Thesis Submission for Examination Deadlines

• Students with a January start date, the deadline is 31 December 2026
• Students with an April start date, the deadline is 31 March 2027
• Students with a July start date, the deadline is 30 June 2027
• Students with an October start date, the deadline is 30 September 2026

To submit a thesis for examination the student must log into the Graduate Education Manager (GEM) System

Thesis Submission Deadlines and Eligibility for Conferring

Please contact conferrings@ucc.ie for queries specific to the ceremonies.

To be eligible to graduate at a conferring ceremony, the student must have completed the entire examination process. This involves submitting the thesis for examination and completing all examination requirements. When the examination report has been completed by the examiners, it will be sent to the next Academic Council Graduate Studies Committee (ACGSC) for approval.

A candidate's conferring date is dependent on their examiners' report being approved at a particular ACGSC meeting.

Subsequent to approval at ACGSC, a candidate must submit their final thesis to the UCC Library via CORA, the University's online repository, before the final thesis submission deadline for each specific conferring ceremony. 

It is important to plan ahead for final submission and graduation according to the below dates. 

Please contact conferrings@ucc.ie for queries specific to the ceremonies.