Ireland - all types

Beginning of the academic year: 2 September 2013
Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous bodies. Occurs generally in September or October.

Teaching activities and holiday periods:
Teaching activity
2 September - 25 October 2013

Holiday
28 October - 1 November 2013


Teaching activity and holidays
4 November - 20 December 2013
All periods of teaching activity and holidays are fixed by each individual University or Institute. Certain dates, such as 25 December, 1 January or 17 March, are nevertheless regarded as public holidays by Universities and Institutes.

Holiday
23 December 2013 - 3 January 2014 (Christmas)

Teaching activity
From 6 January 2014 until the examinations
From the Monday following the last examination

Holidays
17 March 2014
14 - 25 April 2014 (Easter)
5 May 2014

Teaching activity
From 28 April 2014 until the examinations

Examinations: Two weeks in February, For Institutes of Technology, it’s usually two weeks during May. For Universities, it’s usually two weeks during June. Teachers and students are entirely free to fix examination dates jointly. Each University or Institute manages this separately.

End of the academic year: Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous bodies. For Universities, the academic year generally ends at the date the new one begins. For Institutes of Technology, the academic year generally ends in June.