Expand+H4 in Chemistry and either Physics or Biology and H7/O6 from Irish, English, another language and Maths. Students are required to meet the subject requirements for matriculation in the same sitting of the Leaving Certificate or equivalent.

Additio...

Hide-H4 in Chemistry and either Physics or Biology and H7/O6 from Irish, English, another language and Maths. Students are required to meet the subject requirements for matriculation in the same sitting of the Leaving Certificate or equivalent.

Additional Requirement
Students are also required to present for the Admissions Test (HPAT-Ireland) which must be completed in the proposed year of entry to the Medicine programme.

Student Vetting
A condition of enrollment on the programme is that all incoming students have cleared the vetting process in accordance with University policy and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012.

For more information please visit: www.ucc.ie/en/study/undergrad/ admissionspolicies

Fitness to Practise
This undergraduate degree programme require students to meet the guidelines of the University’s “Fitness to Practise” policy (see www.ucc. ie/en/academicsecretariat/ fitnesstopractise)

Infections Diseases Policy
Students enrolled on certain courses in the College of Medicine and Health are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting certain infectious diseases as a result of being in the clinical environment as part of their course. It is important therefore in order to protect patients and students that healthcare students are screened for and immunized against certain infectious illnesses. Students enrolling in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are screened and immunized by the Health Service Executive Occupational Health Service and are subject to the HSE policies in this regard. All other undergraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health are subject to the UCC Infectious Disease Screening and Blood Borne Virus Policy. Details will be sent from the Admissions Office once a student has accepted his/her place.

School Leavers
To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements and any specific programme requirements and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

Students may combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes, with the exception of Medicine (CK701). However, results achieved in separate years of school-leaving exams may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points.

Leaving Certificate applicants compete on the basis of a Points scheme.

Age Limits for Entry
For 2017 entry, CAO applicants for full-time degree programmes should have reached 17 years of age by 15th January 2018. Where a candidate below that age seeks to enter UCC, a special application must be made by the applicant to the Admissions Officer. Such an application should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Principal of the school at which the student is completing their school leaving examination.

Exemption From Irish And/or The 3rd Language
In certain circumstances, applicants may be exempt from Irish and/or the third language requirement. Please refer to the NUI Handbook, the UCC Calendar or talk to your Guidance Counsellor for further details.

Expand+Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with one of the recognised QQI FET awards, taken at a single sitting.

For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see w...

Hide-Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with one of the recognised QQI FET awards, taken at a single sitting.

For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc. ie/en/study/undergrad/fetac.

Students must meet the component requirements and have achieved distinctions in the awards as outlined for each programme.

The best eight modules from a full Level 5 or 6 award are scored. The scores from these eight modules taken at a single sitting, are added up to give an overall score and reserved places are then offered in order of merit. Due to the competitive nature of the Nursing Programmes, scores will only be calculated when the appropriate award is presented together with all the required modules and grades from a single sitting. For full details of the QQI FET award scoring scheme see www.qqi.ie.

Expand+UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and it is essential tha...

Hide-UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and it is essential that prospective applicants check the Mature Student Guide, the Mature Student Office website, or contact a Mature Student Advisor for further details.

To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, applicants must be 23 years of age on or before the 1st January 2017. Application is made through the CAO by 1 February 2017. There is no late application date for mature students. UCC allows mature applicants to change the order of their CAO preferences up to 1 July. The completed application form is a vital component of the selection process.

The Mature Student Office will be pleased to help you with your application. The Mature Student Guide gives details of all aspects of the application and selection procedures as well as financial matters. This Guide is available on request from the Mature Student Office. The MSAP selection test for mature students in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will take place on 4th March 2017.

Mature Student Office
1–2 Brighton Villas
+353 (0)21 490 3670
mso@ucc.ie

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If you think you are eligible for the student grant, you should apply to SUSI as soon as possible. You do not have to wait until you receive an offer of a place. Only when your SUSI application has been completed in full and submitted to the ...

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If you think you are eligible for the student grant, you should apply to SUSI as soon as possible. You do not have to wait until you receive an offer of a place. Only when your SUSI application has been completed in full and submitted to the grant-awarding authority can your eligibility be determined. When your registration for an approved course at an approved college has been confirmed, SUSI will arrange to pay your student grant on a monthly basis directly into your Irish bank account.

All grant queries should be directed to SUSI.
Contact Information
SUSI Support Desk
E: support@susi.cdvec.ie
T: 0761 087874
9am–8pm Mon–Fri & 10am–1pm Saturdays
www.facebook.com/susisupport

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

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extens...

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

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.

Restricted Courses
Applying for a restricted course – you must have applied to CAO by 5:15pm on 1st February 2017 if you wish to apply for a restricted course. The restricted course must be included on your course choices list by that date, or added to your application using the Change of Course Choices facility before 1st March at 5:15pm.

Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, e.g. the submission of a portfolio, an oral assessment or interview, or a written assessment – restricted courses are identified in the handbook by the words “(Restricted - see page 3 of the 2017 CAO Hanbook)” on the same line as the restricted course’s title. Please make sure to acquaint yourself with the additional requirements, if any, of the restricted course(s) that you have applied for and go to page 11 of the 2017 CAO Hanbook for more information about interviews and assessments.

Exception: If a restricted course shares the exact same assessment procedures with a course you had applied for by 1st February 2017, you may be permitted to introduce it on a ‘Change of Mind’. You should consult with the relevant HEI before introducing such a course.

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+Introduction
The School of Medicine has a rich tradition of teaching, research and scholarship. Doctors of the future are provided with a world class, student-centred and evidence-based medical education, informed by societal needs.

Why Study
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The School of Medicine has a rich tradition of teaching, research and scholarship. Doctors of the future are provided with a world class, student-centred and evidence-based medical education, informed by societal needs.

Why Study
Since 1849, the School of Medicine at UCC has taught the art and science of Medicine to students from all over the world. With its excellent reputation for clinical teaching and medical research, UCC is internationally recognised as a first-choice university for studying Medicine. Central to this is early patient contact and excellent bedside teaching by experienced clinicians. Students at UCC have early clinical experience in both hospital and community settings. The state-of the- art modern facilities, including the world-renowned anatomy FLAME laboratory, combined with a large network of teaching hospitals provide students with a top-class medical education.

Work Placement
Students have early clinical exposure, beginning with a Family Attachment Scheme in General Practice in Year 2 and leading to full-time clinical placements in Year 3. They get a broad range of clinical experience, allowing them to learn alongside some of the country’s best clinicians.

Study Abroad
Medical students at UCC can do hospital placements abroad as part of the ERASMUS student exchange programme. In addition, students can take summer clinical electives in medical institutes around the world, including North America, South America, and Africa (through the Surgeon Noonan programme).

Expand+Year 1 Modules:
CORE: BH1002 Person, Culture and Society I (5 credits); CP1080 & CP1090 Clinical Science and Practice 1 & I (5 credits each); FM1010 Foundations of Medicine 1 - Introductory Human Biology (15 credits); FM1020 Foundations of Medicine...

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CORE: BH1002 Person, Culture and Society I (5 credits); CP1080 & CP1090 Clinical Science and Practice 1 & I (5 credits each); FM1010 Foundations of Medicine 1 - Introductory Human Biology (15 credits); FM1020 Foundations of Medicine 2 - Cardiovascular Biology (5 credits); FM1030 Foundations of Medicine 3 - Respiratory Biology and Metabolism (10 credits); FM1040 Foundations of Medicine 4 - Gastrointestinal, Nutritional and Metabolic Biology (10 credits).

ELECTIVES (ALL 5 CREDITS): EH1090 Epidemiology Elective I; FR1106 Threshold French II; HS1094 Spanish Language for First Year Medical Students (Beginner Level); IT1171 Italian Language for Medical Students (Beginner Level); LC0001 Medical English; MX1001 Library Project in Medicine I; MX1006 Student Directed Special Study Module in Medicine; MX1007 Special Study Module: Advanced Irish Language; UW0092 Science in Society for Medicine (available to MB, BCH, BAO students only).

Year 2 Modules:
Person, Culture and Society; Clinical Science and Practice; Foundations of Medicine: Medical Pharmacology; Foundations of Medicine: Mechanisms of Disease; Foundations of Medicine, Neuroscience; Bone Metabolism, Renal Mechanisms of Homeostasis and Associated Anatomy;

Electives:
Human Embryology and Developmental Anatomy; French; Spanish; Irish; Introduction to Medical Nutrition; Library Project in Medicine; Student Directed Special Study Module in Medicine; Medical Research Project; Chemotherapy and Pharmacology of Inflammation; Medical Statistics.

Year 3 Modules:
Core:
Epidemiology for Evidence Based Healthcare; Clinical Science and Practice; Foundations of Medicine: Fundamentals of Therapy; Foundations of Medicine: Manifestations of Disease;

Electives:
AN3000 Advanced Anatomical Skills; MX3015 Psychological Medicine; IP3008 Palliative Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach; IS3101 Health Information Systems and e-Health; MX3001 Maritime Medicine; MX3003 Medical Research Project; MX3005 Writing Skills for Medical Students; MX3006 Student Selected Special Study Module in Medicine; MX3007 Physical Activity, Exercise and Sports Medicine; MX3009 Business Skills in Medicine; MX3010 Mitigating Medical Error; MX3011 Malnutrition and Nutrition Support; MX3012 Library Project in Medicine III; MX3013 Introduction to Evidence-based Practice in Medicine; MX3090 Medical Ethics, Legal Medicine and Moot Court; PM3090 Genetic Research in Human Disease

Year 4 Modules:
Psychiatry; Behavioural Medicine; Reproduction, Pregnancy, Child Health and Development; Fundamentals of Adult Disease; Forensic Medicine and the Coroner’s Court; Research and Professionalism in Medicine.

Year 5 Modules:
Principles and Practice of Surgery; Principles and Practice of Internal Medicine and General Practice; Principles and Practice of Paediatrics and Child Health; Principles and Practices of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Research and Professionalism in Medicine.

Expand+Careers
Few fields can compete with Medicine in terms of the wide variety of career opportunities. For most doctors, their professional lives centre on caring for people in the community or in hospital. However, some doctors become leading medical ...

Hide-Careers
Few fields can compete with Medicine in terms of the wide variety of career opportunities. For most doctors, their professional lives centre on caring for people in the community or in hospital. However, some doctors become leading medical researchers, developing new insights into the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Some doctors work in:
• public health and communicable diseases
• in pharmaceutical or biomedical device companies
• health insurance companies
• occupational medicine

Further Study
Post-graduate training in specialist areas includes:
• medicine
• surgery
• paediatrics
• obstetrics and gynaecology
• public health
• general practice
• anaesthetics
• pathology