Leaving Certificate Applications

Admission to first year full-time Undergraduate Degree Courses is competitive and based on the Leaving Certificate points system or a system of equivalent standing.

Applications for almost all full-time undergraduate degree courses are processed by the CAO. Application for admission to Undergraduate courses must be made in accordance with the regulations and procedures and timetable described in the CAO Handbook. The Handbook is confined to giving information on how to apply for admission. Applicants should not attempt to complete this application form without first referring to the information literature on courses.

Closing date for EU applicants is the 1^st of February of the year of entry to a course. Late closing date at this University (for EU applicants) is the 1^st May - see CAO Handbook for restrictions.

Undergraduate Admission Procedure for Applying for Full Degree Course of Study.

Requests for Application forms for admission in September to Undergraduate Degree Courses should be addressed to the CAO. Applications are considered for admission to the First Year of full Degree courses only.

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Applications for full-time Undergraduate Degree courses are made via:  The Central Applications Office, Tower House,
Eglinton Street, Galway, Ireland. Applicants can apply online at http://www.cao.ie/

Telephone:   353-(091)-509800
Fax:              353-(091)-562344
Web:             http://www.cao.ie/

The CAO Handbook gives details of application dates and procedure. Please refer to CAO Handbook for restrictive closing dates. 

Timetable

Closing dates for applications for 2012 to the Central Applications Office:

*NB: The medical programme has the restricted entry final closing date of 1 February
* *Applies to Irish and EU applicants only.

Selection Scheme

For the purposes of allocating places, applicants who satisfy the minimum matriculation and faculty requirements are ranked in order of merit of performance at school - leaving examinations. Each applicant’s score is calculated on the basis of the following allocation of points for grades achieved in the best six subjects taken at one sitting of the Leaving Certificate examination

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