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17 Aug 20

Covid-19: When do colleges reopen for new and returning students?

Night time shot of Parliment Square in Trinity College, Dublin.

With Leaving Cert results just around the corner, colleges around the country are getting ready to reopen their doors. Here's some of the updated key dates...

Cork Institute Of Technology
September 21: Semester 1 Teaching, Learning and Assessment for continuing and part-time students begins.
October 5: 1st Year delivery begins

Dublin City University
September 21: Orientation of first year undergraduate students and international students begins (partially online)
October 5: Semester 1 lectures begins.

Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute:
September 28: All courses commence

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
September 21: Inductions for continuing students begin
September 28: First Year students begin Welcome Programme; Classes begin for continuing students

IADT Dun Laoghaire
September 13: Academic year begins for continuing students
September 28: Orientation begins for First Year students

Institute of Technology Carlow:
September 21: Courses for continuing students commence, with Registration and Orientation
September 28: First Year Courses commence with Registration and Orientation

Institute of Technology Sligo:
September 28: Semester 1 begins

Institute of Technology Tralee:
September 21: First day of Semester 1 lectures for continuing students.
September 28: First day of Semester 1 lectures for first year students.

Maynooth University:
September 21: September 2020 orientation begins
September 28: Fall 2020 academic semester begins.

National College of Ireland:
September 28: Semester 1 classes begin for Undergraduate full-time students

National University of Ireland Galway
September 21: Orientation for Year 1 Undergraduate students begins.
September 28: Teaching term begins for undergraduate students.

Trinity College Dublin:
September 28: Existing students start back, Undergraduate Orientation for new first years begins.
October 5: Teaching term for incoming undergraduates begins.

Technological University Dublin
September 21: Academic Year begins for returning students.
September 28: Orientation for new students begins.

University College Cork:
September 28: Lectures for most programmes begin.

University College Dublin:
September 21: Teaching Term for continuing and graduate students begins.
September 22: Orientation events begin.
September 28: Teaching Term for first year undergraduates begins.

University Limerick:
September 28: Autumn Teaching Term begins.

Waterford Institute of Technology:
September 28: Classes begin for both new and existing students.

Watch this space for further updates as they come...