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Home Academic Calendar NWU Kano Academic Calendar 2025/2026 for Undergraduates Summary Northwest University Kano has launched the 2025/2026 undergraduate academic calendar. Fresh trainee registration starts on 23 March 2026.
- Fresh registration: 23 March to 5 April 2026
- Returning registration: 20 to 26 April 2026
- Enlisting: 28 April 2026
- First term exams: 10 to 29 August 2026
- New session 2026/2027 starts: 8 March 2027
Northwest University, Kano has approved the official scholastic calendar for undergraduate programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session. The Senate gave the approval at its 65th meeting hung on Monday, 9 March
2026. The calendar sets out the dates for registration, enlisting, orientation, lectures, assessments, result processing, Senate meetings, and the close of the session. For trainees who require the complete schedule in one location, this is the Core overview.
Tabulation First term schedule The first term begins with registration for fresh students from Monday, 23 March 2026 to Sunday, 5 April 2026, for two weeks. Registration for returning students will run from Monday, 20 April 2026 to Sunday, 26 April 2026, for one week.
Admission is repaired for Tuesday, 28 April 2026. Orientation for fresh students at the University, Professors, and Department levels will run from Thursday, 30 April 2026 to Saturday, 9 May 2026, for 10 days.
First semester lectures will begin on Monday, 11 May 2026 and end on Saturday, 20 June 2026, covering 6 weeks. The mid-semester break will hold from Monday, 22 June 2026 to Saturday, 27 June 2026, for one week.
Lectures will continue from Monday, 29 June 2026 to Saturday, 8 August 2026, for another 6 weeks. First semester evaluations will happen from Monday, 10 August 2026 to Saturday, 29 August 2026, for 3 weeks.
Marking of scripts and submission of results will run from Saturday, 29 August 2026 to Sunday, 20 September 2026, for three weeks. Evaluation Board Conferences for Departments and Faculties will hold from Monday, 21 September 2026 to Saturday, 26 September 2026. SBC conferences to consider very first semester results will follow from Monday, 28 September 2026 to Saturday, 3 October 2026. Senate meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 6 October 2026 to Wednesday, 7 October 2026.
The first term break is noted from Saturday, 29 August 2026 to Saturday, 5 September 2026, for one week.
2nd semester schedule
Second semester lectures will begin on Monday, 7 September 2026 and end on Saturday, 17 October 2026, covering 6 weeks. The 2nd mid-semester break will run from Monday, 19 October 2026 to Saturday, 24 October 2026, for one week.
The continuation of second term lectures is arranged from Monday, 26 October 2026 to Saturday, 28 November 2026, for five weeks. Second term examinations will hold from Monday, 30 November 2026 to Saturday, 19 December 2026, for 3 weeks.
Marking of scripts and submission of results will run from Saturday, 19 December 2026 to Sunday, 10 January 2027, for three weeks. Examination Board Conferences for Departments and Faculties will hold from Monday, 11 January 2027 to Saturday, 16 January 2027. SBC conferences to consider second semester outcomes are fixed for Monday, 18 January 2027 to Saturday, 23 January 2027. Senate meeting will hold from Tuesday, 26 January 2027 to Wednesday, 27 January 2027.
Add and drop duration
The include and drop period is set up from Monday, 14 September 2026 to Saturday, 19 September 2026, for one week.
End of session and new session date
The end of the 2025/2026 scholastic session is noted from Saturday, 19 December 2026 to Saturday, 6 March 2027, for 12 weeks. The brand-new 2026/2027 session will start on Monday, 8 March 2027.
Public holidays
The calendar likewise states that all public vacations should be observed.
Key dates trainees must note
Trainees searching for the dates that matter most can keep these in view:
- Fresh trainee registration: 23 March to 5 April 2026
- Returning student registration: 20 to 26 April 2026
- Matriculation: 28 April 2026
- Orientation: 30 April to 9 May 2026
- First term lectures: 11 May to 20 June 2026, then 29 June to 8 August 2026
- First semester examinations: 10 to 29 August 2026
- 2nd semester lectures: 7 September to 17 October 2026, then 26 October to 28 November 2026
- Second term evaluations: 30 November to 19 December 2026
- New session starts: 8 March 2027
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