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Key dates for the 2026 academic year.

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Academic calendar for the 2026 academic year — Diploma in Clinical Medicine, Diploma in Environmental Health, Diploma in Registered Nursing, BSc in Public Health, BSc in Environmental Health and BSc in Registered Nursing.

Final copy: October 2025
Classes Begin12 January
Mid-Semester Exams30 Mar – 2 Apr
Final Exams26 May – 5 Jun
Results Published26 June
1 – 9 January
Arrival of new semester students
5 – 16 January
Arrival of returning & new students
5 January
New students' orientation
5 – 9 January
Normal registration and orientation of returning students
12 – 16 January
Deferred exams (combined)
12 January
Classes begin / add & drop begins / late registration begins
16 January
Late registration and add & drop ends
20 January
Publication of deferred exam results
30 March – 2 April
Mid-semester exams
7 – 22 April
EHT (2 weeks) — community & rural health practical
20 – 24 April
Week of Spiritual Emphasis
15 May
Classes end
18 – 22 May
Study break
26 May – 5 June
Final exams (combined)
8 June – 3 July
Clinical Medicine practicals (4 weeks) — Diploma & Degree
8 June – 3 July
Port health / urban / meat practicals / industrial attachments
19 June
Moderation of results at departmental level and submission to exams office
23 June
Senate examination meeting
26 June
Publication of semester results
Classes Begin1 – 17 July
Mid-Semester Exams31 Aug – 4 Sep
Final Exams16 – 27 Nov
Results Published18 December
22 June – 10 July
Arrival of new semester students
29 June – 10 July
Arrival of returning students
1 July
New students' orientation
1 – 17 July
Normal registration & classes begin
13 – 17 July
Deferred exams (combined)
13 July
Classes, add & drop continues
16 July
Late registration begins
24 July
Late registration and add & drop ends
27 July
Publication of combined deferred exam results
July
Applications for graduation
3 August
EHT classes continue
31 August – 4 September
Mid-semester exams
26 – 30 October
Week of Spiritual Emphasis
6 November
Classes end
9 – 13 November
Study break
16 – 27 November
Final exams (combined)
30 November – 24 December
Clinical Medicine practicals (4 weeks) — Diploma & Degree
4 – 21 December
EHT practical (2 weeks) — meat inspection, urban inspection, port health, community health practicals & industrial attachments
10 – 16 December
Moderation of results at departmental level and submission to exams office
17 December
Senate examinations meeting
18 December
Publication of results (full-time & distance)
S1 Classes Begin7 May
S1 Final Exams26 May – 5 Jun
S2 Classes Begin2 November
S2 Final Exams16 – 27 Nov

First semester 2026

5 – 30 January
Normal registration for distance students
5 January
Student orientation
19 January – 30 April
Blended learning
4 May
Arrival & registration of distance / residential-school students
7 May
Classes begin / add & drop begin
8 June – 3 July
Community health / urban / meat & industrial attachment
26 May – 5 June
Final exams (combined)
8 June – 3 July
Clinical Medicine practicals (4 weeks) — Diploma & Degree
26 June
Publication of results (full-time & distance)

Second semester 2026

1 – 31 July
Arrival & registration of distance students
27 July – 30 October
Blended learning
26 September
Environmental Health Day
2 November
Classes begin for distance / residential-school students
16 – 27 November
Final exams (combined)
30 November – 24 December
Clinical Medicine practicals (4 weeks) — Diploma & Degree
30 November – 11 December
EHT/PH practicals (2 weeks) — meat inspection, urban inspection, port health, community health practicals & industrial attachments
18 December
Senate examinations meeting
21 December
Publication of final examination results (full-time & distance)

Second Year Nursing Students · January 2025 intake · Department of Nursing Sciences. Vacation: 15 December 2025 – 9 January 2026. Supplementary & deferred exams / registration of returning students: 12 – 16 January 2026.

First Lecture Block19 Jan – 13 Mar
Semester 1 Exams15 – 26 June
Second Lecture Block13 Jul – 4 Sep
Semester 2 Exams30 Nov – 11 Dec
19 January – 13 March
First lecture block
16 – 20 March
Clinical drills
23 – 27 March
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)
1 – 10 April
Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
13 April – 29 May
Clinical placement — psychiatric & mental health (4 weeks), paediatrics (4 weeks)
1 – 5 June
Early Childhood Development training
8 – 12 June
Study break
15 – 26 June
End of first semester examinations
29 June – 10 July
Vacation
13 July – 4 September
Second lecture block
7 – 11 September
Clinical drills
14 September – 18 November
Clinical placement — antenatal (2 weeks), labour ward (3 weeks), postnatal (1 week), family planning (1 week), rural/urban experiences (3 weeks)
23 – 27 November
Study break
30 November – 11 December
End of second semester examination
21 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
Vacation

Dates are set by Senate and may be adjusted; contact the Registry for the most current confirmed calendar.

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