 academic schedule semester 1 20202021 academic year academic schedule semester 1 20202021 academic year the university of guyana wishes to advise that due to the ongoing situation with covid19 the institution will continue to work in safe mode online with essential services being performed on the university s campuses as such ug will offer its courses   online   for semester 1 of the 20202021 academic year important dates to note for semester 1 are as follow  the new academic year is scheduled to commence on october 5 2020 however registration for new and continuing students will be held from august 31 2020 to september 30 2020 orientation will be conducted   online   from october 5 2020 to october 9 2020 and the first day of classes will be on october 12 2020 the end of period for late registration is november 6 2020 while the end of period for the 1 change of registration 2 requests for transfers 3 requests for exemptions of courses and 4 requests for withdrawal from courses is november 13 2020 the deadline for payment of fees or submission of loan award is november 27 2020 examination period for semester 1 will be held from january 25 2021 to february 13 2021 the semester is scheduled to end on february 13 2021 note the situation will be reviewed and updated according for semester 2 for clarifications and questions  continuing students may contact their heads of department while new applicants and the public may call or whatsapp 5926238325 5926233159 between 1000 am and 200 pm monday to friday or email  admissions uogedugy copy to fixug uogedugy for queries dominicbraam tue 8252020 1323 registry 