Calendars aren’t just pieces of paper with numbers. In Babcock University, they’re the heartbeat of the year. This newly released 2025/2026 academic calendar lays out when the campus comes alive, when it pauses, and when it bursts into ceremonies. If you’re a student, this is your playbook.
First Semester — 200 to 600 Level (Returning Students)
- Aug 18 – Aug 31, 2025 — Online registration from home
- Aug 18 — Workshop for Deans, HoDs, and Course Advisors
- Aug 19 — New faculty and teachers’ workshop
- Aug 20 – Aug 23 — Colloquium
- Sept 1 – Sept 4 — Return and complete registration (except Post-SIWES)
- Sept 8 — Classes begin for most returning students
- Sept 11 — Post-SIWES 400 & 500 levels resume
- Sept 15 — Classes begin for Post-SIWES 400 & 500 levels
- Sept 17 — Founder’s Day
- Sept 18 — Academic Standards Board
- Sept 25 — Senate meeting
- Sept 26 — Last day to enter class, change programme, or register
- Oct 1 — Independence Day holiday
First Semester — 100 Level and Direct Entry
- Oct 14 – Oct 16 — Arrival and verification
- Oct 17 – Oct 23 — Orientation
- Oct 18 – Oct 25 — Youth Week of Prayer
- Oct 27 — Classes start for 100 Level and Direct Entry
- Oct 27 – Oct 31 — Mid-semester exams for returning students
- Nov 6 — Academic Standards Board
- Nov 13 — Senate
- Nov 20 — Congregation
- Nov 21 — Registration closes for fresh students
- Dec 4 – Dec 18 — Exams for returning students
- Dec 16 — Mid-semester break for fresh students
- Dec 23 – Jan 6 — Inter-semester break for staff
Second Semester — 200 to 600 Level
- Jan 7, 2026 — Staff resume
- Jan 8 — Staff orientation
- Jan 9 — Registry and hall prep
- Jan 12 – Jan 14 — All students return
- Jan 12 — Workshop for Deans, HoDs, and Advisors
- Jan 13 — New faculty workshop
- Jan 14 — Workshop on rankings
- Jan 15 — Classes begin for returning students, first semester continues for freshers
- Jan 29 — Academic Standards Board
- Feb 2 – Feb 6 — Mid-semester exams for freshers
- Feb 5 — Senate
- Feb 6 — Last day to enter class for returning students
- Feb 14 – Feb 21 — Week of Spiritual Emphasis
- Feb 19 — Academic Standards Board
- Feb 22 – Feb 28 — NAAS Week
- Feb 24 – Mar 3 — Exams for freshers
- Feb 26 — Senate
- Mar 4 – Mar 8 — Break for freshers
Second Semester — 100 Level and Direct Entry
- Mar 4 — Online registration starts
- Mar 8 — Resumption
- Mar 9 — Classes begin
- Mar 9 – Mar 13 — Mid-semester exams for returning students
- Mar 16 – Mar 20 — Career and Job Fair Week (graduating class lecture-free)
- Mar 19 — Academic Standards Board
- Mar 24 — Research Fair
- Mar 26 — Senate
- Mar 27 — Last day to enter class
- Apr 3 — Registration closes
- Apr 16 — Academic Standards Board
- Apr 23 — Senate
- Apr 23 – May 7 — Exams for returning students
- May 1 — Workers’ Day
- May 4 – May 8 — Mid-semester exams for freshers
Summer School
- May 25 — Starts for 200–500 levels
- May 27 — Classes begin
- Jun 8 — Last day to enter class
- Jun 11 — Academic Standards Board
- Jun 18 — Senate
- Jun 22 – Jun 26 — Mid-summer exams
- Jun 25 – Jul 2 — Exams for freshers
- Jul 1 — Post-SIWES resumption and classes start
- Jul 13 – Jul 16 — Summer exams
Convocation Week — 2026
- Jul 19 — Parents’ Luncheon
- Jul 22 — Graduating students arrive
- Jul 23 — Convocation lecture, alumni event, graduation dinner
- Jul 24 — Dress rehearsal, tree planting, project dedication, consecration
- Jul 25 — Baccalaureate, Vesper service
- Jul 26 — Convocation ceremony
Post-SIWES
- Jul 27 – Jul 31 — Mid-semester
- Aug 24 – Aug 27 — Exams