Non-Standard Start Dates 2024-25
The standard start date for all other years for all programmes is 09 September 2024. Some programmes traditionally have earlier starts and these are listed below. Postgraduate Taught course start dates are also published in the individual postgraduate course prospectus pages.
| Programme | Year of study | Non-Standard Start Date |
|---|---|---|
| All Nursing and Midwifery programmes | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| All Nursing and Midwifery programmes | 2 & 3 | 02 September 2024 |
| Bachelor of Dental Surgery | 3, 4 & 5 | 26 August 2024 |
| Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Graduate Entry) | 2, 3 & 4 | 26 August 2024 |
| BSc Architecture | All years | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Integrated Childrens and General | 4 | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Intellectual Disability Nursing | 2 & 3 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Intellectual Disability Nursing | 4 | 19 August 2024 |
| BSc Midwifery | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Midwifery | 2, 3 & 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Midwifery | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (Children's & General) | 2 & 3 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (Children's & General) | 4 | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (General) | 2 & 3 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (General) | 4 | 19 August 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (Mental Health) | 2 & 3 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc Nursing (Mental Health) | 4 | 19 August 2024 |
| BSc Nursing Studies | All years | 11 September 2024 |
| Cert. in Nursing (Nurse/Midwife Prescr.) | All years | 10 September 2024 |
| Diploma Dental Hygiene | 1 & 2 | 26 August 2024 |
| Postgraduate Certificate Gerontological Nursing | One year programme | Programme Discontinued |
| Master of Architecture | One year programme | 23 September 2024 |
| Master of Public Health (Online) | 1 | 21 August 2024 |
| Master of Public Health (Online) | All years | 28 August 2024 |
| MCh in Surgical Science | 1 | 14 October 2024 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | 1 | 30 August 2024 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | 2 | 02 September 2024 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | 3, 4 | 26 August 2024 |
| Medicine (Direct Entry) | 1 | 13 September 2024 |
| Medicine (Direct Entry) | 2 | 09 September 2024 |
| Medicine (Direct Entry) | 3, 4, 5 | 26 August 2024 |
| MEngSc Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Engineering | One year programme | 13 September 2024 |
| MSc Audiology | 1 & 2 | 04 September 2024 |
| MSc Audiology | All years | 04 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Diploma Cognitive Behavioual Therapy | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy | All years | 16 September 2024 |
| MSc Dementia | One year programme | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc Healthcare Quality Improvement Year 1 | 1 | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc Healthcare Quality Improvement Year 2 | 2 | 26 August 2024 |
| MSc Hearing, Balance and Communication | All years | 04 September 2024 |
| MSc in Clinical Trials | 3 | 23 September 2024 |
| MSc Midwifery | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc Nursing (International) | All years | 11 September 2024 |
| MSc Nursing Year 2 | All years | 16 September 2024 |
| MSc Nursing/Midwifery (Advanced Pract) | 1 | 10 September 2024 |
| MSc Nursing/Midwifery (Advanced Pract) | 2 | 11 September 2024 |
| MSc Occupational Health (Online) | 1 | 21 August 2024 |
| MSc Occupational Health (Online) | 2 | 26 August 2024 |
| MSc Older Person Rehabilitation | One year programme | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc Physiotherapy | 1 | 06 September 2024 |
| Certificate in Nursing - Nurse/Midwife Prescribing | One year programme | 11 September 2024 |
| PG Cert Dementia | One year programme | 02 September 2024 |
| PG Cert in Health Professions' Education | 2 | 25 September 2024 |
| PG Cert in Older Person Rehabilitation | One year programme | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Nursing (Specialist MH) | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Pharmacy | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| Pharmacy | 2, 3 | 09 September 2024 |
| Pharmacy | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Nursing (Gerontological) | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Nursing (Intensive Care) | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Nursing (Oncology) | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Public Health Nursing | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Certificate Clinical Trials | 1 | 23 September 2024 |
| Postgraduate Certificate in Dementia | 1 | 02 September 2024 |
| Higher Diploma Midwifery | 1 | intake March 2024 next intake Sept 2025 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials | 2 | 23 September 2024 |
| PG Diploma in Health Professions Education | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 1 | 16 September 2024 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 2 | 09 September 2024 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 3 | 09 September 2024 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 4 | 26 August 2024 |
| BSc Speech and Language Therapy | 2, 3 & 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| MSc in Health Professions' Education | 3 | 30 September 2024 |
| PG Paediatrics & Child Health | Cert Year 1 | 09 September 2024 |
| PG Allergy & Clinical Immunology | Cert Year 1 | 09 September 2024 |
| BEd (Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts) | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| BEDGA4 (BEdGaeilge) | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc (Science Education) | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| BSc (Science Education) - Direct Entry | 4 | 02 September 2024 |
| Early Start Semester in Literature in Ireland & Creative Writing | One year programme | 19 August 2024 |
| MEd (Modular) | All years | 02 September 2024 |
| Master in Social Work (MSW) | 1 | 09 September 2024 |
| Master in Social Work (MSW) | 2 | 02 September 2024 |
| PG Diploma Educational Leadership | One year programme | 07 September 2024 |
| PG Diploma in Youth Work | 1 | 09 September 2024 |
| PG Diploma in Youth Work | 2 | 02 September 2024 |
| Professional Master of Education | 1 & 2 | 02 September 2024 |
| Professional MEduc (Art & Design) | 1 & 2 | 02 September 2024 |