UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

2018 DIARY

JANUARY

Monday 1st 0800 PUBLIC HOLIDAY: (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

Tuesday 2rd 0800 UNIVERSITY RE-OPENS
REGISTRATION BEGINS (BSc NS II, BSc NS III 2015 intake, BSc NS III Feb 2016 intake; BSc NS IV;
HBMLS III) CHS
Thursday 4th 0800 Registration Begin for Faculty of Education
1400 Student Travel Fund Committee
Monday 8th 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS (BDS IV; MBChB IV; BSc HRD II, III, IV; BSc HOT III, IV; BSc HPT III, IV;) CHS
1ST TERM 2017/2018 (BSc NS III 2016 intake) CHS
2ND TERM 2017/2018 (BSc NS II, BSc NS III (2015 intake), BSc NS IV; HBMLS III) CHS
CONTINUATION OF 1ST TERM 2017/2018 (BDS III, MBChB III (2015 intake) CHS
CONTINUATION OF 2ND TERM 2016/2017 (BDS V; MBChB V (LOCALS) CHS
Lectures Begin for Faculty of Education
0900 Planning Committee
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Tuesday 9 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
1415 Publications Committee
Wednesday 10th 0900 University Farm Board of Management
1415 SENATE
Friday 12th 0900 Administration Computer Committee
Monday 15th 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS (BSc HOT II; BSc HPT II) CHS
1ST TERM BEGINS 2017/2018 (BDS IV; MBChB IV) CHS
2ND TERM BEGINS 2017/2018 (BSc HRD II, III, IV; BSc HOT III, IV; BSc HPT III, IV ;) CHS
0900 Senate Sub- Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate Status
1430 Finance Committee
Tuesday 16th 1415 Board of the Faculties of Law, Arts, Agriculture
1430 Building Committee
Wednesday 17th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Results)
Thursday 18th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Results)
Friday 19th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE(Results)
Monday 22rd 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS (BDS V; MBChB V 2013 intake) CHS
2ND TERM 2017/2018 BEGINS (BSc HOT II; BSc HPT II) CHS
2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS V, MBChB V (2012 intake) LOCALS – CHS

1430 Budget Committee

Tuesday 23th 1415 Fees Revision Committee
Board of the Faculties of Social Studies, Vet Science, Engineering, Education
Closing date for submissions to the Budget Committee
Wednesday 24th 0900 UZ Pension Committee
1415 Tender Board Meeting
1415 Board of the College of Health Sciences
Thursday 25th 0800 Library Committee
1000 Quality Assurance Committee
1415 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Friday 26th 0900 Open Day Committee
Monday 29th 0800 1ST TERM BEGINS 2017/2018 (BDS V; MBChB V) CHS
REGISTRATION OF RETURNING M.B.A STUDENTS BEGIN
CONTINUATION OF 2ND TERM 2016/2017 MBChB V (LESOTHO) CHS
REGISTRATION OF M.B.A JANUARY INTAKE BEGIN
Tuesday 30th 0900 University Teaching and Learning Methods Committee
1415 Communication Skills Committee

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FEBRUARY

Thursday 1st 0900 Registration for M.B.A Returning Students Begin

1000 Research Board Committee
1430 Committee on Academic Ceremonies
Friday 2nd 0830 Graduate Employment Committee
1415 Board of Management, IES
1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS V, MBChB V (2012 intake) LOCALS - CHS0800
Registration for Returning M.B.A Ends
1700 REGISTRATION FOR M.B.A JANUARY INTAKE ENDS
Saturday 3rd 0800 Lectures begin for M.B.A Returning and for M.B.A January Intake
Monday 5th 1000 Termination of Studies Appeals Committee
Tuesday 6th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Wednesday 7th 1430 Electron Microscope Committee
Thursday 8th 1415 Administration Computer Committee
1430 Council
Board of Trustees: Graduate School of Management
Friday 9th 1415 Safety Committee
Monday 12th 1000 Bookshop Management Committee
Tuesday 13th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Wednesday 14th 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR LEVEL 1 FEBRUARY INTAKE,
0900 Strategic Plan Implementation and Monitoring Committee
1415 Computer Committee
Thursday 15th 1430 Building Committee
ALRI Board of Management
Friday 16th 0830 Senate Sub Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate status
Monday 19th 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I; BSc HRD I; BSc HOT
I; BSc HPT I; HBMLS I, II, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
1415 IMR Committee of Management
Board of the Faculty of Science
Tuesday 20th 1000 Research Board Meeting
1415 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
Wednesday 21st 0800
Thursday 22nd 0900 Institutional Transformation Committee
1430 Audit Committee Meeting
Monday 26th 0800 1st/2nd Semester Begins
2ND TERM (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I; BSc HRD I; BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I;
HBMLS I, II, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
0900 Board of Management: Development Technology Centre
Wednesday 28th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
1430 Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee
MARCH

Thursday 1st 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Undergraduate Admissions Policy and Capacity)
1430 Fund Raising Committee
Friday 2nd 1415 Admin Computer Committee
Monday 5th 0900 Academic Staff Promotions Committee
Tuesday 6th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
1415 University Farm Board of Trustees (Audit Report)
Wednesday 7th 1415 SENATE
Friday 9th 0830 Non-Academic Staff Promotions Committee
Monday 12th 1415 University Farm Board of Management
Thursday 15th 1430 Executive Committee of Council
Monday 19th 0900 Staff Development Committee
1415 Board of Management ULKRS

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Tuesday 20th 1430 Building Committee
Wednesday 21st 1430 Board of Examiners for Associate Colleges (Department of Teacher Education)
Thursday 22nd 1030 Academic Board of Associate Colleges (Department of Teacher Education)
1430 Committee on Academic Ceremony
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Monday 26 0900 EARLY REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR AUGUST INTAKE
Wednesday 28th 0900 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
1415 Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 29th 1415 Library Committee
Friday 30th 0800 Public Holiday University Closed-Good Friday

APRIL

Monday 2nd 0800 Public Holiday University Closed-Easter Monday

Tuesday 3rd 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
1400 University Teaching and Learning Methods Committee
Wednesday 4th 1415 Publications Committee
Thursday 5th 1430 Building Committee
Friday 6th 1430 Works Council
Tuesday 10th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Wednesday 11th 0900 Board of Trustees: Graduate School of Management
Thursday 12th 1415 Computer Committee
Finance Committee
Monday 16th 1000 Bookshop Management Committee
Wednesday 18th 0800 Public Holiday University Closed-Independence Day
Thursday 19th 1000 Quality Assurance Committee
Friday 20th 0900 Deadline for Nominations to the Honorary Degrees and Distinctions Committee
1400 Deadline for submission of 1st/2nd Semester Examinations to Examinations Office
Monday 23rd 0800 REGISTRATION BEGINS 2ND TERM (BDS III; MBChB III) CHS/ Faculty of Education Exams Begin
0900 Recreation Club Annual General Meeting
1430 Admin Computer Committee
Tuesday 24th 0900 University Farm Board of Management
1415 International Relations Committee
1430 Finance Committee
Wednesday 25th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 26th 1415 Student Affairs Committee
Friday 27th 1700 1ST TERM 2017/2018 ENDS (BDS III; MBChB III) CHS
Monday 30th 0900 2ND TERM BEGINS (BDS III; MBChB III) CHS

MAY

Tuesday 1st 0800 Public Holiday University Closed (Workers Day)

Wednesday 2nd 0830 Safety Committee
0900 Board of Studies (Agriculture)
1415 SENATE
Thursday 3rd 0900 University Farm Board of Trustees
1415 Board of the Faculties of Arts, Law, Social Studies
Monday 7th 1430 UZ Pension Fund Committee
Tuesday 8th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
1415 Board of Management: IES
Wednesday 9th 1000 Research Board Committee
1415 Board of College of Health Sciences
Thursday 10th 0900
1430 Council
Monday 14th 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (MBChB V (LESOTHO); HBMLS I, II, III, IV) CHS
1000 Student Travel Fund

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 1430 Communication Skills Committee
Tuesday 15th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Thursday 17th 0900 Admin Computer Committee
1430 Board of the Faculties of Engineering, Education, Vet Science,
Friday 18th 1700 Closing date for submission to the Budget Committee
Monday 21st 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I, II, III; BSc
HRD I; BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Thursday 24th 1430 Board of the Faculty of Commerce
1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (MBChB V (LESOTHO) CHS
Friday 25th 0800 Public Holiday University Closed (Africa Day)
Monday 28th 0900 1st/2nd Semester Examinations Begin/2nd TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BSc NS III Feb 2016
intake, IV; BSc HOT II; BSc HPT II) CHS M.B.A END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS START
Wednesday 30th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
1415 Institutional Transformation Committee

JUNE

Friday 1st 0900 Planning committee

1415 Board of the Faculty of Education
1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I, II, III; BSc
HRD I; BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
2ND TERM ENDS (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I, II, III, IV; BSc HRD I;
BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Monday 4th 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BSc HRD IV; BSc HOT III, IV; BSc HPT III, IV) CHS
Tuesday 5th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Friday 8th 0900 Library Committee
1700 1st/2nd Semester Examinations End
2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I, II, III; BSc
HRD I; BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Saturday 9th 0900 1st/2nd Semester Ends
2ND TERM ENDS (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I, II, III, IV; BSc HRD I;
BSc HOT I; BSc HPT I; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Monday 11th 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BSc HRD II, III) CHS
Tuesday 12th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
1415 Publications Committee
Wednesday 13th 0900 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
1100 Works Council
1430 Fund Raising Committee
Thursday 14th 0930 ALRI Fundraising Committee
1400 Staff Development Committee
Friday 15th 1430 Building Committee
1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BSc HOT II, III, IV ; BSc HPT II, III, IV) CHS

Monday 18th 0900 RESEARCH Week Begins

Tuesday 19th 0900 Research Week Continues
Wednesday 20th 0900 Budget Committee (2019 Estimates/Changes) Research Week Continues
Thursday 21st 0900 Research Week Continues
Friday 22nd 0900 Research Week Continues
1415 Finance Committee
Monday 25th 1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Tuesday 26th 1415 University Farm Board of Management
Wednesday 27th 1415 Senate Sub Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate Status
Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 28th 0900 Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee
Board of Management: Development Technology Centre
Friday 29th 1700 1ST TERM ENDS (BDS IV, V; MBChB IV, V) CHS

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 2ND EXAMINATIONS END (BSc HRD II, III, IV) CHS

JULY
Monday 2nd 0900 Academic Staff Promotion Committee
1430 Audit Committee
Tuesday 3rd 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Wednesday 4th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Results)
Thursday 5th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Results)
Friday 6th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE (Results)
0900 Graduate Employment Committee
Monday 9th 0800 Winter School Begins
1430 ALRI Board of Management
Tuesday 10th 1415 Teaching & Learning Methods Committee
Wednesday 11th 0900 Fees Revision Committee
1415 Publications Committee
Thursday 12th 1415 Board of Arts and Agriculture
Friday 13th 0900 Bookshop management Committee
Monday 16th 0800 Board of Studies-Dept. of Teacher Education (All Day)
1415 Board of the Faculty of Science
1700 Closing date for submissions to the International Relations Committee
Tuesday 17th 1415 Board of the Faculties of Education, Engineering, Social Studies, Commerce
Wednesday 18th 1415 SENATE
Thursday 19th 0830 Safety Committee
1000 Termination of Studies-(Appeals Committee)
1415 Admin Computer Committee
Friday 20th 0830 Vice Chancellor’s & Deans Management Workshop
1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Monday 23rd 0900 2ND TERM BEGINS (BDS IV, V; MBChB IV, V) CHS
REGISTRATION OF M.B.A JULY INTAKE BEGIN
Tuesday 24th 0830 Board of Trustees: Graduate School of Management
1430 Building Committee, Boards of Faculties, Law, Vet Science,
Wednesday 25th 1000 Research Board Committee/Tender Board Meeting
1415 Board of College of Health Sciences
Thursday 26th 1430 Executive Committee of Council
Friday 27th 0830 Vice Chancellor’s & Chairpersons’ Workshop
1700 REGISTARTION FOR M.B.A JULY INTAKE ENDS
Saturday 28 0900 Lectures begin for M.B.A July Intake
Monday 30st 0800 1ST TERM BEGINS 2018/2019 (BSc NS III, IV) CHS
2ND TERM BEGINS 2017/2018 (BSc NS III (Feb 2016) CHS
Registration for M.B.A Returning Students Begin
AUGUST
Wednesday 1st 1000 Quality Assurance Committee
1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Thursday 2nd 0830 Admin Computer Committee
1430 UZ Pension Fund Committee
Friday 3rd 0900 Communication Skills Committee
1100 Works Council
Saturday 4th 0800 Lectures Begin for M.B.A Returning Students
Monday 6th 0900 Institutional Transformation Committee
Tuesday 7th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 9th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Monday 13th 0800 Public Holiday (University Closed) Heroes Day
Tuesday 14th 0800 Public Holiday (University Closed) Defence Forces Day
1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Wednesday 15th 0800 1st TERM BEGINS (BSc HRD II, III, IV; BSc HOT III, IV; BSc HPT III, IV) CHS

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 0900 Board of Management: IES
1400 Admin Computer Committee
1430 Fund raising Committee
Friday 17th 1100 Staff Development Committee
Closing date for submission to the Budget Committee (2019 Estimates)
Monday 20th 0800 1st TERM BEGINS (BSc HOT II, III, IV; BSc HPT II, III, IV) CHS
Tuesday 21st 1415 Board of the Faculty of Education
Committee on Academic Ceremony
Thursday 23rd 0900 Admin Computer Committee/ Orientation Programme Begins for 1st year, August intake
Friday 24th 1700 Winter School Ends
Monday 27th 0800 1st/2nd Semester Begins
1ST TERM BEGINS (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I; BSc HRD I; BSc HOT I; BSc
HPT I; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Tuesday 28th 0900 International Relations Committee
1415 Committee on Academic Ceremony
Wednesday 29th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 30th 1415 IMR Committee of Management
Friday 31st 1415 Senate Sub- Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate status

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 4th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting

1415 Publications Committee
Wednesday 5th 0900 Strategic Plan Implementation & Monitoring Committee
Friday 7th 0900 University Farm Board of Management
Monday 10th 0900 Budget Committee
1415 Board of the Faculty of Agriculture
Tuesday 11th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Wednesday 12th 1430 Finance Committee
Thursday 13th 1415 Student Affairs Committee
Friday 14th 0900 Graduation Ceremony (Provisional Date)
Monday 17th 1415 Board of Management: DTC
Tuesday 18th 1000 Senate Sub-Committee on General Academic Regulations
1415 Safety Committee

Wednesday 19th 1415 SENATE

Thursday 20st 1430 Building Committee
Electron Microscope Committee
Friday 21st 1415 Graduate Employment Committee
Monday 24th 1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Tuesday 25th 1430 Board of the Faculty of Commerce
Wednesday 26 th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 27th 1100 Works Council
1430 Council
OCTOBER
Monday 1st 0900 2nd TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS III, MBChB III) CHS
1430 Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee
Tuesday 2rd 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
1415 International Relations Committee ,
Wednesday 3rd 0930 ALRI Fundraising Committee
Thursday 4th 1430 Recreation Club Committee
Monday 8th 0900 Communication Skills Committee
Tuesday 9th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Wednesday 10th 1430 Board of College of Health Sciences
Thursday 11th 0900 UZ Strategic Plan Implementation & Monitoring Committee
1415 Library Committee

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 Board of the Faculty of Arts, Engineering, Vet Science
Friday 12th 1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS III, MBChB III) CHS
Monday 15th 1000 Bookshop management Committee
Tuesday 16th 0900 Admin Computer Committee
1415 Board of Law, Social Studies
Wednesday 17th 1415 University Teaching and Learning Methods Committee
1430 Fund Raising Committee
Thursday 18th 0900 Fees Revision Committee
1430 Planning Committee
Friday 19th 1430 Building Committee
Closing date for submissions to the Budget Committee
Monday 22nd 1415 Board of the Faculty of Science
Wednesday 24th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
Thursday 25th 1430 ALRI Board of Management
Friday 26th 0900 1ST TERM BEGINS (BDS III; MBChB III 2015 intake) CHS
Tuesday 30th 1430 University Farm Board of Management

NOVEMBER

Thursday 1st 1430 Audit Committee

Staff Development Committee
Executive Committee of Council
Friday 2nd 1430 Board of the Faculty of Commerce
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Monday 5 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS IV; MBChB IV) CHS
1415 Admin Computer Committee
Tuesday 6th 0900 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 8th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
1415 IMR Committee of Management
Friday 9th 0900 Budget Committee
1400 Deadline for submission of 1st / 2nd Semester Examinations to Examinations Office
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Monday 12 1430 Board of Management: IES
Tuesday 13th 1430 UZ Pension Fund Committee
Board of Trustees: Graduate School of Management
Wednesday 14th 1000 Research Board Committee
1415 Publications Committee
Thursday 15th 1000 Quality Assurance Committee
Friday 16th 1415 Board of Studies: Faculty of Agriculture
1700 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS IV; MBChB IV) CHS
Monday 19th 0900 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BSc N III 2016 intake) CHS
1415 Board of Management ULKRS
Tuesday 20st 1415 Board of the Faculty of Agriculture, Veterinary Science
Wednesday 21st 1415 SENATE
Thursday 22nd 0900 Board of Trustees, UZ Farm Management
1100 Works Council
1430 Admin Computer Committee
Friday 23rd 0900 Institutional Transformation Committee
Monday 26th 0900 1/2nd Semester Examinations Begins/2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS V; MBChB V) CHS
1ST TERM EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BSc N III August 2016 intake) CHS
M.B.A End of Semester Examinations Begin
Tuesday 27th 1430 Building Committee
Wednesday 28th 0900 Tender Board Meeting
2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BSc N III 2016 intake) CHS
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Friday 30 1700 1st and 2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BSc N III August and BSc N III February 2016 intakes
respectively) CHS
1st TERM ENDS (BSc N IV) CHS

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DECEMBER

Monday 3rd 0900 2nd EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (BDS III Surgery & Medicine) CHS
Bookshop Management Committee
Tuesday 4th 0830 Admin Committee Meeting
Thursday 6th 0900 Board of Examiners of Associate Teachers’ Colleges (Department of Teacher Education)
1430 COUNCIL
Friday 7th 0830 DTE Board of Studies
1415 Board of Management: Development Technology Centre
1700 2ND TERM ENDS (BDS III; MBChB III,) CHS
2ND TERM EXAMINATIONS END (BDS III, V; MBChB V) CHS
1st/2nd Semester Examinations End
Saturday 8th 0800 1st/2nd Semester Ends
1st/2ND TERM ENDS (BDS I, II; MBChB I, II; BPHARM I, II, III, IV; BSc NS I; BSc HRD I; BSc HOT I, II,
III, IV; BSc HPT I, II, III, IV; HBMLS I, II, III, IV; BSc HEP I, II, III) CHS
Monday 10th 1000 Senate Sub- Committee Meeting on Associate/Affiliate Status
Tuesday 11th 0900 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Friday 14th 1430 Building Committee
1700 1ST SEMESTER ENDS (BSc HRD II, III, IV) CHS

22 December 2018 to 01 January 2019 UNIVERSITY CLOSED