Academic Calender
| FIRST SEMESTER 5th October 2020 – 27th March 2021 | |
| Postgraduate Orientation | Mon 5th – Fri 9th Oct |
| Postgraduate Lectures Begin | Mon 12th Oct |
| Lectures Begin (for 200L & 300L students) | Mon 12th Oct |
| Lectures Begin (for 400L students) | Mon 19th Oct |
| Undergraduate Orientation | Fri 27th – Sat 28th Nov |
| Lectures Begin (for 100L students) | Mon 30th Nov |
| Convocation (B.Sc. Programmes, Part-time M.Sc. in Media and Communication, Modular Executive MBA (MEMBA), PHD in Media and Communication) | Thur 3rd Dec |
| Convocation (Executive MBA (EMBA), Full-time MBA, Full-time M.Sc. in Media and Communication, M.Phil./PhD – LBS) | Fri 4th Dec |
| Staff Christmas party | Fri 11th Dec |
| Lectures Stop for the year | Friday 18th Dec |
| Christmas Break | Saturday 19th Dec |
| Lectures Continue for 100L students | Mon 4th Jan |
| Lectures Continue for other students | Mon 11th Jan |
| Lectures End for Other Levels (15th week) | Fri 12th Feb |
| Revision period for Other Levels (1 week) | Mon 15th – Fri 19th Feb |
| Career Fair | Wed 17th Feb |
| First Semester Examinations for Other Levels (2 weeks) | Mon 22nd Feb – Fri 5th Mar |
| Matriculation Day | Sat 13th Mar |
| End of First Semester for Other Levels | Sat 6th Mar |
| Lectures End for 100L students (13th week) | Fri 5th Mar |
| Revision period for 100L students (1 week) | Mon 8th – Fri 12th Mar |
| First Semester Examinations for 100L students (2 weeks) | Mon 15th – Fri 26th Mar |
| End of First Semester for 100L students | Sat 27th Mar |
| FIRST SEMESTER 5th October 2020 – 27th March 2021 | |
| Postgraduate Orientation | Mon 5th – Fri 9th Oct |
| Postgraduate Lectures Begin | Mon 12th Oct |
| Lectures Begin (for 200L & 300L students) | Mon 12th Oct |
| Lectures Begin (for 400L students) | Mon 19th Oct |
| Undergraduate Orientation | Mon 23rd – Wed 25th Nov |
| Lectures Begin (for 100L students) | Thu 26th Nov |
| Convocation (Undergraduate) | Fri 4th Dec |
| Convocation (postgraduate) | Sat 5th Dec |
| Staff Christmas party | Fri 11th Dec |
| Lectures Stop for the year | Friday 18th Dec |
| Christmas Break | Saturday 19th Dec |
| Lectures Continue for 100L students | Mon 4th Jan |
| Lectures Continue for other students | Mon 11th Jan |
| Lectures End for Other Levels (15th week) | Fri 12th Feb |
| Revision period for Other Levels (1 week) | Mon 15th – Fri 19th Feb |
| Career Fair | Wed 17th Feb |
| First Semester Examinations for Other Levels (2 weeks) | Mon 22nd Feb – Fri 5th Mar |
| Matriculation Day | Sat 13th Mar |
| End of First Semester for Other Levels | Sat 6th Mar |
| Lectures End for 100L students (13th week) | Fri 5th Mar |
| Revision period for 100L students (1 week) | Mon 8th – Fri 12th Mar |
| First Semester Examinations for 100L students (2 weeks) | Mon 15th – Fri 26th Mar |
| End of First Semester for 100L students | Sat 27th Mar |
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| SECOND SEMESTER 22nd March – 24th July 2021 | |
| Lectures Begin for Other Levels | Mon 22nd Mar |
| Lectures Begin for 100L students | Wed 7th Apr |
| Entrepreneurship Expo | Sat 27th Jun |
| Lectures End (13th week for 100L & 15th week for Other Levels) | Fri 2nd Jul |
| Revision week for all students (1 week) | Mon 5th – Fri 9th Jul |
| Second Semester Examinations for all students (2 weeks) | Mon 12th – Fri 23rd Jul |
| End of Session | Sat 24th Jul |
| Students’ Vacation | Sat 24th Jul |
| Internship begins (12 weeks for 300L students) | Mon 26th Jul |
| Internship begins (12 weeks for Postgraduates) | Mon 9th Aug |
| Seminar for faculty & senior administrators, PAU (main campus) | Mon 20th & Tue 21st Sep |
| University-wide orientation seminar (PAU, LBS, & EDC) | Mon 27th – Thu 30th Sep |
| Internship ends (for 300L students) | 15th Oct |
| Internship ends (for postgraduates) | 29th Oct |
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Public Holidays |
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| Id el Maulud | Thursday 29th October 2020 |
| Good Friday | Friday 2nd April 2021 |
| Easter Monday | Monday 5th April 2021 |
| Workers’ Day | Saturday 1st May 2021 |
| Id el Fitr | Thursday 13th May 2021 |
| Id el Fitr additional holiday | Friday 14th May 2021 |
| Democracy Day | Saturday 12th June 2021 |
| Id el Kabir | Tuesday 20th July 2021 |
| Id el Kabir additional day | Wednesday 21st July 2021 |
| National Day | Friday 1st October 2021 |
NOTE:
1.The dates for Islamic holidays are based on the phases of the moon. Hence they are subject to change.
2. The calendar is subject to change by the Senate of the University.