1 CP. 20 04B The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Almanac for 2017/18 Academic Year The Period Starting 1 st October 2017 31 st January, 2019 S/N Day and Date Activity OCTOBER, 2017 1. Monday, 2 nd Study Break Begins 2. Friday, 6 th Study Break Ends 3. Monday, 9 th Semester II Examinations Start 4. Saturday, 14 th Nyerere Day 5. Friday, 20 th Semester II Examinations End 6. Monday, 23 rd Preparation of Proposal Examinations Begin Friday, 27 th Management Committee Submission of Research Progress Report End NOVEMBER 2017 7. Wednesday, 1 st Staff Meeting 8. Friday, 3 rd Preparation for Proposal Examinations End Submission of Research Proposal for Examination School /Library/Centre Board 9. Monday, 6 th Examination of Master s and PhD Research Proposals Begin for 10. Thursday, 9 th Coursework SENATE Research and and Innovation Committee (SRIC) 11. Friday, 10 th SENATE Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC) 12. Thursday, 23 rd Master s and PhD Research Proposal Examinations End for 13. Friday, 24 th Coursework SENATE Meeting and Dissertation 14. Saturday, 25 th Students End of Academic Year Break (Vacation) Begins 15. Tuesday, 28 th Examiners Board Management Meeting 16. Thursday, 30 th Release of Provisional Examination Results DECEMBER, 2017 17. Friday, 1 st Quality Assurance Team Meeting 18. Friday, 8 th COUNCIL Meeting 19. Saturday, 9 th Independence Day 20. Friday, 16 th Students End of Academic Year Break (Vacation) Ends 21. Monday, 18 th Commencement of Research for Coursework and Dissertations students 22. Wednesday, The 4 th NM-AIST Alumni and Convocation Meeting 23. 20 Thursday, th 21 st The 4 th NM-AIST Graduation 24. Saturday, 23 rd End of Year Vacation Starts 25. Monday, 25 th Christmas Day 26. Tuesday, 26 th Boxing Day JANUARY, 2018 27. Monday, 1 st New Year Day 28. Saturday, 6 th End of Year Break Ends
29. Monday, 8 th Supplementary and Special Examinations Begin 30. Thursday, 11 th Tender Board Student s Baraza 31. Friday, 12 th Zanzibar Revolution Day 32. Monday, 15 th Reporting of 7 th Cohort (C7) Students 33. Tuesday, 16 th Orientation for C7 Starts 34. Friday, 19 th Orientation for C7 Ends Supplementary Examinations and Special Examinations End 35. Monday, 22 nd Semester I Course Registration for C7 Starts Semester I Teaching and Learning for 2017/18 Starts 36. Thursday, 25 th Submission of Research Progress Report Ends 37. Friday, 26 th Management Committee 38. Monday, 29 th Examiners Board Management Committee FEBRUARY 2018 39. Friday, 2 nd School /Library/Centre Board 40. Tuesday,6 th Release of Semester I and II Provisional Supplementary Examinations 41. Friday, 9 th Staff Meeting 42. Wednesday, 21 st Appointment and Human Resources Management Committee 43. Thursday, 22 nd Management Committee 44. Friday, 23 rd Quality Assurance Team Meeting Students Organization General Election MARCH, 2018 45. Thursday 1 st SENATE Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC) 46. Friday, 2 nd SENATE Research and Innovation Committee (SRIC) Swearing of Students Organization New Leaders 47. Tuesday, 6 th Students Affairs Committee 48. Wednesday, 7 th Finance, Planning and Development Committee 49. Thursday, 8 th Audit Committee 50. Friday, 9 th Tender Board 51. Friday, 16 th SENATE Meeting 52. Wednesday, 53. 21 Friday, st 23 rd Workers Council 54. Thursday, 29 th COUNCIL Meeting 55. Friday, 30 th Good Friday APRIL, 2018 56. Monday 2 nd Easter Monday 57. Saturday, 7 th Karume Day 58. Friday, 20 th Management Committee 59. Wednesday, 26 th Union Day 60. Friday, 28 th Submission of Research Progress Report Ends MAY, 2018 61. Tuesday, 1 st Workers Day 62. Friday, 4 th Staff Meeting Semester I Teaching and Learning for 2017/18 Ends 2
63. Saturday 5 th Study Break Starts 64. Friday, 11 th Students Baraza 65. Sunday, 13 th End of Study Break 66. Monday, 14 th Semester I Examination Begins 67. Friday, 18 th Tender Board 68. Monday, 21 st Quality Assurance Team Committee 69. Friday, 25 th Management Committee Semester I Examination Ends 70. Saturday, 26 th Students Inter-Semester Vacation Starts JUNE, 2018 71. Friday, 1 st Appointment and Human Resources Management Committee 72. Sunday, 3 rd World Environmental Day 73. Monday,4 th Students Affairs Committee School/Library/Centre Board 74. Tuesday, 5 th Finance, Planning and Development Committee 75. Wednesday, 6 th Audit Committee 76. Thursday, 7 th SENATE Teaching and Learning Committee 77. Friday, 8 th SENATE Research and Innovation Committee 78. Sunday, 10 th Students Inter-Semester Vacation Ends 79. Monday, 11 th Management Committee Semester II Course Registration for C6 Starts Semester II Teaching and Learning for 2016/17 Starts 80. Thursday, 14 th SENATE Meeting 81. Friday, 15 th Eid el Fitri* 82. Monday, 19 th Examiners Board 83. Thursday, 22 nd COUNCIL Meeting 84. Thursday, 28 th School Board JULY, 2018 85. Monday, 2 nd Release of Semester I Provisional Examination Results 86. Saturday, 7 th Saba Saba (Trade Fair Day) 87. Saturday, 14 th Sports and Games to Commemorate the Nelson Mandela Day 88. Monday, 16 th Nelson Mandela Week Begins Teaching and Learning Break for the Nelson Mandela Week 89. Wednesday, 18 th Nelson Mandela Day 90. Saturday, 21 st Nelson Mandela Week Ends 91. Monday, 23 rd Teaching and Learning Resumes after the Nelson Mandela Week 92. Friday, 27 th Submission of Research Progress Report Ends Management Committee AUGUST, 2018 93. Friday, 3 rd Staff Meeting 94. Wednesday, 8 th Nane Nane (Farmers Day) 95. Friday, 10 th School /Library/Centre Board 96. Monday, 20 th Quality Assurance Team Meeting 97. Wednesday, 22 nd Eid el Hajj* 3
98. Thursday, 23 rd SENATE Research and Innovation Committee (SRIC) 99. Friday, 24 th SENATE Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC) 100. Monday, 27 th Management Committee SEPTEMBER, 2018 101. Monday, 3 rd Tender Board 102. Tuesday, 4 th Workers Council 103. Thursday, 6 th Students Affairs Committee 104. Friday, 7 th Appointment and Human Resources Management Committee 105. Wednesday, 12 th SENATE Meeting 106. Thursday, 13 th Finance, Planning and Development Committee 107. Friday, 14 th Audit Committee 108. Friday, 21 st Management Committee 109. Friday, 28 th COUNCIL Meeting 110. Friday, 28 th End of Teaching and Learning for Semester II OCTOBER, 2018 111. Monday, 1 st Study Break Begins 112. Sunday, 7 th Study Break Ends 113. Monday, 8 th Semester II Examinations Start 114. Sunday, 14 th Nyerere Day 115. Friday, 19 th Semester II Examinations End 116. 117. Friday, 26 th Monday 29 th Management Committee Submission of Research Progress Report End Submission of Research Proposal for Examination for Coursework and Dissertation Examination Students of Master s and PhD Research Proposals for Coursework and NOVEMBER Dissertation 2018 Students Begin 118. 119. Friday, 9 th Saturday, 10 th Master s and PhD Research Proposal Examinations for Coursework and Dissertation Students End End of Academic Year Break (Vacation) Begins 120. Monday, 12 th Examiners Board 121. Tuesday, 13 th School /Library/Centre Board 122. Wednesday, 14 th Quality Assurance Team Meeting 123.. Monday, 19 th SENATE Research and Innovation Committee (SRIC) 124. Tuesday, 20 th SENATE Teaching and Learning Committee (STLC) 125. Monday, 26 th Commencement of Research for Coursework and Dissertations 126. Wednesday, students Management Meeting 127. 28 Thursday, th 29 th Release of Provisional Examination Results SENATE Meeting DECEMBER, 2018 128. Sunday, 9 th Independence Day 129. Thursday, 6 th COUNCIL Meeting 130. Wednesday, 19 th The 5 th NM-AIST Alumni and Convocation Meeting 131. Thursday, 20 th The 5 th NM-AIST Graduation 132. Saturday, 22 nd End of Year Vacation Starts 4
133. Tuesday, 25 th Christmas Day 134. Wednesday, 26 th Boxing Day JANUARY, 2019 135. Tuesday, 1 st New Year Day 136. Sunday, 6 th End of Year Break Ends 137. Sunday, 13 th End of Academic Year Break for 2017/18 students Ends 138. Monday, 14 th Reporting of 8 th Cohort (C8) Students 139. Monday, 14 th Orientation for C8 Starts 140. Friday, 18 th Orientation for C8 Ends 141. Monday, 21 st Semester I Course Registration for C7 Starts 142. Monday, 21 st Semester I Teaching and Learning for 2017/18 Starts 143. Friday, 25 th Submission of Research Progress Report Ends *Public Holidays Subject to sighting of the Moon 5