UNICAL Academic Calendar for the 2019/2020 academic session has been published. According to the Calendar, the resumption date for new students of the University of Calabar is Friday 3rd January, 2020 while that of returning students is January 17th, 2020. See full details below;

FIRST SEMESTER ACADEMIC CALENDAR

January 2020
Friday 3rd - New Students Arrive campus
Monday 6th - Payment of School Charges/Screening and Registration by New Students
Monday 13th - Lectures Begin for all New Students
Friday 17th - Returning Students Arrive Campus
Friday 17th - End of Registration for new Students
Monday 20th - Payment of School Charges/Registration by Returning Students
Monday 20th - Late Registration/Screening Begin for New Students
Wednesday 22nd - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Friday 24th - Late Registration/Screening End for New Students
Monday 27th - Lectures Begin for Returning Students
Wednesday 29th - Orientation Begins for all New Students
Friday 31st - End of Registration for Returning Students
Friday 31st - Orientation Ends for all New Students

FEBRUARY, 2020
Monday 3rd - Late Registration Begins for all Returning Students
Monday 3rd - Summer Exams Begin
Wednesday 5th - SOLEMN ASSEMBLY
Friday 7th - MATRICULATION
Monday 10th - End of Summer Exams
Monday 17th - End of Adding and Dropping of courses
Monday 24th - Continuous Assessment Begins for all Students
Wednesday 26th - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Friday 28th - End of Continuous Assessment

MARCH 2020
Friday 13th - CONVOCATION FOR DIPLOMAS AND FIRST DEGREES
Saturday 14th - CONVOCATION FOR HIGHER DEGREES
Wednesday 25th - INAUGURAL LECTURE

APRIL, 2020
Friday 10th - Lecture End for all Students
Monday 13th Exams Begin for Pre-degree and Final Year Students
Wednesday 15th - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Friday 17th - Exams End for Pre-degree and Final Year Students
Monday 20th - Exams Begin for GSS Courses
Friday 24th - Exams End for GSS Courses
Monday 27th - First Semester Exams Begin for all Except CES Students

MAY, 2020
Saturday 2nd - First Semester Exams End for all Except CES Students
Monday 4th - Exams Begin for CES Students
Friday 15th - Exams End for CES Students
Friday 15th - End of First Semester and all Students Departs

SUMMARY
Lectures - 12 weeks
Examination - 5 weeks
Total - 17 weeks

SECOND SEMESTER ACADEMIC CALENDAR

JUNE 2020
Friday 5th - Students Arrive Campus
Monday 8th - Payment of School Charges/Registration for all Students
Monday 8th - Lectures Begin for all Students
Friday 13th - End of Registration for all Students
Monday 22nd - Late Registration Begins for all Students
Wednesday 24th - INAUGURAL LECTURE

JULY 2020
Monday 20th - Students’ Week Begins
Wednesday 29th - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Friday 25th - Students’ Week Ends

AUGUST 2020
Monday 24th - Exams Begin for Education and Final Year Students
Wednesday 26th - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Thursday 27th - Exams Begin for Pre-degree Students
Saturday 29th - Exams End for Pre-degree Students

SEPTEMBER 2020
Wednesday 2nd - INAUGURAL LECTURE
Friday 4th - Lectures End
Friday 9th - Exams Begins for Education and Final Year Students
Friday 18th - Exams Ends for Education and Final Year Students
Monday 21st - Exams Begins for all GSS Courses
Friday 25th - Exams End for all GSS Courses
Monday 28th - Exams Begin for all Except CES Students

OCTOBER, 2020
Friday 2nd - Exams End for all except CES Students
Monday 5th - Exams Begins for CES Students
Friday 9th - Exams End for all CES students
Friday 9th - End of Second Semester and all Students Depart

SUMMARY
Lectures - 12 Weeks
Examinations - 5 Weeks
Total - 17 Weeks