Second Semester Academic Calendar of University of Ghana Legon
| ACADEMIC CALENDAR | |||||
| 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR | |||||
| SECOND SEMESTER | |||||
| ALL STUDENTS | |||||
| Students Report | Friday, January 27 – Monday, January 30, 2017 | ||||
| Teaching Begins | Monday, January 30, 2017 | ||||
| Deadline for Registration | Monday, February 6, 2017 | ||||
| Deadline for: Add/Drop of Courses/Deferment | Friday, February 17, 2017 | ||||
| ACADEMIC PRIZES CEREMONY | FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017 | ||||
| Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial lectures | March 2017 | ||||
| (Special Congregation) | |||||
| Students’ Evaluation of Lecturers | Monday, April 24 – Friday, April 28 2017 | ||||
| Teaching Ends | Friday, April 28, 2017 | ||||
| Revision | Monday, May 1- Friday, May 5, 2017 | ||||
| Second Semester Examinations | Saturday, May 6 – Sunday, May 21, 2017 | ||||
| Second Semester Ends | Sunday, May 21, 2017 | ||||
| Long Vacation | Sunday, May 21- Friday, August 11, 2017 | ||||
| (11 weeks) | |||||
| Distance Learning Revision/Examinations | Monday, June 26 – Friday, July 28, 2017 | ||||
| Congregation: | Friday 21 and Saturday, July 22, 2017 | ||||
| College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of | |||||
| Health Sciences, (School of Nursing, School of | |||||
| Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Dentistry) | |||||
| College of Humanities (UGBS),School of Graduate | |||||
| Studies. | |||||
| Public Holidays | |||||
| Eidul-Fitr | – | Saturday, July 7, 2016* | Independence Day | – Monday, March 6, 2017 | |
| Eidul-Adha | – | Saturday, September 11, 2016* | Good Friday | – | Friday April 14, 2017 |
| Founder’s Day | – | Monday September 21, 2016 | Easter Monday | – | Monday, April 17, 2017 |
| Farmers’ Day | – | Friday, December 2, 2016 | May Day | – | Monday, May 1, 2017 |
| Christmas Day | – | Sunday, December 25, 2016 | AU Day | – | Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
| Boxing Day | – | Monday, December 26, 2016 | Republic Day | – | Saturday, July 1, 2017 |
| New Year’s Day – | Sunday, January 1, 2017 | ||||
*Provisional dates: to be confirmed