Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Academic Calendar – 2025

(2024-25-II, Summer Term 2025 & 2025-26-I Semesters)
EVENTS/ACTIVITIES SEMESTER 2024-25-II SUMMER TERM 2025 SEMESTER 2025-26-I
Registration

Jan 2, 2025 (Thu) May 17-18, 2025 July 28, 2025 (Mon)
All New PG Students (Sat-Sun) All New UG & PG Students
Administrative Registration Submitting Course
options online
Jan 3, 2025 (Fri) July 30, 2025 (Wed)
All Continuing Students May 19, 2025 (Mon) All Continuing Students
Course allotment

May 26-28, 2025

Academic Registration Jan 6, 2025 (Mon) July 31, 2025 (Thu)
(Mon-Wed)
Fee Payment
Late Registration
Jan 10, 2025 (Fri) May 23, 2025 (Fri) Aug 6, 2025 (Wed)
(Administrative & Academic)
Release of FCH Jan 5, 2025 (Sun) May 19, 2025 (Mon) Jul 30, 2025 (Wed)
Classes Commence Jan 6, 2025 (Mon) May 20, 2025 (Tue) July 31, 2025 (Thu)
Jan 6 – 13, 2025 May 20-21, 2025 July 31 – Aug 6, 2025
Adding a Course
(Mon-Mon) (Tue-Wed) (Thu-Wed)
Dropping/De-registering
Feb 5, 2025 (Wed) June 6, 2025 (Fri) Aug 29, 2025 (Fri)
Modular Courses (1st Half)
Classes for the Modular
Feb 19, 2025 (Wed) June 13, 2025 (Fri) Sep 12, 2025 (Fri)
Courses (1st half) End
Classes for Modular Courses (2nd
Mar 3, 2025 (Mon) June 18, 2025 (Wed) Sep 23, 2025 (Tue)
half) Commence
Last date for document
Mar 5, 2025 (Wed) - Oct 7, 2025 (Tue)
submission
Last date for showing Mid-
Mar 20, 2025 (Thu) June 24, 2025 (Tue) Oct 10, 2025 (Fri)
Semester answer scripts
Last date for Dropping/De-
registration of Regular Courses
Mar 26, 2025 (Wed) June 27, 2025 (Fri) Oct 17, 2025 (Fri)
and Modular Courses (2nd half)

Classes End Apr 23, 2025 (Wed) July 11, 2025 (Fri) Nov 14, 2025 (Fri)
Academic Pre-registration
DMC Report Submission* April 1, 2025 (Tue) -- Oct 21, 2025 (Tue)
HSS/EME Pre-registration April 1 – 5, 2025 (Tue-Sat) -- Oct 22-26, 2025 (Wed-Sun)
Apr 9 – 21, 2025 Oct 30 – Nov 11, 2025
Academic Pre-registration --
(Wed-Mon) (Thu-Tue)
Examinations and Grade Submission
Mid Semester
Examination/End Semester Feb 21 – Mar 1, 2025# June 16 – 17, 2025 Sep 16 – 22, 2025
Examination for Modular Courses (Fri- Sat) (Mon-Tue) (Tue-Mon)
(1st half)
Make-up Examination for the Mar 2, 2025 June 21, 2025 (Sat) Sep 27-28, 2025
modular courses (1st half) (Sun) (Sat-Sun)
Last date for Modular Course
End Sem Grade Submission (1st Mar 21, 2025 (Fri) June 25, 2025 (Wed) Oct 14, 2025 (Tue)
half)
Apr 26 – May 6, 2025 July 14 – 15, 2025 Nov 17 – 26, 2025
End Semester Examination
(Sat-Tue) (Mon-Tue) (Mon-Wed)
Make-up Examination for the May 9 - 11, 2025 Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2025
July 18, 2025 (Fri)
modular courses (2nd half) and the (Fri-Sun) (Sat-Mon)
regular courses
Last date for End Semester Grade
May 11, 2025 (Sun) July 18, 2025 (Fri) Dec 1, 2025 (Mon)
Submission
Last date for Make-up Grade
Submission and Conversion of I May 12, 2025 (Mon) July 19, 2025 (Sat) Dec 2, 2025 (Tue)
Grades
Vacation
Mar 8-16, 2025 Sep 27 – Oct 5, 2025
Mid Semester Recess --
(Sat-Sun) (Sat-Sun)
Nov 28, 2025 (Fri)
May 8 – July 29, 2025
End Semester Recess -- – Beginning of 2025-26-II
(Thu-Tue)
Semester
2024-25-II Semester:

64 teaching days with the following distribution of weekdays:

Mondays: 13
Tuesdays: 13
Wednesdays: 14
Thursdays: 12 (11 + 1 Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Thursday schedule will follow)
Fridays: 12 (10 + 2 Saturdays, March 22 and April 12, 2025** – Friday schedule will follow)

Summer Term 2025:

37 teaching days with the following distribution of weekdays:

Mondays: 6
Tuesdays: 7
Wednesdays: 8
Thursdays: 8
Fridays: 8

2025-26-I Semester:

65 teaching days with the following distribution of weekdays:

Mondays: 13 (11 + 2 Saturdays, August 9 and November 1, 2025 – Monday schedule will follow)
Tuesdays: 13
Wednesdays: 12
Thursdays: 14
Fridays: 13 (11 + 2 Saturdays, August 23 and November 8, 2025** – Friday schedule will follow)

Notes:
1) If the requisite number of lectures cannot be scheduled, the instructors may, in consultation
with the students in their respective courses, decide on a schedule of extra classes. The requisite
number of lectures in a full semester course is 39 lectures of 50 minutes each for 3- lectures a
week schedule.

2) There will be no extra classes on Gazetted Holidays.

3) No class, quiz, presentation or any other academic activity will be scheduled on February 20,
April 24-25, 2025, June 15, 2025, July 12-13, 2025, September 15, 2025, and November 15-16,
2025.

4) Saturdays and Sundays falling within the examination period will be used for scheduling
examinations. Under extraordinary circumstances, examinations of some of the courses may be
scheduled on the days preceding/following the mid semester/end semester examinations.

5) All make-up examinations permitted by the SUGC/SPGC will be conducted by the concerned
instructors in -charge as per the schedule detailed in the Academic Calendar.

*
DMC (Doctoral Monitoring Committee) Report should be submitted on the Pingala portal for
all eligible PhD students.

#
Change date approved in 569th Senate.
**
April 12, 2025 and November 8, 2025 are compensatory Fridays for the Gymkhana Holidays.

***