The Academic Calendar of the Delta State University (DELSU) for the 2017/2018 academic session has been published.
Academic activities will run as follows
FIRST SEMESTER
| Sunday, October 8, 2017 | Old/Fresh students return to Campus |
| Monday, October 9 – Friday, October 13, 2017 | Screening/Medicals of Fresh students begins. |
| Monday, October 16, 2017 | Registration for Old/Fresh students begins. |
| Monday, October 23,2017 | Lecture for Old/Fresh students begins. |
| Wednesday, November 1- Friday, November, 3, 2017 | Orientation for fresh students. |
| Friday, November 24, 2017 | Registration of Old/Fresh students ends. |
| Monday, November 27 – Friday December 15, 2017 | Late Registration of students (Penalty fees for late registration must be paid). |
| Friday, December 15, 2017 | Last day for add and delete. |
| Wednesday December 20, 2017- January 3rd, 2018 | Christmas Break. |
| Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 | All students return to campus |
| Friday, January 19th, 2018 | Temporary withdrawal/Deferment of Studies end. |
| Friday, January 19th, 2018 | Lecture ends. |
| Saturday, January 20th, 2018 | Matriculation of fresh students |
| Monday, January, 29th 2018 | First semester exams begin. |
| Friday, February 16th, 2018 | End of First semester exams. |
| Saturday, February 17, – Saturday 3rdMarch, 2018 | First semester break. |
| Monday, March 5 – Friday, March 9, 2018 | Uploading and release of all First semester results by Faculties. |
SECOND SEMESTER
| Sunday, March 4, 2018 | All students return to Campus |
| Monday, March 5, 2018 | Lectures begin. |
| Monday 7- Wednesday May 9, 2018 | Submission of CA Scores |
| Friday, June 1 2018 | Submission of all Final Year Undergraduates Project scores to HODs. |
| Friday, June 1, 2018 | Lectures end |
| Monday, June 4, 2018 | Second Semester exams begins. |
| Saturday, June 23, 2018 | Second Semester exams end |
| Sunday, June 24, – September, 29, 2018 | Long Vacation [14 weeks] |
| Monday 9- Friday July 13, 2018 | Upload and release of all results |
| Wednesday July 18th, 2018 | Senate Consideration of all results [2017/2018] |
| Sunday September 30th, 2018 | 2018/2019 Academics begins, as students return to campus |
