Orientation
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Undergraduate Students
(including Trinity Access Programmes, mature students, disabled students, and non-EU full degree students) -
Visiting Students (Undergraduate)
(including Erasmus, consortium, EU visiting, exchange, study abroad, and agency students) -
Postgraduate Students
(including PG visiting students)
2025-2026 KEY DATES
Please see www.tcd.ie/students/orientation/dates and www.tcd.ie/calendar/ for full details of the 2025/26 Academic Year
08 - 12 September 2025 |
Postgraduate Orientation Week |
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08 - 12 September 2025 |
Visiting Student Orientation Week |
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15 September 2025 |
Teaching Begins for Postgraduate, Visiting, and Continuing Students |
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TBC |
Disability Service Neurodiversity+ Pre-Orientation Programme (1st Year Undergraduate) |
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TBC |
Disability Service Pre-Orientation: 'Getting to Know the Disability Service at Trinity College Dublin' (1st Year Undergraduate) |
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15 - 19 September 2025 |
Orientation Week (1st Year Undergraduate) |
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22 September 2025 |
Teaching Begins for 1st Year Undergraduate Students |
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27 - 31 October 2025 |
Reading Week |
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05 December 2025 |
Michaelmas Term Teaching Ends |
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12 - 16 January 2026 |
January Orientation |
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19 January 2026 |
Hilary Term Teaching Begins |
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02 - 06 March 2026 |
Reading Week |
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10 April 2026 |
Hilary Term Teaching Ends |
* Examination dates December 16 & 17 and April 23, 24 & 25 are contingency dates only. Please do not make travel arrangements until you have seen your examination timetable (approx 4 weeks before the examination period). You can find more information on the Academic Registry Exams page.
Preparing for College
Please follow the links above for Undergraduate, Visiting, and Postgraduate Students to find out more about your Orientation Programme