ATBU Postgraduate Academic Calendar 2025/2026

ATBU SPGS Approved 2025/2026 Postgraduate Academic Calendar: Registration, Lectures, Exams, Breaks, and 2026/2027 Start Date

The School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS) at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has released the approved academic calendar for the 2025/2026 academic session. The calendar sets dates for registration, lectures, examinations, marking, committee meetings, breaks, and vacation periods for postgraduate students.

Where the calendar lists both dates and a duration, both are shown as stated (even where the two do not match exactly).

First semester 2025/2026

Registration

• First semester registration: 5 January 2026 to 31 January 2026
  • Duration stated: 3 weeks

Lectures

• Lectures: 12 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
  • Duration stated: 11 weeks

Examinations and marking

• First semester examinations: 8 April 2026 to 6 May 2026
  • Duration stated: 4 weeks
• Marking: 29 April 2026 to 26 May 2026
  • Duration stated: 4 weeks

Meetings and approvals

• Departmental / Faculty PG Committee meetings: 1 June 2026 to 2 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 5 days
• PG Board meeting: 2 June 2026 to 3 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 2 days
• Senate Business Committee meeting: 5 June 2026 to 9 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 1 day
• Senate Examination meeting: 15 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 1 day

Break

• Inter-semester break (all students): 7 May 2026 to 22 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 6 weeks

Second semester 2025/2026

Resumption and registration

• Resumption / registration for all students: 22 June 2026 to 26 June 2026
  • Duration stated: 5 days

Lectures

• Lectures: 23 June 2026 to 11 September 2026
  • Duration stated: 12 weeks

Examinations and marking

• Second semester examinations: 14 September 2026 to 12 October 2026
  • Duration stated: 4 weeks
• Marking: 5 October 2026 to 2 November 2026
  • Duration stated: 4 weeks

Meetings and approvals

• Departmental and Faculty PG Committee meeting: 3 November 2026 to 6 November 2026
  • Duration stated: 4 days
• PG Board meeting: 9 November 2026 to 10 November 2026
  • Duration stated: 2 days
• Senate Business Committee meetings: 11 November 2026 to 12 November 2026
  • Duration stated: 2 days
• Senate Examinations meeting: 16 November 2026
  • Duration stated: 1 day

Vacation and staff leave

• Vacation for all students: 13 October 2026 to 29 December 2026
  • Duration stated: 11 weeks
• Annual leave for academic staff: 17 November 2026 to 29 December 2026
  • Duration stated: 6 weeks

Start of the next session and continuing training note

• Commencement of 2026/2027 session: 30 December 2026

The calendar also notes that scheduled PG-ICT short training is offered throughout the academic session.