KASU has released its updated 2024/2025 academic calendar. It covers key dates for lectures, breaks, exams, and public holidays. Read on so you don’t miss anything important.
Kaduna State University (KASU) has rolled out a fresh academic calendar for the 2024/2025 session. Whether you’re just getting started or coming back for another year, it’s best to keep track so nothing catches you off guard.
The schedule includes start dates, breaks, exams and even national holidays. Below is a breakdown you can actually follow without needing a notepad and headache pills.
First Semester: January to July 2025
Registration
- Freshers: 13 to 2 February (3 weeks)
- Returning students: 20 to 26 January (1 week)
Lectures and Tests
- All students: 27 January to 30 March (9 weeks)
- Short break and course changes: 31 March to 6 April
- Lectures continue: 7 April to 11 May (5 weeks)
Exams and Results
- Exams and marking: 11 to 30 June (3 weeks)
- Results processing: 30 June to 13 July (2 weeks)
- Senate sits and results go live: 16 July
Break
- End-of-semester holiday: 29 June to 13 July
Second Semester: July to November 2025
Lectures and Mid-break
- Classes resume: 14 July to 30 August (7 weeks)
- Mid-break and course adjustments: 1 to 6 September
- Back to lectures: 8 September to 18 October (6 weeks)
Student Elections
- Election week: 6 to 12 October
Exams and Wrap-Up
- Exams and marking: 20 October to 8 November (3 weeks)
- Results processing: 10 to 22 November
- Senate release: 26 November
Transfers and Holidays
- Transfers start: 27 November to 17 December
- End-of-session break: 8 November to 4 January 2026
Public Holidays to Note
- New Year: Wednesday, 1 January 2025
- Eid-El-Fitr: Saturday, 29 March 2025
- Easter Sunday: 20 April 2025
- Workers Day: Thursday, 1 May 2025
- Eid-El-Kabir: Saturday, 7 June 2025
- Maulud: Friday, 5 September 2025
- Independence Day: Wednesday, 1 October 2025
- Christmas Day: Thursday, 25 December 2025
- Boxing Day: Friday, 26 December 2025
- New Year (again): Thursday, 1 January 2026
