Important dates for the coming year.

mickstupp · 14-07-2013 02:25PM #1

Hi. Anticipating some regular questions, (i.e. waiting for a particular thing to download) I thought it might be useful to have a post with most of the important dates for the next year. Unless such a thing already exists and I'm just blind. Which is entirely probable. I'm almost sure I copied these correctly... but there are links too.

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7th August, 2013: Autumn Examinations commence.
4th September, 2013: Release of Autumn Examination results.

CONFERRINGS
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Thursday 12 September 2013
Friday 13 September 2013
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Thursday 31 October 2013

REGISTRATION SCHEDULE FOR COMING YEAR
(1st yr. undergraduate and postgraduate - think everyone else does it online, see nuim mail)
http://records.nuim.ie/documents/RegistrationSchedule2013-2014.pdf

FIRST SEMESTER
16/09 to 20/09 - First-Year Registration/Orientation
23/09 - Lectures commence

11/10 - Deadline for change of 1st semester modules
18/10 - Deadline for change of subject choice for 1st years!
31/10 - Deadline for withdrawing from NUIM without losing free fee status
31/10 - Latest date for submission of postgraduate theses for 2012/2013 without incurring registration and fees for the next semester.

28/10 to 01/11 - Study Week
06/11 - Prize-Giving Ceremony
20/12 - Conclusion of First Semester Lectures
23/12 to 03/01 - Christmas Vacation
06/01 to 09/01 - Study Period
10/01 - Examination period commences

31/01 - Deadline for withdrawing from NUIM retaining 50% of free fee status

SECOND SEMESTER
03/02 - Lectures resume
14/02 - Deadline for change of 2nd semester modules
17/03 to 21/03 - Study Week
18/04 - Good Friday - no lectures
21/04 to 25/04 - Easter Vacation
05/05 - Bank Holiday
09/05 - Conclusion of Second Semester
12/05 to 15/05 - Study Period
16/05 - Examination period commences

See:
http://registrar.nuim.ie/ImportantDates.shtml
http://examinations.nuim.ie/dates.shtml
http://records.nuim.ie/ImportantDatesandDeadlines.htm
http://conferring.nuim.ie/scheduleofceremonies.shtml

XxMCRxBabyxX · 14-07-2013 04:29PM

Useful to have everything in the one place. Cheers!

I'm presuming that as a deferral student I register in person with the firsties?

Planemo · 14-07-2013 05:16PM

I love that we officially only have 4 days to study for christmas exams :pac:

PictureFrame · 14-07-2013 07:22PM

Planemo wrote: »

I love that we officially only have 4 days to study for christmas exams :pac:

2nd year Psychology exams. Sounds great

XxMCRxBabyxX · 14-07-2013 08:01PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

2nd year Psychology exams. Sounds great

In fairness it's more like 2 and a half weeks. Plenty of time!
More than summer!

Paczini · 14-07-2013 08:54PM

Still way better than last year

XxMCRxBabyxX · 14-07-2013 11:03PM

Paczini wrote: »

Still way better than last year

I wouldn't know!

The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

mickstupp · 15-07-2013 08:04AM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Am jealous. Assuming they let me in, I'll still be doing exams right through third year of the Phd.

To answer (not really) your earlier question, I have no idea about deferrals. But they send out info by mail or by post, so you'll know soon enough. Whatever the mail I got last week, it wasn't from registration but it did tell me the date of my thing.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-07-2013 08:52AM

mickstupp wrote: »

Am jealous. Assuming they let me in, I'll still be doing exams right through third year of the Phd.

To answer (not really) your earlier question, I have no idea about deferrals. But they send out info by mail or by post, so you'll know soon enough. Whatever the mail I got last week, it wasn't from registration but it did tell me the date of my thing.

I still have about 5 years left of exams. There's no advantage for me!

Cheers. I'll keep an eye on the post so!

Paczini · 15-07-2013 12:40PM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

You were lucky! Last year the exams started on the 4th January! (3rd for Theology students)

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 01:09PM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

Wow that is quite a while ago! I'd say you can't wait to be finished in Maynooth at this stage then!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-07-2013 01:22PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

Wow that is quite a while ago! I'd say you can't wait to be finished in Maynooth at this stage then!

I just feel so OLD!

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 01:28PM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I just feel so OLD!

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-07-2013 01:55PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

Ah but at least they can call themselves that! I'm just the waster who won't finish college!

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 02:09PM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Ah but at least they can call themselves that! I'm just the waster who won't finish college!

Arah would you stop, you'll be finished soon enough sure! :P

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-07-2013 02:16PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

Arah would you stop, you'll be finished soon enough sure! :P

Bring it Final Year.
And this time it will be final!

(Although my phone appears to think that it'll be Donal!)

Paczini · 15-07-2013 06:39PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

I would feel veeery sorry for her if she was forced to stick around some matures doing the same course. Gladly she isn't old enough for that

mickstupp · 15-07-2013 08:45PM

Paczini wrote: »

I would feel veeery sorry for her if she was forced to stick around some matures doing the same course. Gladly she isn't old enough for that

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

XxMCRxBabyxX · 15-07-2013 08:50PM

mickstupp wrote: »

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

Based on what I know I'd be pretty sure that she does!

There are some exceptionally sound mature students in law. And then there's the opposites...

Paczini · 15-07-2013 09:56PM

mickstupp wrote: »

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

Don't worry, I do have few in mind

I personally know really nice mature student but I'm just speaking generally thinking about few. Was I completely wrong thinking that you are not going into 3rd year law next year?

Turtyturd · 15-07-2013 10:03PM

As a mature student I can say that even mature students feel the same about those types of mature students.

On topic this thread is making it sink in that I wont be back next year.

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 10:39PM

I must admit all of the mature students in my course for first year were all so nice. They often stop me in the college for a chat! Nice to see groups of people mixing with older/younger students. I know a lot of students my age are completely negative about mature students, but i've never had any negative things to say about any mature students in my class

mickstupp · 15-07-2013 10:43PM

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 10:45PM

mickstupp wrote: »

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

*cough trinners, cough*

mickstupp · 15-07-2013 10:49PM

*sneezyucdhackcoughgag*

Paczini wrote: »

Don't worry, I do have few in mind I personally know really nice mature student but I'm just speaking generally thinking about few. Was I completely wrong thinking that you are not going into 3rd year law next year?

Who me? No... just wrapped up my masters dissertation. Wondering if another four years is really a good idea...

PictureFrame · 15-07-2013 11:48PM

mickstupp wrote: »

*sneezyucdhackcoughgag*

Who me? No... just wrapped up my masters dissertation. Wondering if another four years is really a good idea...

Is it true that a Masters degree is completely soul-wrenching?

mickstupp · 16-07-2013 08:24AM

PictureFrame wrote: »

Is it true that a Masters degree is completely soul-wrenching?

As with everything else, it depends. I loved almost everything about mine. But I deliberately chose to do things that I loved, rather than what might have been practical or aimed at a particular career. There's a lot more work involved than in the undergraduate degree, but it's not necessarily more difficult. There's mostly just a far greater level of detail, or at least that was my impression. From talking to others, it seems it can often feel a lot harder when the MA you choose is not something you're really passionate about.

Which reminds me... there's a later submission date for postgraduate theses, 31st October, I'll have to edit that first post.

Paczini · 16-07-2013 01:11PM

mickstupp wrote: »

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

Then you had nothing to worry about. I was just talking about some matures doing Her course

I'm not saying that all of them are bad

PictureFrame · 16-07-2013 05:40PM

mickstupp wrote: »

As with everything else, it depends. I loved almost everything about mine. But I deliberately chose to do things that I loved, rather than what might have been practical or aimed at a particular career. There's a lot more work involved than in the undergraduate degree, but it's not necessarily more difficult. There's mostly just a far greater level of detail, or at least that was my impression. From talking to others, it seems it can often feel a lot harder when the MA you choose is not something you're really passionate about.

Which reminds me... there's a later submission date for postgraduate theses, 31st October, I'll have to edit that first post.

I'd love to do my MSc in an interdisciplinary subject, new masters in Political Psychology in Queens University! Not very practical really either, but it'll be combining my Psychology undergraduate and my love for Politics together so how could you go wrong? Be grand! 2nd year has yet to be passed before plans are finalised anyways! :P

spartacus815 · 17-07-2013 12:16PM

So Wednesday the 25th I sign up for my Msc in Immunology and Global Health at 9:30 in the morning... have to get up really early or else I would have a tendency to lie in the morning :P

suitcasepink · 17-07-2013 12:38PM

Newbie asking here, but for orientation/first year registration week are 1st years expected to stay up for the full week or do you just go to the time of your course?

(I know all of this will become clear if/when I get accepted but I like just knowing these things :P )

Important dates for the coming year.

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