ACADEMIC CALENDER

Beginning of the Second Semester 2026/2027

Start of teaching for the Second semester of the academic year 2026/2027

Deadline for receiving transfer requests from the comprehensive track to the thesis track for the College of Graduate Studies

Add/drop and late registration without financial penalty

Course withdrawal period with financial penalty

Period for conducting midterm examinations for compulsory and elective university requirements, as well as practical courses

Comprehensive Exam Period for Master’s Students

Labour Day

Midterm Exam Period – Second Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for Submitting Comprehensive Exam Results to the Graduate School

Start of Advising and Registration for Summer Semester 2026/2027

Eid Al-Adha Holiday (Tentative)

Independence Day

The period for holding final examinations for compulsory and elective university requirements, as well as practical courses.

Deadline for Submitting Committee Appointment Form and Scheduling Thesis Defense (Master’s Students)

Last Day of Teaching

Final Exam Period – Second Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for Submitting Supervisor Appointment Requests and Approving Master’s Thesis Proposals

Last Day for Thesis Defenses

Deadline for Submitting Supervision Reports – Second Semester 2025/2026

Deadline for Receiving Thesis Defense Results by the Graduate School

Deadline for Submitting Final Grades – Second Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for Grade Review and Incomplete Exams for Graduating Students

Deadline for Submitting Recommendations for Awarding Academic Degrees to the Graduate School

Deans’ Council Decision on Awarding Academic Degrees and Certificates

Student Break Between the Second Semester and the Summer Semester 2025/2026

Start of classes for the Summer Semester 2026/2027

Add/Drop and late registration period without financial penalty

Deadline for receiving transfer requests from the Comprehensive (Exam) Track to the Thesis Track at the Deanship of Graduate Studies

Course withdrawal period with financial penalty

Midterm examination period for the Summer Semester 2026/2027

Comprehensive exam period for Master’s students

Start of academic advising and registration for the First Semester 2027/2028

Deadline for submitting the committee appointment form and scheduling the thesis defense for Master’s students

Deadline for submitting Comprehensive Exam results

Deadline for submitting supervisor appointment requests and approving Master’s thesis proposals

Deadline for thesis defenses

Last day of classes for the Summer Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for submitting thesis defense results to the Deanship of Graduate Studies

Final examination period for the Summer Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for submitting recommendations for awarding academic degrees to the Deanship of Graduate Studies

Deadline for submitting the supervision report for the Summer Semester 2026/2027

Deadline for grade review and incomplete exams for graduating students

Final deadline for submitting Summer Semester 2026/2027 results to the Admissions and Registration Department

Board of Deans decision to confer academic degrees and certificates