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Academic Calendar 2025/26

Academic Calendar 2025 - 2026

September 2025
Postgraduate Orientation (Taught & Research) -
Undergraduate Orientation- Welcome Week (Online) -
Orientation for new students studying predominantly online -
Undergraduate Orientation In-person -
Semester 1 teaching starts
Online Registration closes (including change of module)
Postgraduate Research Orientation Event
Semester 1 teaching starts (1st year undergraduate students)
Autumn Faculty Award Boards for Research Degrees -
Last date for registration (late registration fee applies thereafter)
October 2025
Deadline for submission of appeals (postgraduate research students only)
Latest date for submission of e-thesis for examination for research students wishing to meet Spring Faculty Research Award Boards for Research Degrees
Autumn Graduation -
Reading week (for Faculties with this option except 1st years) -
University Closed, Public Holiday
Late autumn Progression and Award Boards (full-time Masters)
Closing date for Withdrawal Free Fee Tuition
Closing date for receipt of deferral of Academic Year -
Closing date for receipt of deferral of Academic Year
Close of registration for academic year 2025/2026
Late autumn promulgation of results
November 2025
Late autumn registration for repeat and deferred students (full-time Masters) following November PABs -
Closing date for lodging appeals, assessment reviews and rechecks (final year Masters and BSc in Nursing students)
Latest date for publication of Semester 1 exam timetable
Open Days -
Meeting of Appeals Board (Master and BSc in Nursing student appeals)
End of Semester 1 teaching
December 2025
Exam study period
QQI FET Entry route Open Day
Exam period Semester 1 -
Inter-Semester break -
January 2026
Exam grading and processing period -
Semester 2 Orientation (January Start Programmes) -
Online registration for Semester 2 starts only - late registration fee applies thereafter -
Semester 2 teaching starts
Change of module choice (Semester 2) -
Spring Faculty Award Boards for Research Degrees -
Latest date for submission of Grades
Results review in Faculties/PBERC Meetings for Semester 1 -
Closing date for Withdrawal Half Fee Tuition
February 2026
University Closed, Public Holiday
Progression and Award Boards (for Spring Graduation) -
Promulgation of examination results
Consultation days for students -
Closing date for lodging appeals, assessment reviews and rechecks (from February PABs for Spring Graduation only)
Reading week (for all Faculties) -
March 2026
Meeting of Appeals Board
University Closed, Public Holiday
Latest date for publication of Semester 2 exam timetable
Spring Graduation
April 2026
University Closed, Good Friday
University Closed, Public Holiday
Semester 2 teaching ends
Exam study period (BEd - year 1 only) -
Open Day- Spring
Exam period Semester 2 -
Exam study period (BEd - year 1 only) -
Exam period (BEd - year 1 only) -
May 2026
University Closed, Public Holiday
Exam grading and processing period -
R30 (Extenuating Circumstances Form) submission deadline for Semester 2
Transition Year Open Day
Submission of results by examiners to Faculty Office
Results review in Faculties/PBERC meetings -
Progression and Award Boards and Graduate Training Award Boards -
June 2026
University Closed, Public Holiday
Promulgation of examination results
Period of consultation for students -
Closing date for lodging appeals, assessment reviews and rechecks
Latest date for publication of resit continuous assessment details and submission dates
Latest date for submission of softbound thesis for research students wishing to meet Autumn Faculty Research Award Boards for Research Degrees
June Open Day
Latest date for submission of Annual Progress Reports for Research Students
Meeting of Appeals Board
July 2026
Resit examinations for Semester 1 and Semester 2 -
August 2026
University Closed, Public Holiday
R30 (Extenuating Circumstances Form) submission deadline for resit exams
Progression and Award Boards and Graduate Training Award Boards -
Promulgation of examination results
Consultation days for students -
September 2026
Closing date for lodging appeals, assessment reviews and rechecks
Autumn Faculty Award Boards for Research Degrees -
Meeting of Appeals Boards
October 2026
University Closed, Public Holiday
Late autumn Progression and Award Boards
Late autumn promulgation of results