UPSA Academic Calendar For 2025/2026 Academic Year

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The University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) academic calendar for the first and second semesters of the 2025/2026 academic session has been released.

UPSA academic calendar

The management of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has released the first and second-semester academic calendar for the 2025/2026 academic year. Students of the University should check below.

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UPSA Academic Calendar For 2025/2026 Academic Year

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Below is the academic calendar for the University for Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Undergraduate (Level 100) & Diploma (First Year)

Activity   No of Weeks Date
Registration Period Monday, 15th December 2025 – Sunday, 8th February 2026
Orientation   Monday, 2nd February 2026 – Saturday, 7th February 2026
Reporting Date   Sunday, 25th January 2026
Teaching Period 11 Monday, 9th February 2026 – Sunday, 26th April 2026
Matriculation   Friday, 13th March 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 23rd March 2026 – Sunday, 29th March 2026
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions 1 Sunday, 29th March 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 27th April 2026 – Sunday, 3rd May 2026
End of First Semester Examination 2 Monday, 4th May 2026 – Sunday, 17th May 2026
Inter-Semester Break 1 Monday, 18th May 2026 – Sunday, 24th May 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 3 Monday, 18th May 2026 – Sunday, 7th June 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 9th June 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 10th June 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 4th June 2026 – Friday, 5th June 2026
Examinations Committee Meeting   Thursday, 11th June 2026
Second Semester 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 25th May 2026
Registration Period 1 Monday, 25th May 2026 – Sunday, 31st May 2026
Teaching Period 11 Monday, 1st June 2026 – Sunday, 16th August 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 6th July 2026 – Sunday, 12th July 2026
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions 1 Sunday, 12th July 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 17th August 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
End of Second Semester Examination 2 Monday, 24th August 2026 – Sunday, 6th September 2026
Inter-Semester Break 1 Monday, 7th September 2026 – Sunday, 20th September 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 3 Monday, 31st August 2026 – Sunday, 20th September 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 22nd September 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 23rd September 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 24th September 2026 – Friday, 25th September 2026
Examinations Committee Meeting   Thursday, 1st October 2026

Undergraduate (Level 200 & Diploma Second-Year)

Activity No of Weeks Date
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 22nd September 2025 – Sunday, 28th September 2025
Orientation Friday, 26th September 2025 – Saturday, 27th September 2025
Teaching and Learning 12 Monday, 29th September 2025 – Sunday, 21st December 2025
Matriculation Ceremony for Fresh Students Wednesday, 5th November, 2025
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions Sunday, 16th November 2025
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 17th November 2025 – Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Add and Drop Elective Courses/Deferment 1 Monday, 17th November 2025 – Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Defence of Project Work Proposal 1 Monday, 24th November 2025 – Sunday, 30th November 2025
Christmas Break Tuesday, 23rd December 2025 – Thursday, 1st January 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 5th  January 2026 – Sunday, 11th January 2026
End of First Semester Examination 2 Monday, 12th January 2026 – Sunday, 25th January 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 5 Monday, 26th January 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Inter-Semester Break 4 Monday, 26th January 2026 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 3rd March 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 5th March 2026 and Monday, 9th March 2026
Examination Committee Meeting Friday, 13th March 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 11th March 2026
Second Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins Monday, 23rd February 2026
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Teaching and Learning 12 Monday, 2nd March 2026 – Sunday, 24th May 2026
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions Sunday, 12th April 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 13th April 2026 – Sunday, 19th April 2026
Add and drop Elective Courses/Deferment 1 Monday, 13th April 2026 – Sunday, 19th April 2026
Defence of Project 1 Monday, 11th May 2026 – Sunday, 17th May 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 25th May 2026 – Sunday, 31st May 2026
End of Second Semester Examination 3 Monday, 1st June 2026 – Sunday, 21st June 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 5 Monday, 22nd June 2025 – Sunday, 26th July 2026
Long vacation 9 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 28th July 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 30th July 2026 – Friday, 31st July 2026
Examination Committee Meeting Friday, 31st July 2026
Board of Examiners Meeting 4 days Tuesday, 25th August 2026 – Friday, 28th August 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 9th September 2026
Congregation Monday, 26th October 2026 – Friday, 30th October 2026
First Semester of 2026/2027 Academic Year Begins Monday, 24th August 2026

Undergraduate (Level 300 & 400)

Activity

 

No of Weeks Date
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 1st September 2025 – Sunday, 7th September 2025
Teaching Period 12 Monday, 8th September 2025 – Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions Sunday, 5th October 2025
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 13th October 2025 – Sunday, 19th October 2025
Add and Drop Elective Courses/Deferment 1 Monday, 13th October 2025 – Sunday, 19th October 2025
Defence of Project Work Proposal 1 Monday, 20th October 2025 – Sunday, 26th October 2025
Matriculation Ceremony for Fresh Students Wednesday, 5th November, 2025
Revision Week 1 Monday, 24th November 2025 – Sunday, 30th November 2025
End of First Semester Examination 3 Monday, 1st December 2025 – Sunday, 21st December 2025
Marking and Entry of Results 5 Monday, 1st December 2025 – Sunday, 11th January 2026
Inter-Semester Break 9 Monday, 22nd December 2025 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 27th January 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 28th January 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 29th January 2025 – Friday, 30th January 2026
Examination Committee Meeting Friday, 30th January 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 11th February 2026
Second Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 23rd February 2026
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Teaching Period 12 Monday, 2nd March 2026 – Sunday, 24th May 2026
Deadline for submission of Examination Questions Sunday, 12th April 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses by Students 1 Monday, 13th April 2026 – Sunday, 19th April 2026
Add and drop Elective Courses/Deferment 1 Monday, 13th April 2026 – Sunday, 19th April 2026
Defence of Project 1 Monday, 11th May 2026 – Sunday, 17th May 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 25th May 2026 – Sunday, 31st May 2026
End of Second Semester Examination 3 Monday, 1st June 2026 –  Sunday, 21st June 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 5 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 26th July 2026
Long vacation 9 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
Departmental Committee Meetings Tuesday, 28th July 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Thursday, 30th July 2026 – Friday, 31st July 2026
Examination Committee Meeting Friday, 31st July 2026
Board of Examiners Meeting 4 days Tuesday, 25th August 2026 – Friday, 28th August 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
Congregation Monday, 26th October 2026 – Friday, 30th October 2026
First Semester of 2026/2027 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 24th August 2026

School of Graduate Studies (First Year)

Activity

 

No of Weeks Date
Registration Period (Course Registration) 1 Monday, 22nd September 2025 – Sunday, 28th September 2025
Orientation 2 days Friday, 26th September 2025 – Saturday, 27th September 2025
Teaching Period 12 Monday, 29th September 2025 – Sunday, 21st December 2025
Submission of Examination Questions Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses Friday, 7th November 2025
Revision Week   Monday, 22nd December 2025 – Sunday, 4th January 2026
Christmas Break Wednesday, 24th December 2025 – Sunday, 4th January 2026
Examination Period 3 Friday, 9th January 2026 – Sunday, 25th January 2026
Inter-Semester Break 4 Monday, 26th January 2026  Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Monday, 26th  January 2026 – Sunday, 15th February 2026
Script Audit 1 Monday, 16th February 2026 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Thursday, 26th February 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Results Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Second Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 23rd February 2026
Registration Period (Course Registration) 4 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Teaching Period 12 Monday, 2nd March 2026 – Sunday, 24th May 2026
Submission of Examination Questions Friday, 17th April 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses Monday, 4th May 2026 – Friday, 8th May 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 25th May 2026 – Sunday, 31st May 2026
End of Second Semester Examination 3 Friday, 5th June 2026 – Sunday, 21st June 2026
Long Vacation 9 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 12th July 2026
Script Audit 1 Monday, 13th July 2026 – Sunday, 19th July 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Friday, 24th July 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Results Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Board of Examiners Meeting Monday, 17th August 2026 – Friday, 21st August 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
Congregation for One-Year Programmes   Thursday, 4th December 2025
First Semester of 2026/2027 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 24th August 2026

School of Graduate Studies (Second Year)

Activity

 

No of Weeks Date
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 1st September 2025 – Sunday, 7th September 2025
Teaching Period 11 Monday, 8th September 2025 – Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Submission of Examination Questions Friday, 17th October 2025
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses 14 Friday, 21st November 2025
MPhil Work-in-Progress Thesis Defence 5 days Monday, 13th October 2025 – Friday, 17th October 2025
Revision Week 1 Monday, 24th November 2025 – Sunday, 30th November 2025
Examination Period 3 Friday, 5th December 2025  Sunday, 21st December 2025
Inter-Semester/Christmas Break   Wednesday, 24th December 2025 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Monday, 5th January 2025 – Sunday, 25th January 2026
Script Audit 1 Monday, 26th January 2026 – Sunday, 1st February 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 4th February 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting Wednesday, 11th February 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Results Wednesday, 11th February 2026
Second Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 23rd February 2026
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration) 1 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Teaching Period 12 Monday, 2nd March 2026 – Sunday, 24th May 2026
Submission of Examination Questions Friday, 17th April 2026
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses Monday, 4th May 2026 – Friday, 8th May 2026
Revision Week 1 Monday, 25th May 2026 – Sunday, 31st May 2026
End of Second Semester Examination Friday, 5th June 2026 – Sunday, 21st June 2026
Long Vacation 8 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 12th July 2026
Script Audit 1 Monday, 13th July 2026  Sunday, 19th July 2026
Faculty Board Meeting Friday, 24th July 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Results Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Board of Examiners Meeting 5 days Monday, 17th August 2026  Friday, 21st August 2026
Academic Board Meeting Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
Congregation (Main) Monday, 26th October 2026 – Friday, 30th October 2026
Congregation for One-Year Programmes   Thursday, 4th December 2025
Long Vacation 9 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
First Semester of 2026/2027 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 24th August 2026

School of Graduate Studies (January Intake): Semester 1

ACTIVITY NO. OF WEEKS DATE
2022/2023 First Semester Begins Postgraduate First Year January Intake Students Monday, 9th January, 2023
Registration 2 Monday, 9th January, 2023- Sunday, 22nd January, 2023
Virtual Orientation Friday, 13h January, 2023
Teaching 6 Monday, 16th January, 2023 – Sunday, 26th February, 2023
Matriculation Friday, 3rd February, 2023
Submission of Exams Monday, 13th February, 2023
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses Wednesday, 15th February, 2023 – Friday, 17th February, 2023
Revision Week 1 Monday, 27th February, 2023 – Sunday, 5th March, 2023
End of 1st Semester Examinations 2   Tuesday, 7th March, 2023 – Friday, 24th March, 2023
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Friday, 24th March, 2023 – Tuesday, 11th April, 2023
Faculty Board Meeting Friday, 14th April, 2023
Graduate School Committee Meeting Wednesday, 19th April, 2023
Submission of copies of assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Results   Thursday, 20th April, 2023  
Vacation Friday, 24th March, 2023 – Sunday, 23rd April, 2023
Reopening for Second Semester 2022/2023 Academic Year Monday, 24th April, 2023

School of Graduate Studies (January Intake): Semester 2

ACTIVITY NO. OF WEEKS DATE
2021/2022 Second Semester Begins Monday, 24th April, 2023
Registration Period 1 Monday, 24th April, 2023 – Sunday, 30th April, 2023
Teaching Period 6 Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023 – Sunday, 11th June, 2023
Submission of Exams Questions Friday, 19th May, 2023
Evaluation of Lecturers/Courses Friday, 16th May, 2023
Revision Week 2 Monday, 12th June, 2023 – Sunday 18th June, 2023
Examinations Period 2 Monday, 19th June, 2023 – Sunday 2nd July, 2023
Submission of Project Works Topics Friday, 7th July, 2023
Marking & Entry of Results 3 Monday, 3rd July, 2023 – Monday 24th July, 2023
Faculty Board Meeting Wednesday, 26th July, 2023
Graduate School Committee Meeting Monday, 31st July, 2023
Submission of copies of assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of Second Semester results Tuesday, 1st August, 2023
Long Vacation 7 Monday, 3rd July, 2023 – Sunday, 20th August, 2023
First Semester of 2022/2023 Academic Year Begins Monday, 21st August, 2023

PhD Programmes

Activity

 

No of Weeks Date
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration)  4 Monday, 1st September 2025 – Sunday, 7th September 2025
Teaching Period (1st Session): Year 2 2 Monday, 8th September 2025 – Saturday, 20th September 2025
Thesis Supervision Period: Year 3 and Year 4 14 Monday, 8th September 2025 – Saturday, 13th December 2025
Workshop for PhD Supervisory Committee   Tuesday, 16th September 2025
Seminar on Managing the Thesis Process (Year 3)   Thursday, 18th September 2025
Orientation for Fresh Students   Wednesday, 24th September 2025 – Thursday, 25th September 2025
Teaching Period (2nd Session): Year 2 9 Saturday, 27th September 2025 – Sunday, 30th November 2025
Teaching Period (1st Session): Year 1     2 Monday, 29th September 2025 – Saturday, 11th October 2025
Teaching Period (2nd Session): Year 1     9 Saturday, 18th October 2025 – Sunday, 21st December 2025
Presentation (Year 3) 2 Tuesday, 4th November 2025 – Thursday, 20th November
Evaluation of Teaching Faculty/Courses: All Year Groups 2 Monday, 1st December 2025 – Friday, 12th December 2025
End of First Semester Examination/Submission of All Term Papers/Thesis Progress Reports (Continuing Students) 3 Monday, 1st December 2025 – Sunday, 21st December 2025
Congregation   Thursday, 4th December 2025
Marking and Entry of Results for Year 2 Students     3 Monday, 22nd December 2025 – Monday, 12th January 2026
Christmas Break 2 Wednesday, 24th December 2025 – Friday, 2nd January 2026
Inter-Semester Break for Continuing Students 9 Wednesday, 24th December 2025 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026

 

                                              Activity                                                   No of                                                            Date

Weeks

 

End of First Semester Examination/ Submission of All Term Papers (Year 1 Students) 3 Monday, 5th January 2026 – Sunday, 25th January 2026
Marking and Entry of Results for Year 1 Students 2 Monday, 26th January 2026 – Thursday, 12th February 2026
Inter-Semester Break for Year 1 Students 4 Monday, 26th January 2026 – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Departmental/Faculty/Board Meeting for Continuing Students Monday, 2nd February 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting for Continuing Students Tuesday, 3rd February 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheet and Declaration of Results Wednesday, 4th February 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting for Year 1 Students Thursday, 19th February 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheet and Declaration of Results Friday, 20th February 2026
Oral Defense/VIVA (Year 4)   Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Friday, 27th February 2026
Second Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 23rd February 2026
Registration Period (Course Registration and Re-sit Registration)  4 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Sunday, 1st March 2026
Thesis Supervision Period: Year 3 and Year 4 14 Monday, 23rd February 2026 – Friday, 29th May 2026
Teaching Period (1st Session): Year 1     2 Monday, 2nd March 2026 – Saturday, 14th March 2026
Teaching Period (2nd Session): Year 1 10 Saturday, 21st March 2026 – Saturday, 30th May 2026
Comprehensive Examination Briefing 1 Monday, 30th March 2026 – Friday, 3rd April 2026
Work-in-Progress Presentation Seminar (Year 4) 2 Monday, 6th April 2026 – Thursday, 16th April 2026
Review of Final Thesis by Supervisory Committee 2 Monday, 13th April 2026 – Friday, 24th April 2026
Proposal Defense (Year 3) 3 Tuesday, 21st April 2026 – Friday, 8th May, 2026
Activity

 

No of

Weeks

Date
Supervisory Committee Receipt of Final Thesis for Candidates’ Amendment Monday, 27th April 2026
Submission of Final Thesis by Candidates for External Examination (Year 4)   Monday, 18th May 2026
Period for External Review of Final Thesis: Year 4 6 Monday, 1st June 2026 – Friday, 10th July 2026
Evaluation of Teaching Faculty/Courses: All Cohorts Monday, 1st June 2026 – Friday, 5th June 2026
Comprehensive Examination 2 Monday, 1st June 2026 – Friday, 12th June 2026
End of Second Semester Examination/Submission of all Term Papers/Thesis Progress Reports 3 Monday, 1st June 2026 – Sunday, 21st June 2026
Marking and Entry of Results 3 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 12th July 2026
Long Vacation 9 Monday, 22nd June 2026 – Sunday, 23rd August 2026
Departmental/Faculty Board Committee Friday, 24th July 2026
Graduate Studies Committee Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Submission of Copies of Assessment Score Sheets and Declaration of First Semester Results Wednesday, 29th July 2026
Oral Defense/VIVA   Monday, 3rd August 2026 – Friday, 7th August 2026
Board of Examiners Meeting 5 days Monday, 17th August 2026 – Friday 21st August 2026
Academic Board Meeting Monday, 24th August 2026
First Semester of 2026/2027 Academic Year Begins   Monday, 24th August 2026

 

Public Holidays

Farmer’s Day: 5th December 2025

Christmas Day: 25th December 2025

Boxing Day:  26th December 2025

New Year: 1st January 2026

Constitution Day: 7th January 2026

Independence Day: 6th March 2026

Eid al Fitr: 20th March 2026 and 23rd March 2026

Good Friday: 3rd April, 2026

Easter Monday: 6th April 2026

Workers Day: 1st May 2026

Eid al Adha: 27th May 2026

Republic Day: 1st July 2026

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day: 21st September 2026

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