Thesis Submission Deadlines
E-thesis Submission for Examination Deadlines
- Students with a July start date, the deadline is 7th July 2023
- Students with an October start date, the deadline is 6th October 2023
- Students with a January start date, the deadline is 5th January 2024
- Students with an April start date, the deadline is 31st March 2024
Submission of the thesis should be made ONLINE HERE
It may take up to three weeks for your thesis to be processed and sent to the examiners. You should take this into account when planning your thesis submission and a date for your viva. However, if you submit in the weeks before the final deadline, your thesis submission should be processed very quickly.
Final E-thesis Submission Deadlines and Eligibility for Conferring
To be eligible to graduate at a conferring ceremony, you must first have submitted your e-thesis for examination. Following the examination, the examiners' report must be approved by the Academic Council Graduate Studies Committee (ACGSC).
Please plan ahead for your final submission and graduation according to these dates.
| Deadline for examiners' reports to be submitted to the GSO for consideration at ACGSC |
ACGSC dates 2023/24 | Deadline for final e-thesis submission | Student is then eligible to graduate in the following conferring ceremony |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11th August 2023 | 16th August 2023 (sub-committee) | 30th August 2023 | Autumn 2023 |
| 8th September 2023 | 13th September 2023 | 15th December 2023 | Spring 2024 |
| 3rd November 2023 | 8th November 2023 | 15th December 2023 | Spring 2024 |
| 12th January 2024 | 17th Janaury 2024 | 3rd May 2024 | Summer 2024 |
| 8th March 2024 | 13th March 2024 | 3rd May 2024 | Summer 2024 |
| 5th April 2024 | 10th April 2024 | 3rd May 2024 | Summer 2024 |
| 3rd May 2024 | 8th May 2024 | 23rd August 2024 | Autumn 2024 |
| 14th June 2024 | 19th June 2024 (sub-committee) | 23rd August 2024 | Autumn 2024 |
| 12th July 2024 | 17th July 2024 (sub-committee) | 23rd August 2024 | Autumn 2024 |
| 2nd August 2024 | 7th August 2024 (sub-committee) | 23rd August 2024 | Autumn 2024 |
A candidate's conferring is dependent on his/her examiners' report being approved at a particular meeting. Subsequent to approval at ACGSC, a candidate must submit their final e-thesis to the UCC Library via CORA, the University's online repository, before the final thesis submission deadline for each specific conferring ceremony.
If you have questions on your conferrings, please contact conferrings@ucc.ie