Dean's Grace

The normal deadline for thesis submission is the last day of August for September registrants, and the last day of February for March registrants. Dean’s Grace of one month free of fees to submit is granted by the Dean of Graduate Studies and is automatically applied to all research students registrations in their expected final year (this is end year 2 for fulltime Masters by research candidates; end year 4 for fulltime PhD candidates; end year 3 for part time Masters by research candidates and end year 6 for part time PhD candidates).

Dean’s Grace only applies for the following dates: 1 September to 30 September for September registrants, and 1 March to 31 March for our March registrants.

Your student ID card has been set up with Dean’s Grace included. If you are intending to avail of Dean’s Grace at the end of year 2 or 3 (fulltime PhD registrants only) you may submit on or before 30 September without penalty (for September registrants) or 31 March without penalty (for March registrants).  You will receive an annual invoice and invitation to register through your mytcd.ie portal as these are generated automatically for expected continuing students. You do not need to action these as long as you submit prior to the end of the Dean’s Grace period.

If you are at end year 4 (fulltime PhD registrants only) your ID card will remain active through the Dean’s Grace period and you may submit without penalty on or before 30 September (for September registrants) or 31 March (for March registrants).

Part time research students who are in the expected final year of study will have Dean’s Grace applied to their registration as per the above dates.

*Part time research students seeking to submit before they have completed 6 years on register (3 years on register for part time research Masters students)  must make contact with the academic registry prior to submission to ensure that their ‘early submission’ invoice is generated and cleared.