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Updated 09 April 2025

Summer Trimester (Monday, 19 May 2025 – Sunday, 31 August 2025 inclusive) 

  • Teaching term: Monday, 19 May – Friday, 8 August (12 weeks) 
  • Revision: Saturday, 9 August – Friday, 15 August (1 week) 
  • Exams: Saturday, 16 August – Saturday, 23 August (1 week) 

See (opens in a new window)Academic Dates calendar for details. 

Updated 11 June 2025

Dates are subject to change.

To access Online Registration, log in to SISWeb using the Log in with UCD Connect button. Then click on My Registration.  

Check out the Registration How-To Guides and Videos for help with what to do. 

Keep an eye on the Google Calendar below for more dates.  

Date  Activity Who does it affect?
Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration (if required). 

College Diploma Students (including BBS) in all Colleges.

Thursday, 14 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • All Final Year Undergraduates in the following Colleges:
    • Arts & Humanities.
    • Business.
    • Social Science and Law.
  • BSc Sustainability Stage 4.
  • Continuing students on the H Dip Psychology.

Including students repeating these stages.

Friday, 15 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • Graduate Taught Students in the Colleges of:
    • Arts & Humanities.
    • Social Science and Law.
Monday, 18 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • BA Humanities Stage 3.
  • BA International Stage 3. 
  • BA Modern Languages Stage 3. 
  • LAW/BCL - all streams, incl minors - Stage 3:
    • Law with Economics Stage 3. 
    • Law with History Stage 3. 
    • Law with Philosophy Stage 3.
    • Law with Social Justice Stage 3. 
    • Law with Politics Stage 3. 
    • Law with/and Chinese Stage 3. 
    • Law with Irish Stage 3.
  • Law with French Law Stage 2.
  • BCL Maitrise Stage 2.
  • Law Stage 2 (not including Law with Minor).
  • Business & Law (BBL) Stages 2 and 3.
  • Commerce (BComm) Stage 2 and Internship Year.
  • BSc Business Stage 2 and Internship Year
  • BSc Economics & Finance Stage 2 and Internship Year.
  • BSc Social Science Stage 3.
  • BSc Sustainability Stage 3.
  • BSc Criminology with Psychology Stage 3.
  • BEd Stage 3. 

Including students repeating these stages.

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • Engineering and Architecture - all Graduate Taught and Undergraduate (excluding Stage 1 UG).

Including students repeating these stages.

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • BA Stage 2.
  • BA Humanities Stage 2.
  • Modern Languages Stage 2.
  • BSc Social Science Stage 2.
  • BSocSc Social Policy & Sociology Stage 2.
  • Commerce (BComm) International Stages 2 and 3.
  • Law with/and Chinese Stage 2.
  • Law with Economics Stage 2.
  • Law with History Stage 2.
  • Law with Philosophy Stage 2.
  • Law with Social Justice Stage 2.
  • Law with Politics Stage 2.
  • Law with Irish Stage 2.
  • HDip Psychology – new entrants.
  • BSc Sustainability Stage 2.
  • BSc Criminology with Psychology Stage 2.
  • BEd Stage 2. 

Including students repeating these stages.

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • UCD Smurfit School, including MSc Food Business Strategy.
Friday, 22 August 2025

Leaving Certificate results published.

Incoming CAO students. 

Friday, 22 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

Stages 2 - 4 of:

  • Agriculture.*
  • BAFS.
  • BSc Computer Science.
  • Food Science.*
  • Human Nutrition.*
  • Science (excluding BSc Sustainability). 

*Excludes students waiting for Professional Work Experience results.

Including students repeating these stages.

Monday, 25 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal details and begin module registration. 

Stage 2-6 (where applicable) of:

  • Biomedical, Health and Life Sciences.
  • Health and Performance Science.
  • Medicine.
  • Nursing/Midwifery (all streams).
  • Physiotherapy.
  • Radiography.*
  • Sports and Exercise Management.**
  • Veterinary Medicine.
  • Veterinary Nursing.

Includes students repeating these stages.

*Stages 2 and 3 of Graduate Entry Diagnostic Radiography will register on Thursday, 28 August.

**Excluding students waiting for placement results.

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

CAO Round 1 offers available from 2 pm.

Students accepting Round 1 CAO offers. 
Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • Graduate Taught Students in the Colleges of: 
    • Science. 
    • Health and Agricultural Sciences.
Thursday, 28 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration. 

  • Open Learning Students.
  • MSc Food, Nutrition & Health.
  • Late Boards (e.g. students expecting placement results).
  • Advance Centre.
  • UCD Micro-credentials.
  • Stages 2 and 3 of Graduate Entry Diagnostic Radiography.
Friday, 29 August 2025

Online registration opens - check your email for your Start Time.

Confirm registration, complete your personal information and begin module registration (if required). 

Graduate Research Students in all Colleges.

Friday, 29 August 2025 - 12 noon

Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates.

Start Step 1 of Registration - Complete Personal Information/Pay Fees/Upload Photo/Confirm Registration. 

Incoming CAO/Direct Applicants.

For offers accepted by 5 pm, Wednesday, 27 August.

Monday, 1 September 2025 - 10 am

Online module registration will close at 10 am for all students so Elective places can be allocated to continuing undergraduate students.

All students (except Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates).
Monday, 1 September 2025 - 12 noon

Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates.

Start Step 1 of Registration - Complete Personal Information/Pay Fees/Upload Photo/Confirm Registration. 

Incoming CAO/Direct Applicants.

For offers accepted by 5 pm, Thursday, 28 August.

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Online Module Registration fully reopens at 12:30 pm after Elective Allocation.

All students (except Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates).

Tuesday, 2 September 2025 - 3 pm

Incoming  Stage 1 Undergraduates.

Start Step 1 of Registration - Complete Personal Information/Pay Fees/Upload Photo/Confirm Registration. 

Incoming CAO/Direct Applicants.

For offers accepted by 5 pm, Friday, 29 August.

Wednesday, 3 September 2025 - 10 am

Incoming  Stage 1 Undergraduates.

Start Step 1 of Registration - Complete Personal Information/Pay Fees/Upload Photo/Confirm Registration. 

Incoming CAO/ Direct Applicants.

For offers accepted after 5 pm Friday, 29 August and up to the closing of Round 1 acceptance.

Wednesday, 3 September 2025 - afternoon

Module Registration Start times will be allocated to Incoming Undergraduate students, and details will be sent to their UCD Connect email address.

Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates (CAO and Direct Applicants). 

Thursday, 4 and Friday, 5 September 2025

Begin Online Module Registration - depending on Start Time. 

  • Incoming Stage 1 Undergraduates (CAO and Direct Applicants).
    • Includes:
      • Graduate Entry Medicine.
      • Graduate Entry Veterinary Medicine.
      • Graduate Entry Diagnostic Radiography.
  • Repeat Stage 1 Undergraduates.
Friday, 19 September 2025

Online Registration closes at 5 pm.

All students. 

Friday, 31 October 2025

Deadline for:

  • Dropping unwanted Autumn modules.
  • Applying for a Leave of Absence (where permitted).
  • Withdrawing from your Programme.

All students.

Key Dates Calendar

All dates are subject to change

How to get the most from the Current Students Key Dates calendar

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Dates for last day of the Registered Term

Updated 07 February 2025

Last day of the Registered Term for:

  • 2023/2024 May - 18 May 2025
  • 2024/2025 September - 31 August 2025
  • 2024/2025 January - 31 December 2025

Access to most IT services you are entitled to, as a registered student, will end on the last day of the term. For more details and information on what to do, please check the (opens in a new window)UCD IT Support Hub.

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