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UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI

(OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2017/2018 ACADEMIC SESSION

OCTOBER, 2017

SUN 01 - INDEPENDENCE DAY MON 02 - TUE 03 - The University re-opens for 2017/2018 Academic Session WED 04 - Registration of Returning Students Commence THU 05 - Admission Committee FRI 06 - Student Affairs Committee SAT 07 - SUN 08 - Week 1 MON 09 - Registration for New Students Commence TUE 10 - Security Committee/College/ Faculty Boards/Senate Committee on

Course System WED 11 - THU 12 - Admissions Committee FRI 13 - SAT 14 - SUN 15 - Week 2 MON 16 - Research Committee

TUE 17 - Council WED 18 - Students Disciplinary Committee THU 19 - Board of Postgraduate Studies FRI 20 - Examinations and Time tables Committee SAT 21 -

SUN 22 - Week 3 MON 23 - College/Faculty Boards / Late Registration for new students commences TUE 24 - Top Management Committee/ Senate Committee on Course System WED 25 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors THU 26 - SENATE FRI 27 - Sports Council/ Late Registration for Returning Students Commences SAT 28 - SUN 29 - Week 4 MON 30 - TUE 31 -

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NOVEMBER, 2017

WED 01 - Ceremonials Committee

THU 02 - Admissions Committee

FRI 03 - Late Registration for Returning Students Ends

SAT 04 -

SUN 05 - Week 5

MON 06 - Matriculation of New Students/Late Registration Commences/ College Faculty

Boards

TUE 07 - Committee on Awards and Prizes/Senate Committee on Course

System

WED 08 -

THU 09 - Committee on Research

FRI 10 - Security Committee

SAT 11 - Orientation for New Students

SUN 12 - Week 6

MON 13 - Students Disciplinary Committee

TUE 14 - Student Affairs Committee

WED 15 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 16 - Examination and Time Table Committee

FRI 17 -

SAT 18 -

SUN 19 - Week 7

MON 20 -

TUE 21 -

WED 22 -

THU 23 - Late registration for Returning students end/Library Committee

FRI 24 -

SAT 25 - CONGREGATION

SUN 26 - Week 8

MON 27 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

TUE 28 - Top Management Committee/ Senate committee on Course System

WED 29 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 30 - SENATE

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DECEMBER, 2017

FRI 01 - ***Eid el Maulud

SAT 02 -

SUN 03 - Week 9

MON 04 - Sports Council

TUE 05 - Security Committee WED 06 - Research Committee

THU 07 - College/Faculty Boards

FRI 08 - Consultancy Board

SAT 09 -

SUN 10 - Week 10

MON 11 - College/Faculty Boards/Senate Committee on Course system

TUE 12 - Examination and Time Table Committee

WED 13 - Students Disciplinary Committee

THU 14 - Bookshop Management Committee

FRI 15 -

SAT 16 -

SUN 17 - Week 11

MON 18 -

TUE 19 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course system

WED 20 -

THU 21 -

FRI 22 -

SAT 23 -

SUN 24 - Week 12

MON 25 - Christmas Day

TUE 26 - Boxing Day

WED 27 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 28 - SENATE

FRI 29 - Examination and Time Table Committee

SAT 30 -

SUN 31 - Week 13 **Subject to change in accordance with sighting of the Moon

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JANUARY, 2018

MON 01 - NEW YEAR DAY

TUE 02 - First Semester 2017/2018 Session Undergraduate Examinations

Commence For Education, Law, GST, LLF, 190 and ENG101 Courses

WED 03 - Student Affairs Committee

THU 04 - Sports Council

FRI 05 - College/Faculty Boards

SAT 06 -

SUN 07 - Week 14

MON 08 - First Semester 2017/2018 Session Undergraduate Examinations

Commences for all Students/ Council

TUE 09 - Students Disciplinary Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 10 - Committee on General Studies

THU 11 - Senate Publications Committee

FRI 12 -

SAT 13 -

SUN 14 - Week 15

MON 15 -

TUE 16 - Committee on Research

WED 17 - Library Committee

THU 18 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

FRI 19 -

SAT 20 - First semester 2017/2018 Examinations End

SUN 21 - Week 16

MON 22 - Inter-Semester Break Commences / First Semester PG Examinations

for 2017/2018 Session begin

TUE 23 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 24 - Committee of Provost Deans and directors

THU 25 - S E N A T E

FRI 26 - Examinations and Time Tables Committee

SAT 27 - Inter-Semester Break Ends

SUN 28 - Week 17

MON 29 - Second Semester Lectures commence

TUE 30 -

WED 31 -

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FEBRUARY, 2018

THU 01 - Committee on Information and Communication Technology

FRI 02 - Security Committee

SAT 03 -

SUN 04 -

MON 05 - First Semester PG Examinations for 2017/2018

Session End

TUE 06 -

WED 07 - Health Management Committee

THU 08 - Committee on Naming of Buildings and Streets Week 1

FRI 09 - Students Disciplinary Committee

SAT 10 -

SUN 11 -

MON 12 - Examinations and Time Tables Committee

TUE 13 - Senate Committee on Course System

WED 14 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 15 - College/Faculty Boards Week 2

FRI 16 -

SAT 17 -

SUN 18 -

MON 19 - Development Committee

TUE 20 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 21 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 22 - S E N A T E Week 3

FRI 23 -

SAT 24 - CONVOCATION

SUN 25 -

MON 26 -

TUE 27 - Students Disciplinary Committee

WED 28 -

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MARCH, 2018

THU 01 - Board of Postgraduate studies Week 4

FRI 02 -

SAT 03 -

SUN 04 -

MON 05 -

TUE 06 - Committee on Course System

WED 07 - Security Committee

THU 08 - Sports Council Week 5

FRI 09 - Ceremonial Committee

SAT 10 -

SUN 11 -

MON 12 - Committee on Consultancy Programme

TUE 13 -

WED 14 - Committee on General Studies/Senate Committee on Course System

THU 15 - College/Faculty Boards Week 6

FRI 16 - Committee on Research

SAT 17 -

SUN 18 -

MON 19 - College/Faculty Boards

TUE 20 - Students Disciplinary Committee

WED 21 - Committee on Remedial Year Programmes

THU 22 - Committee on Awards and Prizes Week 7

FRI 23 - CONGREGATION

SAT 24 -

SUN 25 -

MON 26 -

TUE 27 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 28 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 29 - SENATE Week 8

FRI 30 - Good Friday

SAT 31 -

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APRIL, 2018

SUN 01 -

MON 02 - Easter Monday

TUE 03 - Admissions Committee

WED 04 - Student Affairs Committee

THU 05 - Security Committee Week 9

FRI 06 - Consultancy Board

SAT 07 -

SUN 08 -

MON 09 - College\Faculty Boards

TUE 10 - Examinations and Time Tables Committee/Senate Committee on Course

System

WED 11 -

THU 12 - Research Committee Week 10

FRI 13 - Committee on Affiliated Colleges

SAT 14 -

SUN 15 -

MON 16 -

TUE 17 - Students Disciplinary Committee

WED 18 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 19 - Board of Postgraduate Studies Week 11

FRI 20 -

SAT 21 -

SUN 22 -

MON 23 -

TUE 24 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 25 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 26 - SENATE Week 12

FRI 27 -

SAT 28 -

SUN 29 -

MON 30 -

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MAY, 2018

TUE 01 - WORKERS’ DAY

WED 02 - Second Semester 2017/2018 Session Examinations Commence

For Education, Law, GST, LLF, 190 and ENG101 Courses

THU 03 - College/Faculty Boards Week 13

FRI 04 - Library Committee

SAT 05 -

SUN 06 -

MON 07 - Second Semester 2017/2018 Examinations for all Students Commences

TUE 08 - Senate Committee on Course System

WED 09 -

THU 10 - Committee on Centre for Distance Learning Week 14

FRI 11 - Committee on SIWES

SAT 12 -

SUN 13 -

MON 14 - Second Semester 2017/2018 Session PG Examinations Commence

TUE 15 - Security Committee

WED 16 - Student Affairs Committee

THU 17 - College/Faculty Boards Week 15

FRI 18 - Development Committee

SAT 19 -

SUN 20 -

MON 21 - Students Disciplinary Committee

TUE 22 - Second Semester Examinations for 2017/2018 Session End /

Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 23 -

THU 24 - Week 16

FRI 25 -

SAT 26 - Second Semester 2017/2018 Session PG Examinations End

SUN 27 -

MON 28 -

TUE 29 - DEMOCRACY DAY

WED 30 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 31 - SENATE

Week 17

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JUNE, 2018

FRI 01 -

SAT 02 -

SUN 03 -

MON 04 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

TUE 05 - Research Committee

WED 06 - Security Committee

THU 07 - Library Committee Week 18

FRI 08 -

SAT 09 -

SUN 10 -

MON 11 - Consultancy Board

TUE 12 - Bookshop Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 13 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 14 - Committee on Student Counseling Week 19

FRI 15 - ***Eid el Fitr

SAT 16 -

SUN 17 -

MON 18 - Students Disciplinary Committee

TUE 19 - College/Faculty Boards

WED 20 - Committee on SIWES

THU 21 - Week 20

FRI 22 -

SAT 23 -

SUN 24 -

MON 25 -

TUE 26 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 27 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 28 - SENATE Week 21

FRI 29 -

SAT 30 -

***Subject to change in accordance with sighting of the Moon

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JULY, 2018

SUN 01 -

MON 02 - Committee on Remedial Year Programmes

TUE 03 - Consultancy Board

WED 04 - Student Affairs Committee

THU 05 - Security Committee Week 22

FRI 06 -

SAT 07 -

SUN 08 -

MON 09 -

TUE 10 - Examination and Time Table Committee/Senate Committee on Course

System

WED 11 - Sports Council

THU 12 - Research Committee Week 23

FRI 13 -

SAT 14 -

SUN 15 -

MON 16 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

TUE 17 - Students Disciplinary Committee

WED 18 - Honorary Degrees Committee

THU 19 - College/Faculty Boards Week 24

FRI 20 -

SAT 21 -

SUN 22 -

MON 23 -

TUE 24 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 25 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 26 - SENATE Week 25

FRI 27 -

SAT 28 -

SUN 29 -

MON 30 -

TUE 31 -

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AUGUST, 2018

WED 01 - Admissions Committee

THU 02 - Committee on Remedial Year Programmes Week 26

FRI 03 -

SAT 04 -

SUN 05 -

MON 06 -

TUE 07 - Committee on Awards and Prizes/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 08 - Security Committee

THU 09 - Students Disciplinary Committee Week 27

FRI 10 -

SAT 11 -

SUN 12 -

MON 13 - College/Faculty Boards

TUE 14 - Research Committee

WED 15 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 16 - Examinations and Time Tables Committee Week 28

FRI 17 - College/Faculty Boards

SAT 18 -

SUN 19 -

MON 20 -

TUE 21 -

WED 22 - ***Eid-El Adha

THU 23 - Week 29

FRI 24 -

SAT 25 -

SUN 26 -

MON 27 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

TUE 28 - Top Management Committee /Senate Committee on Course System

WED 29 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 30 - SENATE Week 30

FRI 31 -

***Subject to change in accordance with sighting of the Moon

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SEPTEMBER, 2018

SAT 01 -

SUN 02 -

MON 03 - Security Committee

TUE 04 - Admissions Committee

WED 05 - Library Committee

THU 06 - Research Committee Week 31

FRI 07 -

SAT 08 -

SUN 09 -

MON 10 - Consultancy Board

TUE 11 - Bookshop Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 12 - College/Faculty Boards

THU 13 - College/Faculty Boards Week 32

FRI 14 -

SAT 15 -

SUN 16 -

MON 17 -

TUE 18 -

WED 19 - Committee on SIWES

THU 20 - Students’ Disciplinary Committee Week 33

FRI 21 - Committee on Examinations

SAT 22 -

SUN 23 -

MON 24 - Board of Postgraduate Studies

TUE 25 - Top Management Committee/Senate Committee on Course System

WED 26 - Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors

THU 27 - SENATE Week 34

FRI 28 -

SAT 29 -

SUN 30 -

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OCTOBER, 2018

MON 01 - INDEPENDENCE DAY

TUE 02 - 2018/2019 ACADEMIC SESSION

WED 03 -

THU 04 -

FRI 05 -

SAT 06 -

SUN 07 -

MON 08 -

TUE 09 -

WED 10 -

THU 11 -

FRI 12 -

SAT 13 -

SUN 14 -

MON 15 -

TUE 16 -

WED 17 -

THU 18 -

FRI 19 -

SAT 20 -

SUN 21 -

MON 22 -

TUE 23 -

WED 24 -

THU 25 -

FRI 26 -

SAT 27 -

SUN 28 -

MON 29 -

TUE 30 -

WED 31 -