Irish, Uk & EU Medicine Applicants

In 2013 Undergraduate entry to Medicine for Irish, UK and EU school leavers will be based on both:

1. Achieving a minimum of 480 points and meeting the minimum entry requirements for the programme in the same sitting of the Irish Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent*) and

2. Completing the required admissions test (HPAT-Ireland) within the 2 year period immediately preceding admission to the medicine programme. Please note that the currency of results for candidates sitting HPAT-Ireland in 2013 is still under review and may change. Candidates will be notified of any amendment as soon as the information is made available.

(HPAT-Ireland is an assessment test which was introduced in 2009 for EU students applying for undergraduate medicine in the Medical Schools in the Republic of Ireland. The score achieved in the HPAT-Ireland examination will be added to the Leaving Certificate points to create a total point's score for admission).

The table below contains a selection of sources which you should refer to if you are an Irish, UK or EU citizen thinking of applying to NUI Galway for the Medicine Course.

Important Dates for Applicants:

Science Subject Entry Requirements:

6 Year Programme: OD3 in one of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics/Chemistry, Agricultural Science

5 Year Programme: HC3 in Chemistry*

* The 5 year medical programme has a limited number of places, which are allocated in this programme on merit, based on the number, selection and  minimum levels of achievement in Leaving Certificate  Science subjects or higher.  The merit order set-out below is applied to subjects completed in the Irish Leaving Certificate. Where the quota of available places requires differentiation between students within a particular category, the results achieved in Chemistry will be used in the first instance:

· Candidates presenting  a HC3 in Chemistry, HC3 in Biology and HC3 in one of Physics, Physics/Chemistry or Ag. Science;

· Candidates presenting  a HC3 in Chemistry and a HC3 in Biology;

· Candidates presenting  a HC3 in Chemistry and a HC3 in Physics;

· Candidates presenting  a HC3 in Chemistry

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