Expand+EU Student applications should be made on-line at www.pac.ie/maynoothuniversity.
Applicants must have a current working email address to use this online application facility.

Non-EU Student applications may be submitted online via the Postgradua...

Hide-EU Student applications should be made on-line at www.pac.ie/maynoothuniversity.
Applicants must have a current working email address to use this online application facility.

Non-EU Student applications may be submitted online via the Postgraduate Applications Centre: www.pac.ie/maynoothuniversity
or
via one of Maynooth University’s trusted education agents.
For further information visit: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/international

All applications for Maynooth University postgraduate programmes must be submitted online via www.pac.ie/maynoothuniversity. There is a non-refundable fee payable to PAC, which enables students to apply for up to 3 postgraduate programmes. Applicants need to register their details on the PAC website before selecting their course choices. Programmes should be selected in order of preference. Places are offered based on course entry requirements. The following information MUST be uploaded to your online application form or be forwarded to PAC, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway, Ireland, before your application will be considered:
* Certified copies of all official transcripts of results for all non-Maynooth University qualifications listed MUST accompany the application. Non-Maynooth University applicants who are currently completing undergraduate/postgraduate programmes and have not as yet completed final exams should submit certified copies of academic transcripts with details of subjects studied and results to date. Final results and the proposed date of conferring should be submitted as soon as they become available.
* Non-Maynooth University students must provide two academic references and a copy of birth certificate or valid passport.

All documentation which is not in English must be officially translated to English.
Translated documentation must be forwarded to the Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway, Ireland.

Offer of Places and Closing Dates
The Higher Diploma in Further Education, the Professional Masters in Education (Primary Teaching) and Professional Masters in Education (Secondary Teaching) have definitive closing dates as indicated in each course. In the case of all other programmes listed, the Maynooth University website provides an indicated closing date. We encourage you to apply as early as possible. Where programme places have not been filled it may be possible to make a late application.

Maynooth University’s postgraduate online application system (PAC) is open from November 2016 to accept applications for entry to programmes in 2017. On receipt of your online application the Department assesses it with a view to providing you with a decision as quickly as possible. Only complete applications can be assessed. However, please note that it can take up to four weeks to review a complete application, but within this timeframe you should receive one of the following in response:
* An offer
* A conditional offer
* A confirmation that you are on a reserve list
* A call to interview
* A confirmation that your application is deemed unsuccessful

Should you be offered a place on a programme you will be required to pay a on-refundable deposit of €200 to secure your place.

For help and support during your application please contact the Graduate Studies Office
by phone: 01 7086018
or via email: graduatestudies@nuim.ie

Expand+Finances
Postgraduate students are sometimes eligible for more than funding. Tax relief and some medical entitlements are also a possibility. You can find information about budgeting, medical entitlements and tax relief by visiting: www.maynoothuni...

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Postgraduate students are sometimes eligible for more than funding. Tax relief and some medical entitlements are also a possibility. You can find information about budgeting, medical entitlements and tax relief by visiting: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/ postgraduatestudies/fees-funding-scholarships

Student Grant Funding
The means-tested Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) online application system was introduced in 2012 and replaces City/County Council Higher Education Grant applications for postgraduate funding support for new entrants into postgraduate education. In recent times the application process has opened in May each year. Further details about this process, eligibility guidelines, and the link to the online application can be found at: www.susi.ie

Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)
The Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) is a scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. It allows people in receipt of certain social welfare payments to retain those payments whilst participating in approved full-time courses in further and higher education – in recent years only Higher Diploma level 8 programmes or the Professional Masters in Education programme have been eligible for the BTEA. Students are advised to check with their local social welfare office for the most up-to-date information on this.

Expand+Ancient Classics
Ancient Classics has been taught in Maynooth since the first foundation of a college in the town in 1795. It forms an indispensable background for understanding our European heritage and as such can make us more reflective and inde...

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Ancient Classics has been taught in Maynooth since the first foundation of a college in the town in 1795. It forms an indispensable background for understanding our European heritage and as such can make us more reflective and independentminded citizens of the world. It equips students with the ability to deal with a variety of material, to read analytically, to think ‘outside the box’, to conduct independent research, and to write and communicate effectively—these are skills that are valued in many fields, including education, journalism, law, politics, publishing, and business. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/ancient-classics

Expand+PhD/MLitt Classics
The research programme equips students with the necessary skills in research, academic writing, and the ancient languages, along with any other specialist training required for their particular project. Above all, the Department ...

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The research programme equips students with the necessary skills in research, academic writing, and the ancient languages, along with any other specialist training required for their particular project. Above all, the Department aims to provide the opportunity for students to pursue their own specific research interests, working independently under the supervision of members of staff who will provide detailed guidance, advice, and feedback on the students’ work. The primary objective is the production of a substantial contribution to original scholarship in Classics in the form of a thesis.

Expand+Research Interests
The Department has special expertise in a range of areas – literary, historical, and philosophical – within the field of classical studies. It is particularly strong in the areas of the ancient novel, ancient philosophy (especiall...

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The Department has special expertise in a range of areas – literary, historical, and philosophical – within the field of classical studies. It is particularly strong in the areas of the ancient novel, ancient philosophy (especially Cynicism and Epicureanism), and late Antiquity/early Christianity, but other areas in which thesis supervision can be offered include death and writing on death in Antiquity, epistolography, Greek epic and drama, Greek social history, Hellenistic history, Latin poetry, Roman republican history, Roman religion, the Second Sophistic, and modern receptions of the classical world.