Academic Calender - 2025 - Nelson Mandela University

Academic Calender - 2025

TEACHING CYCLES, RECESS PERIODS AND ASSESSMENT PERIODS

Recess:	Wednesday, 01 January 2025	to	Sunday, 05 January 2025	5 days
University Opens:	Monday, 06 January 2025
2024 Year-End Re-assessment Period	Friday, 16 January 2025	to	Monday, 24 January 2025	7 days

First Year Welcoming Ceremony	Saturday, 01 February 2025
First Year Student Success Programme	Monday, 03 February 2025	to	Friday, 07 February 2025	5 days

Teaching Cycle 1	Monday, 10 February 2025	to	Friday, 28 March 2025	34 days
First teaching cycle recess	Saturday, 29 March 2025	to	Sunday, 06 April 2025	9 days

Teaching Cycle 2	Monday, 07 April 2025	to	Wednesday, 28 May 2025	34 days
Study Period	Thursday, 29 May 2025	to	Saturday, 31 May 2025	3 days
Mid-Year Assessment Period	Monday, 02 June 2025	to	Saturday, 21 June 2025	17 days
Second teaching cycle recess:	Sunday, 22 June 2025	to	Sunday, 13 July 2025	22 days
Mid-Year Re-assessment Period	Monday, 14 July 2025	to	Friday, 18 July 2025	5 days

Teaching Cycle 3	Monday, 21 July 2025	to	Friday, 05 September 2025	35 days
Third teaching cycle recess	Saturday, 06 September 2025	to	Sunday, 14 September 2025	9 days

Teaching Cycle 4	Monday, 15 September 2025	to	Friday, 31 October 2025	34 days
Study Period	Saturday, 01 November 2025	to	Monday, 03 November 2025	3 days
Year-End Assessment Period	Tuesday, 04 November 2025	to	Saturday, 22 November 2025	17 days
Fourth teaching cycle recess	Sunday, 23 November 2025	to	Wednesday, 31 December 2025	39 days
University Closes:	Friday, 19 December 2025
2025 Year-End Re-assessment Period	Thursday, 15 January 2026	to	Friday, 23 January 2026	7 days

MEDICAL SCHOOL TEACHING CYCLES AND ASSESSMENT AND RECESS PERIODS

MBChB I
Recess:	Monday, 01 January 2025	to	Tuesday, 07 January 2025	7 days
University Opens:	Wednesday, 08 January 2025

First Year Student Success Programme	Wednesday, 12 February 2025	to	Friday, 14 February 2025	3 days

Teaching Cycle 1	Monday, 17 February 2025	to	Friday, 28 March 2025	34 days
First teaching cycle student recess	Saturday, 29 March 2025	to	Sunday, 06 April 2025	9 days

Teaching Cycle 2	Monday, 07 April 2025	to	Friday, 06 June 2025	40 days
Second teaching cycle student recess:	Saturday, 07 June 2025	to	Sunday, 06 July 2025	30 days

Teaching Cycle 3	Monday, 07 July 2025	to	Sunday, 31 August 2025	41 days
Third teaching cycle student recess	Monday, 01 September 2025	to	Sunday, 07 September 2025	7 days

Teaching Cycle 4	Monday, 08 September 2025	to	Friday, 24 October 2025	35 days
Study Period	Saturday, 25 October 2025	to	Sunday, 05 November 2025	9 days
Year-End Assessment Period	Monday, 03 November 2025	to	Friday, 07 November 2025	5 days
Re-assessment Study Period	Saturday, 08 November 2025	to	Monday, 17 November 2025	9 days

2025 Year-End Re-assessment Period	Tuesday, 18 November 2025	to	Saturday, 22 November 2025	5 days
Fourth teaching cycle recess	Sunday, 23 November 2025	to	Wednesday, 31 December 2025	40 days

TEACHING CYCLES, RECESS PERIODS AND ASSESSMENT PERIODS
MBChB II & III
Recess:	Wednesday, 01 January 2025	to	Tuesday, 07 January 2025	7 days
University Opens:	Wednesday, 08 January 2025

Teaching Cycle 1	Monday, 27 January 2025	to	Monday, 31 March 2025	45 days
First teaching cycle student recess	Tuesday, 01 April 2025	to	Sunday, 13 April 2025	13 days

Teaching Cycle 2	Monday, 14 April 2025	to	Friday, 13 June 2025	41 days
Second teaching cycle student recess:	Saturday, 14 June 2025	to	Sunday, 06 July 2025	23 days

Teaching Cycle 3	Monday, 07 July 2025	to	Friday, 29 August 2025	39 days
Third teaching cycle student recess	Saturday, 30 August 2025	to	Sunday, 07 September 2025	9 days

Teaching Cycle 4	Monday, 08 September 2025	to	Friday, 07 November 2025	44 days
Study Period	Saturday, 08 November 2025	to	Sunday, 16 November 2025	9 days
Year-End Assessment Period	Monday, 17 November 2025	to	Friday, 21 November 2025	5 days
Re-assessment Study Period	Monday, 24 November 2025	to	Friday, 28 November 2025	5 days
2025 Year-End Re-assessment Period	Monday, 01 December 2025	to	Friday, 05 December 2025	5 days
Fourth teaching cycle recess	Saturday, 06 December 2025	to	Wednesday, 31 December 2025	25 days

TEACHING CYCLES, RECESS PERIODS AND ASSESMENT PERIODS: FOURTH YEAR

Recess:	Wednesday, 01 January 2025	to	Thursday, 02 January 2025	2 days
University Opens:	Friday, 03 January 2025

Teaching Cycle 1 & 2	Monday, 13 January 2025	to	Friday, 30 May 2025	94 days
Study Period	Sunday, 01 June 2025	to	Tuesday, 03 June 2025	3 days
Mid-Year Assessment Period	Wednesday, 04 June 2025	to	Thursday, 12 June 2025	7 days
Second teaching cycle student recess:	Friday, 13 June 2025	to	Sunday, 06 July 2025	24 days

Teaching Cycle 3 & 4	Monday, 07 July 2025	to	Friday, 07 November 2025	87 days
Study Period	Monday, 10 November 2025	to	Wednesday, 12 November 2025	3 days
Year-End Assessment Period	Thursday, 13 November 2025	to	Friday, 21 November 2025	7 days
Study Period -Theory	Monday, 24 November 2025	to	Friday, 28 November 2025	5 days
2025 Year-End Re-assessment Period - Theory	Monday, 01 December 2025	to	Friday, 05 December 2025	5 days
Study Period - Clinical remediation	Monday, 08 December 2025	to	Friday, 12 December 2025	5 days
Fourth teaching cycle recess	Saturday, 13 December 2025	to	Wednesday, 31 December 2025	19 days
2025 Year-End Re-assessment Period - Clinical	Monday, 05 January 2026	to	Friday, 09 January 2026	5 days

BUSINESS SCHOOL TEACHING CYCLES AND ASSESSMENT AND RECESS PERIODS

TEACHING CYCLES, RECESS PERIODS AND ASSESMENT PERIODS

Recess:	Wednesday, 01 January 2025	to	Sunday, 05 January 2025	5 days
University Opens:	Monday, 06 January 2025

Registration	Wednesday, 08 January 2025	to	Saturday, 18 January 2025	10 days

First Trimester teaching cycle:	Friday, 24 January 2025	to	Wednesday, 07 May 2025	67 days
First Trimester teaching cycle assessment period	Thursday, 08 May 2025	to	Tuesday, 13 May 2025	4 days

Second Trimester teaching cycle:	Wednesday, 4 May 2025	to	Friday, 01 August 2025	56 days
First Trimester teaching cycle re-assessment period	Tuesday, 17 June 2025	to	Thursday, 19 June 2025	3 days
Second Trimester teaching cycle assessment period	Monday, 04 August 2025	to	Friday, 08 August 2025	5 days
Second Trimester teaching cycle re-assessment period	Tuesday, 16 September 2025	to	Friday, 19 September 2025	4 days

Third Trimester teaching cycle:	Monday, 11 August 2025	to	Friday, 31 October 2025	55 days
Study Period	Saturday, 01 November 2025	to	Sunday, 02 November 2025	2 days
Third Trimester teaching cycle assessment period	Monday, 03 November 2025	to	Friday, 07 November 2025	5 days
Third Trimester teaching cycle re-assessment period	Wednesday, 14 January 2026	to	Friday, 16 January 2026	3 days

GRADUATION CEREMONIES

Autumn graduation (George):	Thursday, 03 April 2025	to	Friday, 04 April 2025	2days
Autumn graduation (Gqeberha):	Friday, 11 April 2025	to	Friday, 25 April 2025	13 days
Summer graduation (Gqeberha):	Monday, 08 December 2025	to	Thursday, 11 December 2025	4 days

NOTE: The University reserves the right to amend the planned institutional dates.

PUBLIC AND UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS

First teaching cycle	Wednesday, 01 January 2025	New Year's Day
	Friday, 21 March 2025	Human Rights Day
	Friday, 18 April 2025	Good Friday
	Monday, 21 April 2025	Family Day
Second teaching cycle	Sunday, 27 April 2025	Freedom Day
	Monday, 28 April 2025	Public Holiday
	Thursday, 01 May 2025	Worker's Day
	Monday, 16 June 2025	Youth Day
Third teaching cycle	Saturday, 09 August 2025	National Women's Day
Fourth teaching cycle	Wednesday, 24 September 2025	Heritage Day
	Tuesday, 16 December 2025	Day of Reconciliation
	Friday, 19 December 2025	University Close
	Thursday, 25 December 2025	Christmas Day
	Friday, 26 December 2025	Day of Goodwill

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Term 1	Wednesday, 15 January 2025	Friday, 28 March 2025
Term 1 Recess	Saturday, 29 March 2025	Monday, 07 April 2025
Term 2	Tuesday, 08 April 2025	Friday, 27 June 2025
Term 2 Recess	Saturday, 28 June 2025	Monday, 21 July 2025
Term 3	Tuesday, 22 July 2025	Friday, 03 October 2025
Term 3 Recess	Saturday, 04 October 2025	Sunday, 12 October 2025
Term 4	Monday, 13 October 2025	Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Term 4 Recess	Thursday, 11 December 2025	Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Academic Calender - 2025

TEACHING CYCLES, RECESS PERIODS AND ASSESSMENT PERIODS

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BUSINESS SCHOOL TEACHING CYCLES AND ASSESSMENT AND RECESS PERIODS

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