Academic Secretariat UCD Registry

Academic Year 2011/12 Term dates

Semester 1 (Thursday, 1 September 2011 Sunday, 15 January 2012 inclusive)

First Year Registration and Orientation Teaching term 1 Revision Exams Christmas break Semester 1 Exam Process5 Monday, 5 September Friday, 9 September Monday, 12 September Friday, 2 December Saturday, 3 December Friday, 9 December Saturday, 10 December Wednesday, 21 December (final dates to be confirmed) Monday, 2 Jan 2012 Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012 (final dates to be confirmed)
1

Varies depending on course 12 weeks 1 week 10 working days

Semester 2 (Monday, 16 January Sunday, 13 May 2012 inclusive)

Teaching term 2a Fieldwork/Study period Teaching term 2b Revision Exams Semester 2 exam process5 Monday, 16 January Friday, 2 March Monday, 5 March Sunday, 18 March Monday, 19 March Friday, 20 April Monday, 23 April Sunday, 29 April Monday, 30 April
4 3 2

7 weeks 2 weeks 5 weeks 1 week

4

Saturday, 12 May

11 working days

Monday, 14 May Friday, 25 May (final dates to be confirmed)

Summer term/Research period (Monday, 14 May Sunday, 2 September 2012 inclusive)

Term 3 Graduate exam process5
1 2

Monday, 14 May Sunday, 2 September6 (final dates to be confirmed)

16 weeks

October Bank Holiday: Monday, 31 October 2011 St Patricks Day: Saturday, 17 March 2012 3 Good Friday, 6 April 2012; Easter Sunday, 8 April 2012; Easter Monday, 9 April 2012 4 May Bank Holiday: Monday, 2 May 2012 5 Incorporates Grading, Grade Entry, Processing, School Module Review Boards, Release of provisional results 6 June Bank Holiday: Monday, 4 June 2012; August Bank Holiday: 6 August 2012