Expand+Leaving Certificate applicants are required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7, O6/H7 in Irish, English & O4/H7 Mathematics.

Foundation level Mathematics is accepted for matriculation, but does not meet the requirement for degrees where Mathe...

Hide-Leaving Certificate applicants are required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7, O6/H7 in Irish, English & O4/H7 Mathematics.

Foundation level Mathematics is accepted for matriculation, but does not meet the requirement for degrees where Mathematics is a special programme requirement.

Foundation level Irish is not accepted for matriculation.

Points are not awarded for either subject.

All Leaving Certificate subjects carry equal points with the exception of *Mathematics (details below). Points are awarded for your six best subjects in any one year. These do not have to include subjects needed to meet general minimum entry requirements. Minimum entry requirements and course requirements may be satisfied by an accumulation of subjects over more than one year. As well as achieving the required points, you must have a minimum of six subjects in your Leaving Certificate, with two Higher Level papers at grade H5 and four Ordinary or Higher Level papers at grade O6/H7.

The requirements for each course are shown above.

* 25 bonus points will be added to the points score for a Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics grade H6 or higher. This was implemented in 2012 for a four year pilot period and a recent review decided to continue the bonus.

The bonus points are included in the overall points calculation only when Mathematics is one of the applicant’s best six subjects following the addition of the bonus.

Expand+If you have a relevant QQI/FETAC/HETAC/BTEC qualification, you can use this to apply to a degree programme at Maynooth University. This section outlines the qualifications and other requirements for students who hold or expect to hold QQI Certificate...

Hide-If you have a relevant QQI/FETAC/HETAC/BTEC qualification, you can use this to apply to a degree programme at Maynooth University. This section outlines the qualifications and other requirements for students who hold or expect to hold QQI Certificates, and who wish to pursue full time, undergraduate degree programmes at Maynooth University.

Any QQI award, with a minimum of five distinctions, fulfils the minimum entry requirements for admission to the University; however, due to the high demand for our courses, a higher number of distinctions is required for entry in many instances. Consult www.maynoothuniversity.ie/howtoapply for specific course entry requirements.

How to apply as a qqi student
Applicants should first check that they fulfil the requirements for the particular course they wish to apply for, as detailed on the website. It is important to note that only very specific QQI course codes qualify for entry to each individual degree programme. Please refer to our website for details of these course codes. In particular please note the scoring scheme as detailed below.

Application is made through the Central Applications Office (CAO). Application forms may be obtained online (www.cao.ie) or by contacting: Central Applications Office,Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway. T: + 353 91 509800 F: + 353 91 562344

There is a normal fee for applications received on or before 5.15 pm, 1st February 2017. Late applications are accepted up to and including 1st May 2017 on payment of an additional fee. Applicants who wish to study Music (MH103) or Community and Youth Work (MH116 or MH802) must apply before the 1st February 2017.

Places on specific courses (MH107/MH801) with QQI entry routes are available in the first instance for non-mature students. If these places are not filled, they are allocated to qualified QQI mature applicants. A mature applicant is 23 years of age or over before 1st January 2017 (21 years of age for part-time degree MH801). For other degree courses, matures and nonmature students with QQI awards are considered together.

The following rules apply:
−− A major award must be achieved. Component certificates do not suffice.

−− In some instances the University requires achievement of specific grades, and/or specified components e.g. five distinctions, including a distinction in mathematics.

−−While the major award may be achieved over a number of sittings, for scoring purposes, results achieved in a SINGLE SITTING are counted, i.e. between 1st August – 31st July. Where this occurs, but the QQI centre offers the program over more than one year, it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their QQI centre applies to QQI for a major award where courses are taken over more than one year.

−− The total maximum score that can be achieved is 400 points. The score is based on achievement of the major award, i.e. a total of 120 credits, multiplied by the grade score of individual components.

−−Grade scores for component awards are as follows:
DISTINCTION GRADE SCORE = 3.333
MERIT GRADE SCORE = 2.222
PASS GRADE SCORE = 1.111

Credit is accumulated across component awards. Some component awards have a credit value of less than 5 credits, in which case that value is multiplied by 15. The scoring is applied by the CAO. For the most current list of linked awards and specialised components visit our website. You will also find other information in relation to QQI entry pathways. Changes made to those listed below will be implemented in the next admissions cycle, through the CAO, where possible. Please note: some degree programmes have additional minimum entry requirements.

Expand+How to Apply – Mature Entry
A mature student is 23 years or older by 1st January in the year of entry to the University. For part-time degrees the mature age is 21. There is no upper age limit; we currently have students who range in age from 23 to...

Hide-How to Apply – Mature Entry
A mature student is 23 years or older by 1st January in the year of entry to the University. For part-time degrees the mature age is 21. There is no upper age limit; we currently have students who range in age from 23 to over 70. Every year we welcome approximately 300 new mature students.

A certain number of places are reserved for mature students on all undergraduate courses. We offer a range of supports for mature students including an advisory service, seminar programmes, orientation. There is also a Mature Student Society on campus providing a continuation of peer support, both academic and social, to incoming mature students.

Many of our mature entrants undertake preparatory studies in advance of gaining admission.

Further details and a mature student information pack are available from Mature Student Officer Emer Sheerin. T: + 353 1 708 3307 E: emer.sheerin@nuim.ie
W: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/mature

DATES TO NOTE FOR MATURE STUDENTS
All mature students must apply to the CAO (www.cao.ie) before 1st February 2017. Late applications from mature students may be accepted after this date - consult the Admissions Office website for updates. Application may not be made to the CAO after May 1st 2017.

Mature students must complete the CAO section for mature applicants fully, indicating clearly past or current studies, and outlining educational goals and objectives. Applicants are assessed on the basis of the information provided on their CAO application form. All questions should be answered in full.

Communication to applicants from our Admissions Office is made via email. Please send copies of any relevant additional information directly to the Maynooth University Admissions Office, Maynooth University, Co Kildare.

Applicants who wish to study for a Bachelor of Music (MH103) or Community and Youth Work (MH116 or MH802) must apply in all circumstances before 1st February 2017, as these are restricted entry courses (requiring entrance test and interviews).

Maynooth University greatly values the particular contribution of mature students to the academic and social environment of the University. Up to 300 mature students begin their studies here each year. If the opportunity to return to education has presented itself to you we hope you’ll choose Maynooth University.

The Mature Student Office is committed to supporting the learning experience of our mature students. Call, email or drop in to meet them in MAP Lodge on the North Campus.

See the Mature Student booklet for detailed information about applying as a mature student. T: + 353 1 708 3307 / + 353 1 708 6724 E: emer.sheerin@nuim.ie / michael.maguire@nuim.ie

MATURE STUDENTS Additional selection criteria
A combined application process is run between Maynooth University, DCU and Marino Institute of Education. Application must be made to the CAO prior to February 1st 2017. Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria will receive a supplementary application form.

− B.Ed. (MH001/MH002) during May (interview only)

Contact Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, School of Education, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. T: + 353 1 474 7400. E: froebel.department@nuim.ie

Applicants for the following degrees are required to take a written assessment

MH102 BA Music Technology
MH106 BA Psychology
MH107 BSocSc Social Science
MH109 BA Media Studies
MH201 BSc Science
MH202 BSc Biotechnology
MH204 BSc Physics with Astrophysics
MH206 BSc Theoretical Physics & Mathematics
MH208 BSc Biological and Biomedical Sciences
MH209 BSc Psychology through Science
MH210 BSc Chemistry With Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Chemistry
MH212 SED BSc Science (with Education)
MH212 MED BSc Mathematics (with Education)
MH304 BE Engineering - Common Entry
MH306 BSc Robotics and Intelligent Devices
MH404 BMA BBS Business and Management
MH404 INB BBS International Business
MH404 MKT BBS Marketing
MH405 BBS Equine Business
MH411 BBS Entrepreneurship
MH501 LLB Law
MH502 LWA BCL Law and Accounting
MH502 LWB BCL Law and Business
MH502 LWC BCL Law and Criminology
MH502 LWD BCL Law and Arts
MH601 CSA BSc Computer Science and Software Engineering (Arts)
MH601 MWA BSc Multimedia, Mobile and Web Development (Arts)
MH602 CSS BSc Computer Science and Software Engineering
MH602 MWS BSc Multimedia, Mobile and Web Development
MH603 BSc Computational Thinking
MH801 BA Early Childhood – Teaching and Learning

MATURE APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY
If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia), and require examination support for the written tests, please submit supporting documentation by 1st March 2017 to The Disability Office, MAP Lodge, North Campus, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland or alternatively submit via email to access.office@nuim.ie. Unfortunately we are unable to consider applications for alternative examination accommodation after this deadline. You can find further information on the supporting documentation required, as well as examination and other supports at www. maynoothuniversity.ie/access-office

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €25 Closing Date: 20th January 2017 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €40 Closing Date: 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €50 Closing Date: 1st May 2017 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2017 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2017 CAO Handbook: Fee €50 Closing Date: 22nd July 2017 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2017 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2017, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2017 CAO Handbook.

Late Applications (Exception to Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these three HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2017 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2017 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2017 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2017 at 5:15pm.

Expand+Why Study Business at Maynooth?
Business is about identifying and delivering solutions to the problems and needs of people in a sustainable and profitable way. Management is the method through which firms, government and voluntary groups organise t...

Hide-Why Study Business at Maynooth?
Business is about identifying and delivering solutions to the problems and needs of people in a sustainable and profitable way. Management is the method through which firms, government and voluntary groups organise the jobs that need to be done to efficiently and effectively design, produce, market and improve products and services. Marketing is about analysing markets, connecting customers with the capabilities of a business to produce products and services that they need. Business graduates are consistently amongst the most employable of all in the Irish education system.

As a student of business, you will gain a firm grounding in all key areas of business and management. Our degrees expose students to the fundamentals of how to manage people, market products and communicate value to consumers, organise projects, manage supply chains, manage the use of information technology and encourage innovation – these are just some of the broad range of topics you will study and which will prepare you for entry into multiple avenues of business. Our degrees all offer you the opportunity to undertake specialist options in the subjects you enjoy so you can specialise your degree based on your own strengths and interests.

Bachelor of Business Studies - Business and Management (MH404 BMA):
This degree provides students with an understanding of how firms organise themselves to give customers and society what they want by designing and delivering products, services and entertainment efficiently and effectively to people who need them. In first year students gain an understanding of the foundations of business, from understanding how a business is designed to deliver value for customers, accounts for money, understands the competitive environment, takes ethical action, and organises people to take action. In second year students will learn the functions of business, including managing people, marketing, international management, operations, managing information technology. In third year students learn about the strategic aspects of business and have the option to specialise further in the functional disciplines of their interest.

Bachelor of business studies - Marketing (MH404 MKT):
Do you wonder how firms decide what products and services to offer to customers? How they persuade customers to purchase their products or services in the face of competition? How organisations decide what types of marketing actions to undertake in the face of limited budgets and consumer attention spans? In successful organisations this does not occur by chance, but rather through careful analysis of market needs, management of the marketing function, understanding of the art and science of communications and understanding the capabilities of the business and how it connects these to customers’ needs, wants and desires. Marketing is an applied science, and so a feature of this degree is exploring current marketing problems and crafting possible solutions for real companies to these marketing and business problems.

Bachelor of Business Studies – Equine Business (MH404 EQB):
The Equine Business degree offers students insights into the equine business, thoroughbred and sport horse breeding and riding, and its management here in Ireland and internationally. The course combines a comprehensive business degree with an equine business specialism, granting students the ability to engage with a rapidly changing world by creating value for the equine industry and the wider economy. A key feature of this degree is the opportunity to work closely with lecturers and fellow students to gain an understanding of the equine business through projects that apply business concepts to the equine industry.

Bachelor of Business Studies - Entrepreneurship (MH404 ENT):
99% of all businesses in Ireland are small, medium and micro enterprises (often called SME’s). The same is true for Europe with over 5 million businesses contributing the majority of all the economic activity in the EU. Setting up your own business and working for yourself to accomplish your personal goals and aspirations is an increasingly realistic ambition for today’s students. Entrepreneurs are the new patriots whose ideas are powering Ireland’s economic recovery.

Over the past three years, over 80,000 jobs were created in Ireland and 90% of these came from small, start-up businesses. Social entrepreneurship is also a thriving area with high profile success stories ranging from Coder Dojo to the Grameen Bank transforming the landscape of social enterprise, so there has rarely been a better time to study entrepreneurship.

Expand+MH404 BMA:
You will concentrate on Business and Management subjects for each of the three years of the degree (BBS): foundations of management and business in first year, functional disciplines in second year and strategic aspects of business in th...

Hide-MH404 BMA:
You will concentrate on Business and Management subjects for each of the three years of the degree (BBS): foundations of management and business in first year, functional disciplines in second year and strategic aspects of business in third year. Students specialise in a wide range of optional modules in second and third year. Students who opt in second year to take a placement in third year (subject to availability) are conferred with a BBA after four years.

MH404 MKT:
Offers students a thorough education in marketing and an understanding of how marketing is embedded in business and management. First year foundations of marketing and management. Second year intermediate subjects in marketing and functions of business. Final year strategic aspects of marketing and business, with options in marketing and management. Students who opt in second year to take a placement in third year (subject to availability) are conferred with a BBA in Marketing after four years.

MH404 EQB:
A range of equine, business and management subjects are taken across the three years of the programme. Each year you develop your understanding of the business and how to manage within the equine industry and a wider appreciation of business, marketing and management. Students who opt in second year to take a placement in third year (subject to availability) are conferred with a BBA in Equine Business after four years.

MH404 ENT:
In first year you’ll study the fundamentals of business, innovation, the digital economy and enterprise. Second year: financing, designing business models, protecting intellectual property and maximising revenue. Third year is where you’ll lift-off with your business idea - studying strategy, innovation, negotiation and managing social media marketing.

MH404 OPC: Open choice
Students can decide which degree stream to take following admission. You can apply to MH404 only once.

Expand+What Can I Do With My Degree?
Typically business graduates do one of three things: enter employment as a general management graduate trainee in a service or manufacturing organisation; work as a functional specialist in areas such as marketing, sal...

Hide-What Can I Do With My Degree?
Typically business graduates do one of three things: enter employment as a general management graduate trainee in a service or manufacturing organisation; work as a functional specialist in areas such as marketing, sales, operations, management information systems, or human resource management. Careers in consulting, public service and not-for-profit organisations are also common. Many of our graduates choose to specialise further with a postgraduate degree.

The School of Business currently offers the following range of postgraduate programmes:
– MSc in Strategy and Innovation
– MSc IT Enabled Innovation
– MSc Humanitarian Logistics and Emergency Management
– MSc in Business and Management (for non-business graduates)
– PhD in Management