teaching for Semester II for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
21st July, 2025 Start of Semester II Examinations for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree Programmes.
31st July, 2025 Management Committee Meeting

AUGUST, 2025

1st August, 2025 End of Marking and Results Processing for

Semester II Examinations for All Non-Degree and
Degree Programmes Except Health Sciences
Degree Programmes
1st August, 2025 End of Semester II Examinations for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree
Programmes.
4th August, 2025 Departmental Boards Meeting
4th August, 2025 Start of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester II Examinations for All Health Sciences
Non-Degree and Degree Programmes
7th August, 2025 College Boards Meeting to Deliberate
Examinations Results
8th August, 2025 Nanenane Holiday
11th August, 2025 Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
13th August, 2025 Graduate Seminars
12th August, 2025 Special Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
13th August, 2025 68th Human Resources Management Committee
Meeting
14th August, 2025 64th Audit and Risk Management Committee
Meeting
15th August, 2025 66th Planning, Finance and Investment Committee
Meeting
18th August, 2025 19th Hospital Board Committee Meeting
19th August, 2025 76th Students Affairs Committee Meeting
19th August, 2025 11th Estate Committee Meeting
15th August, 2025 Special Senate to Deliberate Examinations
Results
16th August, 2025 Start of Appeals Application for Degree and Non-
Degree Programmes
22nd August, 2025 End of Marking and Results Processing for
Semester II Examinations for All Health
Sciences Non-Degree and Degree
Programmes
26th August, 2025 Departmental Boards Meetings for School of
Medicine and Dentistry, and School of Nursing
and Public Health to Deliberate Examinations
Results.
29th August, 2025 School Boards Meetings for School of Medicine
and Dentistry, and School of Nursing and Public
Health to Deliberate Examinations Results.
29th August, 2025 End of Appeals Application for Degree and Non-
Degree Programmes

SEPTEMBER, 2025

1st September, 2025 92nd Council Meeting

02nd September, 2025 94th Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
03rd September, 2025 104th Special Senate Postgraduate Studies
Committee Meeting
05th September, 2025 End of Practical Training/Field Work/Teaching
Practice for Students All Non-Degree and
Degree Programmes Except Health Sciences
Degree Programmes
08th September, 2025 116th Special Senate to Deliberate Examinations
Results for Health Sciences Degree Programmes
09th September, 2025 Start of Appeals Application for All Health
Sciences Degree and Non-Degree Programmes
17th September, 2025 Graduate Seminars
22nd September, 2025 End of Appeals Application for All Health
Sciences Degree and Non-Degree Programmes
22nd September, 2025 Start of Supplementary/Special University
Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes
23rd September, 2025 Departmental Meetings
24th September, 2025 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
25th September, 2025 Management Committee Meeting
26th September, 2025 95th Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
26th September, 2025 Institutional Repository Committee Meeting
29th September, 2025 105th Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
29th September, 2025 ICT Technical Committee Meeting
30th September, 2025 36th ICT Board Meeting
30th September, 2025 64th Library Services Board Meeting

OCTOBER, 2025

1st October, 2025 65th Senate Research, Publications and

Consultancy Committee Meeting
1st October, 2025 61st Quality Assurance Board Committee Meeting
3rd October, 2025 End of Supplementary/Special University
Examinations for all Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes
4th October, 2025 Start of Marking of Supplementary/Special
University Examinations for all Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Programmes
6th October, 2025 117th Senate Meeting (Q1-2025/2026)
14th October, 2025 Nyerere Day
15th October, 2025 Graduate Seminars
17th October, 2025 End of Marking of Supplementary/Special
University Examinations for all Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Programmes
20th October, 2025 Departmental Boards Meetings to Deliberate
Special and Supplementary Examinations
Results.
20th October, 2025 School Boards Meetings to Deliberate Special
and Supplementary Examinations Results.
22nd October, 2025 96th Special Senate Undergraduate Studies
Committee Meeting to Deliberate Special and
Supplementary Examinations Results.
22nd October, 2025 106th Special Senate Postgraduate Studies
Committee Meeting to Deliberate Special and
Supplementary Examinations Results.
24th October, 2025 118th Special Senate to Deliberate Special and
Supplementary Examinations Results for All Non-
Degree and Degree Programmes
30th November, 2025 Management Committee Meeting
31st October, 2025 End of 2024/2025 Academic Year
31st October, 2025 Workers Council Meeting

NOVEMBER, 2025

1st November, 2025 Fresh Entrants Report at the University for

Academic Year 2025/26
3rd November, 2025 Deadline for Submission of Hard-bound
Theses/Dissertations from Prospective Graduates
among Postgraduate Students.
3rd November, 2025 Start of Orientation Week for New Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Students
5th November, 2025 Graduate Seminars
10th November, 2025 69th Human Resources Management Committee
Meeting
11th November, 2025 65th Audit and Risk Management Committee
 Meeting
12th November, 2025 65th Planning, Finance and Investment Committee
Meeting
13th November, 2025 20th Hospital Board Committee Meeting
14th November, 2025 77th Students Affairs Committee Meeting
14th November, 2025 12th Estate Committee Meeting
24th November, 2025 93rd Council Meeting
26th November, 2025 th
16 Convocation Day
27th November, 2025 th
16 Graduation Ceremony Cluster 1
28th November, 2025 th
16 Graduation Ceremony Cluster 2

DECEMBER, 2025

10th December, 2025 Graduate Seminars

24th December, 2025 Start of Christmas Holiday Recess

JANUARY, 2026

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1 January, 2026 End of Christmas Holiday Recess
5th January, 2026 Departmental Meetings
6th January, 2026 College/School/Institute Board Meetings
9th January, 2026 97th Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
9th January, 2026 Institutional Repository Committee Meeting
12th January, 2026 107th Senate Postgraduate Studies Committee
Meeting
12th January, 2026 ICT Technical Committee Meeting
13th January, 2026 37th ICT Board Meeting
13th January, 2026 65th Library Services Board Meeting
14th January, 2026 66th Senate Research, Publications and
Consultancy Committee Meeting
14th January, 2026 62nd Quality Assurance Board Committee Meeting
19th January, 2026 119th Senate Meeting (Q2-2025/2026)