Makerere University 2024/2025 academic year semester calendar, release bars significant dates for the new and returning students. A new cycle begins on the 1st of September 2024 according to the calendar, but some will be eager to check on the web report that is expected to come in earlier.
The academic year breaks into motion with a stretch of a full week (3rd to 9th August 2024) of Freshers’ Orientation. The three-day orientation is deliberately done so as to familiarize new students to the University life and offer the prerequisite information and support required to facilitate their successful transition into their first year as full-time undergraduate.
Immediately after the Freshers’ orientation, Semester I of the Academic Year will commence on August 12th, 2024 and end on November 16th, 2024.Students are expected to learn under a blended model that includes physical and online instructions leatures as it has been since the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic.
Lectures will be conducted concurrently in a blended teaching mode and relevant supplementary readings will be shared before the contact points in the weekly academic calendars. The second semester will then conclude with a week-long final exam period, running from Monday, November 18th through Friday, December 7th, followed closely by the official closing date.
The academic calendar to help us know the dates that are reserved for the final photo shoots. The fresher’s orientation running from the 3rd to 9th of August. This will be followed by the start of Semester One on 12th August 2024 and the ongoing coursework will halt on 16th of the same month. Examinations will be conducted on the 18th to 7th December 2024. Good luck the semester resumes from 14th December 2024 to 18th February 2025 so it’s advisable to start revising from 7th December 2024 for all classes.