Non-Standard Start Dates 2023-24
The standard start date for all other years for all programmes is 11 September 2023. 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.
If you are in any doubt, please contact the Programme Director or School for the programme. All on-campus activity is subject to the prevailing public-health advice.
Listed in Alphabetical Order
| Programme | Year | Non-Standard Start Date |
| All Nursing and Midwifery programmes | 1 | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| All Nursing and Midwifery programmes | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| All Nursing programmes | 4 | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| Bachelor of Dental Science | 3, 4 & 5 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Bachelor of Dental Science (Graduate Entry) | 2, 3 & 4 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| BEd (Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts) | 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BEDGA4 (BEdGaeilge) | 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc (Science Education) | 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc (Science Education) - Direct Entry | 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Integrated Childrens and General | 4 | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| BSc Intellectual Disability Nursing | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Intellectual Disability Nursing | 4 | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| BSc Midwifery | 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Midwifery | 2, 3 & 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Midwifery | 1 | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (Children's & General) | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (Children's & General) | 4 | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (General) | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (General) | 4 | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (Mental Health) | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Nursing (Mental Health) | 4 | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| BSc Nursing Studies | All years | Wednesday 13 September 2023 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 4 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 2 | Friday 11 September 2023 |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | 4*** | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| BSc Speech and Language Therapy | 2 & 3 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| BSc Speech and Language Therapy | 2, 3 & 4 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Cert. in Nursing (Nurse/Midwife Prescr.) | All years | Tuesday 12 September 2023 |
| Diploma Dental Hygiene | 1 & 2 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Early Start Semester in Literature in Ireland & Creative Writing | 2 | Monday 21 August 2023 |
| Gerontological Nursing | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| M Ed (Modular) | All years | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| M Ed (Modular) | All years | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| M Soc work | 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Master of Public Health (Online) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| MCh in Surgical Science | 1 | Monday 16 October 2023 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | 2, 3 & 4 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | 1 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Medicine (MB, Bch, BAO degrees) | 3, 4 & 5 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| MEngSc Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Engineering | Friday 8 & Satuday 9 September 2023 | |
| MSc Audiology | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc Audiology | All years | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Year 1 | All years | Friday 11 September 2023 |
| MSc Dementia | Monday 4 September 2023 | |
| MSc Dementia | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc Healthcare Quality Improvement | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc Hearing, Balance and Communication | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc Hearing, Balance and Communication | All years | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| MSc in Clinical Trials | All years | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| MSc Midwifery | All years | Friday 15 September 2023 |
| MSc Nursing (International) | All years | Wednesday 13 September 2023 |
| MSc Nursing Year 2 | All years | Friday 15 September 2023 |
| MSc Nursing/Midwifery (Advanced Pract) | All years | Tuesday 12 September 2023 |
| MSc Occupational Health (Online) | All years | Wednesday 23 August 2023 |
| MSc Older Person Rehabilitation | Thursday 31 August 2023 | |
| MSc Older Person Rehabilitation | 1 & 2 | Thursday 31 August 2023 |
| MSc Physiotherapy | 1 | Friday 8 September 2023 |
| Oncology Nursing | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| PCNMS1 Medical Surgical Nursing | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| PG Cert Dementia | Monday 4 September 2023 | |
| PG Cert in Health Professions' Education | 1 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| PG Cert in Older Person Rehabilitation | Thursday 31 August 2023 | |
| PG Certificate (Older Person Rehabilitation) | 1 | Thursday 31 August 2023 |
| PG Diploma Educational Leadership | One year programme | Saturday 9 September 2023 |
| PG Diploma in Health Professions Education | 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| PG Diploma in Youth Work | All years | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Pgrad Dip in Nursing (Medical-Surgical) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Pgrad Dip in Nursing (Specialist MH) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Pharmacy | 4 | Thursday 24 August 2023 |
| Pharmacy | 4 | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgrad Dip in Nursing (Gerontological) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgrad Dip in Nursing (Intensive Care) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgrad Dip in Nursing (Neonatology) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgrad Dip in Nursing (Oncology) | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgrad Dip in Public Health Nursing | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Postgraduate Certificate Clinical Trials | All years | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| Postgraduate Certificate in Dementia | 1 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Postgraduate Dip in Midwifery Studies | 1 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials | 1 & 2** | Monday 18 September 2023 |
| Professional Master of Education | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Professional MEduc (Art & Design) | 1 & 2 | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Trauma & Emergency Nursing | All years | Monday 28 August 2023 |