Key Semester Dates
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Your academic year in UCC follows a schedule of important dates. As a student in UCC meeting the deadlines found in the schedule of dates will help you organise your year ahead. Key milestones are listed so that you can take control and ensure that you get the best out of what UCC can offer you. The following deadlines are carefully planned so that there is as little disruption to your studies as possible.
Academic Year Key Dates may be subject to amendment and/or on-campus restrictions due to the pandemic.
A list of programmes with an ealier start date is available on the Non-standard Start Dates webpage Postgraduate taught courses start dates may differ and can be found on the Postgraduate prospectus webpage.
Key Semester Dates 2022-23
Milestone event 2022 - 2023 | Date (Subject to change) |
Non-standard Starts commence | 24 August 2022 |
Start of Academic Year 2022-23 - all non-first years | 12 September 2022 |
Start of Academic Year 2022-23 - first years only | 26 September 2022 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 31 October 2022 |
End of semester 1 lectures | 2 December 2022 |
Start of winter examinations | 8 December 2022 |
End of winter examinations | 21 December 2022 |
Lectures begin semester 2 | 16 January 2023 |
Bank Holiday - St Brigid’s Day | 6 February 2023 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 17 March 2023 |
Last week of semester 2 | 3 April 2023 |
Good Friday - no lectures | 7 April 2023 |
Easter Recess | 10 April 2023 |
Easter Monday - no lectures | 10 April 2023 |
Start of summer examinations | 28 April 2023 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 1 May 2023 |
Summer Recess | 29 May 2023 |
Start of autumn examinations | 28 July 2023 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 7 August 2023 |
End of autumn examinations | 11 August 2023 |
Start of Academic Year 2023-24 - all non-first years | 11 September 2023 |
Start of Academic Year 2023-24 - first years only | 25 September 2023 |
Key Semester Dates 2023-24
Milestone event 2023 - 2024 | Date (Subject to change) |
Non-standard Starts commence | TBC |
Start of Academic Year 2023-24 - all non-first years | 11 September 2023 |
Start of Academic Year 2023-24 - first years only | 25 September 2023 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 30 October 2023 |
End of Semester 1 lectures | 1 December 2023 |
Start of winter examinations - all non-first years | 7 December 2023 |
Start of winter examinations - first years only | 13 December 2023 |
End of winter examinations | 21 December 2023 |
Lectures begin semester 2 - all years | 15 January 2024 |
Bank Holiday - St Brigid’s Day | 5 February 2024 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 18 March 2024 |
Easter Recess | 25 March 2024 |
Good Friday - no lectures | 29 March 2024 |
Easter Monday - no lectures | 1 April 2024 |
Last week of semester 2 | 15 April 2024 |
Start of summer examinations | 26 April 2024 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 6 May 2024 |
End of summer examinations | 10 May 2024 |
Summer Recess | 27 May 2024 |
Start of autumn examinations | 26 July 2024 |
Bank Holiday - no lectures | 5 August 2024 |
End of autumn examinations | 9 August 2024 |
Start of Academic Year 2024-25 - all non-first years | 9 September 2024 |