Durban University of Technology Term Date

Durban University of Technology Term Date : DUT term dates for the academic year 2026 is available below;

TERM DATES AND SKELETON ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR

UNIVERSITY RE-OPENS

Tuesday 3 January

Administrative staff and those academic staff required for registration preparation, as determined by Heads of Departments, return on Tuesday 3 January . The rest of the academic staff return on Monday 9 January .

ACADEMIC TERM	DATES
1	06	February – 07 April
2	18	April – 23 June
3	17	July – 22 September
4	2 October – 15 December

REGISTRATION:
Faculties to decide on their registration dates
First Semester	09 January – 04 February
Annual	09	January – 04 February
Second Semester	17	July – 22 July (inclusive of 1 Saturday)

LECTURES
First Semester			06	February – 23 May	67 days
Annual			06	February – 03 October	141 days
Second Semester			24	July – 24 October	60 days
GRADUATION CEREMONIES
25	– 26	April (Midlands)			2 days
08	– 13	May (Durban)			6 days
13	September (Durban) – Spring Graduation				1 day
EXAMINATION STUDY PERIOD FOR STUDENTS (inclusive of weekends)
First semester			24	May – 28 May	5 days
Annual			04	October – 08 October	5 days
Second semester			25	October – 29 October	5 days
COMMENCEMENT OF EXAMINATIONS
First Semester			29	May – 09 June	10 days
Annual			09	October – 30 October*	16 days
Second Semester			30	October – 10 November	10 days
*Diwali 19 October
UNIVERSITY CLOSES
15	December until 31 December .

See Annexure 1 for information on how the above dates are accommodated in the Calendar and Annexure 2 for public and religious holidays)

Office of the Registrar

P O Box 1334, DURBAN, 4000 Tel:031-3732517/2519 Fax:031-3732188, Steve Biko Campus

		Annexure 1 to Academic Calendar

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS		RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
Sunday 1 January	New Year’s Day	The University respects the religious beliefs of all
Monday 2 January	Public Holiday	staff and students. As a result tests and
Tuesday 21 March	Human Rights’	examinations will not be scheduled on the following
Day		days, however the University will remain open and
Friday 14 April	Good Friday	operational on these days:
Monday 17 April	Family Day
Thursday 27 April	Freedom Day	Isaiah Shembe Day	10 March
Monday 1 May	Worker’s Day	Isaiah Shembe Day	02 May
Friday 16 June	Youth Day	Ascension Day	25 May
Wednesday 9 August	National	*Eid-ul-Fitr	26 June
Women’s Day		*Eid-ul-Adha	01 September
Sunday 24 September	Heritage Day	Rosh Hashanah	21/22 September
Monday 25 September	Public Holiday	Yom Kippur	30 September
Saturday 16 December	Day of	Deepavali	19 October
Reconciliation
Monday 25 December	Christmas Day	*Dependent upon the sighting of the moon.
Tuesday 26 December	Day of Goodwill

Durban University of Technology Term Date

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