Academic calendar
Semester 1 2026 runs Sep 7, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Semester 1 2026Relevant now
- Semester 2 2027
Campus language
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Showing 14 of 14 terms
C
- Castlewhite
- Castlewhite Apartments, the primary on-campus student housing
E
- Elements
- The cafe located in the Kane Building
F
- Fresher
- A first-year undergraduate student
M
- Mardyke
- Mardyke Hall student accommodation located near the sports facilities
- Mini Rest
- The smaller dining area and cafe located near the science buildings
P
- Peer Support
- The student-led mentoring and support program for first-year students
R
- RAG
- Raise and Give week, a major annual charity fundraising and social event week
S
- Skull and Crossbones
- The official sporting emblem and brand for all UCC sports teams
- Socs
- UCC Societies, the collective body for student-run interest groups
- SU
- University College Cork Students' Union
T
- The Quad Rule
- The campus tradition stating that students should not walk across the grass of the Main Quad until they graduate
- The Rest
- The Main Restaurant located in the Student Centre
U
- U-Hall
- University Hall student accommodation
V
- Vicky Lodge
- Victoria Lodge student accommodation
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Boole
- The Boole Library, the main campus library named after George Boole
- brookfield_caf
- Brookfield Café
- caf_oasis
- Café Oasis
- Canvas
- The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) used for course materials, lecture notes, and assignments
- club_ras_new_bar
- Club Áras (New Bar)
- elements_caf
- Elements Café
- Kane
- The Kane Building, primarily housing Science and Engineering departments
- Leap Card
- The smart card used for discounted student fares on Cork city buses and Irish Rail
- ORB
- The O'Rahilly Building, housing the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
- SIT
- Student Information Technology, the department providing tech support and Wi-Fi assistance
- The Hub
- The central student services building for clubs, societies, and administrative support
- UCC Card
- The official student ID card required for library access, printing, and building entry
- ucc_central_main_restaurant
- UCC Central (Main Restaurant)
- WGB
- The Western Gateway Building, housing Computer Science, Medicine, and Health departments
- Windle
- The Windle Building, housing student services and the medical center
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Semester 1 2026 runs Sep 7, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 14 approved campus terms and 15 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.