Key term dates for Staff and Students for the Academic Year 2017/18
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Key dates for Staff
|
DATE |
ACTIVITY |
MEETINGS |
| September 2017 |
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| 4 September 2017 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (12 noon) | |
| 4 September 2017 | Faculty of Social Sciences (3pm) | |
| 5 September 2017 | Autumn Examination Board Meeting (2016/17 ) | Faculty of Science & Engineering (3pm) |
| 5 September 2017 | Information Day for Guidance Counsellors | |
| Approx 7 September 2017 |
Commencement of First Year Remote Registration | |
| 6, 7, 8 September 2017 | Conferrings | |
| 7 - 15 September 2017 | First Year Orientation / Registration Verification | |
| Approx 8 September 2017 |
On-Line Registration for Continuing Students | |
| 11 September 2017 | Autumn Consultation Day | |
| 12 September 2017 | Postgraduate Induction (Taught Masters) | |
| 13 - 15 September 2017 | Higher Options | |
| 18 September 2017 | Commencement of lectures | Academic Council (3pm) |
| 21 September 2017 | Governing Authority (2.30pm) | |
| 27 September 2017 | Postgraduate Induction (Research Masters and PhDs) | |
| October 2017 | ||
| 6 October 2017 | Change of Module Deadline for all Continuing Students | |
| 13 October 2017 | Change of Subject Deadline for First Year Students | |
| 16 October 2017 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (3pm) | |
| 17 October 2017 | Faculty of Science & Engineering (3pm) | |
| 23 October 2017 | Faculty of Social Sciences (3pm | |
| 25 October 2017 | Entrance Scholarships Ceremony | |
| 30 October – 3 November 2017 | Study Week | |
| 31 October 2017 | Registration Deadline for Postgraduate Modules (Semester 1) | |
| 31 October 2017 | Deadline to withdraw from studies without losing “Free Fee Status” for following year | |
| November 2017 | ||
| 1 November 2017 | PAC opens for on-line applications | |
| 1 and 2 November 2017 | Autumn Conferrings | |
| 6 November 2017 | Academic Council (3p.m.) | |
| To be confirmed | Prizes and Scholarships Awards Ceremony | |
| 9 November 2017 | Governing Authority (2.30pm) | |
| 20 November 2017 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (3pm) | |
| 21 November 2017 | Faculty of Science & Engineering (3pm) | |
| 24 + 25 November 2017 | Open Days | |
| 27 November 2017 | Faculty of Social Sciences (3pm) | |
| December 2017 | ||
| 11 December 2017 | Academic Council (3pm) | |
| 11 - 15 December 2017 | Last week of lectures for First Semester | |
| 13 December 2017 | Governing Authority (2.30pm) | |
| 18 -29 December 2017 | Christmas Vacation (students) | |
| January 2018 | ||
| 1 – 4 January 2018 | Study week | |
| 5 January 2018 | January examinations commence | |
| 17 January 2018 | CAO Information Evening | |
| 15 January 2018 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (12 noon) | |
| 15 January 2018 | Faculty of Social Sciences (3pm) | |
| 16 January 2018 | Faculty of Science & Engineering (12 noon) | |
| 22 – 26 January 2018 | Inter Semester Break | |
| 29 January 2018 | Start of Lectures – Second Semester | |
| 31 January 2018 | Deadline for withdrawing from studies and retain 50% “Free Fee Status” | |
| 31 January 2018 | Registration deadline for Postgraduate Modules (Semester 2) | |
| February 2018 | ||
| 5 February 2018 | Academic Council (3pm) | |
| During the first week | Academic Database open (allowing Departments to update programme structures, module descriptors and module learning outcomes) | |
| 9 February 2018 | Deadline for Change of 2nd Semester Modules | |
| 15 February 2018 | Governing Authority (2.30pm) | |
| 27 February 2018 | Postgraduate Open Evening | |
| March 2018 | ||
| 19 – 23 March 2018 | Study Week | |
| 12 March 2018 | Faculty of Social Sciences (11am) | |
| 12 March 2018 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (3pm) | |
| 13 March 2018 | Faculty of Science & Engineering (3pm) | |
| 26 – 30 March 2018 | Easter vacation (students) | |
| During the last week of March |
Close of Academic Database | |
| April 2018 | ||
| 2 April 2018 | Bank Holiday (Easter Monday) | |
| 3 April 2018 | Lectures resume | |
| 9 April 2018 | Academic Council (3 pm) | |
| 26 April 2018 | Governing Authority (2.30pm | |
| 28 April 2018 | Spring Open Day | |
| 30 April - 4 May 2018 | Last week of Lectures for Second Semester | |
| May 2018 | ||
| 7 May 2018 | Bank Holiday | |
| 8 - 10 May 2018 | Study Week | |
| 11 May 2018 | Summer examinations commence | |
| 14 May 2018 | Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy (12 noon) | |
| 14 May 2018 | Faculty of Social Sciences (3pm) | |
| 15 May 2018 | Faculty of Science & Engineering (3pm) | |
| 28 May 2018 | Academic Council ( 2pm) | |
| June 2018 | ||
| 7 June 2018 | Governing Authority (2.30pm) | |
| 11 – 15 June 2018 | Maynooth Summer School | |
| To be confirmed | Summer Examination Board meeting | |
| 23 June 2018 | Summer Open Day | |
| To be confirmed | Consultation Day | |
| August 2018 | ||
| To be confirmed | Autumn examinations commence | |
| September 2018 | ||
| To be confirmed | Autumn Examination Board meeting | |
| To be confirmed | Autumn Consultation Day |
Key dates for Students
| DATE |
ACTIVITY |
| September 2017 |
|
| Approx 7 September 2017 |
Commencement of First Year Remote Registration |
| 6,7,8 September 2017 | Conferrings |
| 7-15 September 2017 | First Year Orientation / Registration Verification |
| Approx 8 September 2017 |
On-Line Registration for Continuing Students |
| 11 September 2017 | Autumn Consultation Day |
| 12 September 2017 | Postgraduate Induction (Taught Masters) |
| 13 - 15 September 2017 | Higher Options |
| 18 September 2017 | Commencement of lectures |
| 27 September 2017 | Postgraduate Induction (Research Masters and PhDs) |
| October 2017 | |
| 6 October 2017 | Change of Module Deadline for all Continuing Students |
| 13 October 2017 | Change of Subject Deadline for First Year Students |
| 25 October 2017 | Entrance Scholarships Ceremony |
| 30 October – 3 November 2017 | Study Week |
| 31 October 2017 | Registration Deadline for Postgraduate Modules (Semester 1) |
| 31 October 2017 | Deadline to withdraw from studies without losing “Free Fee Status” for following year |
| November 2017 | |
| 1 November 2017 | PAC opens for on-line applications |
| 1 and 2 November 2017 | Autumn Conferrings |
| To Be Confirmed | Prizes and Scholarships Awards Ceremony |
| 24 + 25 November 2017 | Open Days |
| December 2017 | |
| 11 - 15 December 2017 | Last week of lectures for First Semester |
| 18 -29 December 2017 | Christmas Vacation (students) |
| January 2018 | |
| 1 – 4 January 2018 | Study week |
| 5 January 2018 | January examinations commence |
| 17 January 2018 | CAO Information Evening |
| 22 – 26 January 2018 | Inter Semester Break |
| 29 January 2018 | Start of Lectures – Second Semester |
| 31 January 2018 | Deadline for withdrawing from studies and retain 50% “Free Fee Status” |
| 31 January 2018 | Registration deadline for Postgraduate Modules (Semester 2) |
| February 2018 | |
| 9 February 2018 | Deadline for Change of 2nd Semester Modules |
| 27 February 2018 | Postgraduate Open Evening |
| March 2018 | |
| 19 – 23 March 2018 | Study Week |
| 26-30 March 2018 | Easter vacation (students) |
| April 2018 | |
| 2nd April 2018 | Bank Holiday - Easter Monday |
| 3rd April 2018 | Lectures resume |
| 28 April 2018 | Spring Open Day |
| 30 April - 4 May 2018 | Last week of Lectures for Second Semester |
| May 2018 | |
| 7 May 2018 | Bank Holiday |
| 8 - 10 May 2018 | Study Week |
| 11 May 2018 | Summer examinations commence |
| June 2018 | |
| 11 – 15 June 2018 | Maynooth Summer School |
| 23 June 2018 | Summer Open Day |
| To Be Confirmed | Consultation Day |
| August 2018 | |
| To Be Confirmed | Autumn examinations commence |
| September 2018 | |
| To Be Confirmed | Autumn Consultation Day |