COOU Unveils Academic Calendar for 2024/2025: Key Dates for Students
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) has released its academic calendar for the 2024/2025 session, outlining important dates for lectures, exams, and special events. Here’s what students need to know to stay on track this academic year.
Important Dates to Remember
October 2024
- 9th: 130th Senate Meeting for degree results
- 11th: Returning students (200-level to final year) return to campus
- 15th: Online registration begins for returning students
- 17th: Lectures commence for returning students
November 2024
- 14th: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Lectures
- 26th: University-wide quiz for returning students
- 27th: 131st Senate Meeting
- 28th: Online registration opens for new students
- 29th: Registration closes for returning students
December 2024
- 3rd: Late registration for returning students begins (₦20,000 penalty)
- 20th: University Christmas carols and start of the Christmas/New Year break
January 2025
- 2nd: End of Christmas/New Year break
- 4th: Students return to campus
- 7th: Lectures resume for all students
- 31st: Registration ends for new students
February 2025
- 4th: Late registration for new students
- 5th: 132nd Senate Meeting
- 7th: Revision period for returning students
- 14th: Matriculation ceremony for new students
- 18th: Orientation for new students
- 20th: University-wide quiz for new students
- 25th: First Semester exams begin for returning students
March 2025
- 14th: End of First Semester exams and break begins for returning students
- 26th: 133rd Senate Meeting
April 2025
- 18th: Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 20th: Easter Sunday
- 21st: Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 23rd: Students return to campus
- 24th: Second Semester lectures start for returning students
- 29th: New students begin First Semester exams
May 2025
- 1st: Workers’ Day (Public Holiday)
- 6th-9th: Students Union Week on all campuses
- 13th: University-wide quiz for returning students in Second Semester
- 17th: End of First Semester exams for new students
- 20th-24th: Convocation and 25th Anniversary celebrations
- 27th: New students begin Second Semester lectures
- 28th: 134th Senate Meeting
June 2025
- 12th: Democracy Day (Public Holiday)
- 25th: 135th Senate Meeting
July 2025
- 18th: Second Semester quiz for new students; end of lectures for returning students
- 21st-25th: Revision period for returning students
- 29th: Second Semester exams begin for returning students
- 30th: 136th Senate Meeting
August 2025
- 16th: End of exams for returning students
- 27th: 137th Senate Meeting
September 2025
- 2nd: A & PC Meeting for Academic Staff
- 3rd: A & PC Meeting for Senior Administrative and Technical Staff
- 4th: A & PC Meeting for Junior Staff (Non-Teaching)
- 9th: New students begin Second Semester exams
- 20th: End of Second Semester exams for new students
- 21st: End of the 2024/2025 session and start of student break
- 24th: Special Senate Meeting to discuss degree results
October 2025
- 2nd: Returning students arrive for the First Semester of the 2025/2026 session
- 8th: Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe/NIPR Lecture Series
- 7th: Lectures begin for returning students
This structured calendar is designed to help students navigate their academic journey at COOU efficiently. Stay organized and mark these important dates on your calendars!
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