Expand+Taught Programmes - Application Process
All applicants apply through the online application system by choosing a programme from one of the five faculties. If Non-EU applicants wish to contact the International Education Division first before complet...

Hide-Taught Programmes - Application Process
All applicants apply through the online application system by choosing a programme from one of the five faculties. If Non-EU applicants wish to contact the International Education Division first before completing an online application, they can do by filling out the International Education Division Enquiry Form. For more information visit the International Office website.

International Office:
Tel: +353 61 202414
Fax: +353 61 213062
email: international@ul.ie.

Visit the International Office website

What to include (upload) with your application
•Certified results for all examinations mentioned on your application form and/or confirmation of the award of your qualification(s).
•Evidence of English language proficiency.
•Certified translations of your award and transcripts if they are not in English
•A copy of your birth certificate or passport

Please note that certain programmes request additional documentation such as personal statements and/or references. Please check the programme entry requirements to ensure you have included the required information.

What happens after I apply?
Once you submit your application online, you will receive an email acknowledgement. It is important that you upload all your documents at the time of application as you will not be able to upload these at a later stage. If you do not have your documents at the time of application, you will need to mail them to the Postgraduate Admissions Office once they become available.
Your application will then be passed to the Course Director who will decide whether or not to offer you a place. Some programmes require interviews and you will be notified of the date, time and venue.

Decision Letter
You will receive one of the following letters from the Postgraduate Admissions Office:
•An unconditional offer. You satisfy all of the academic conditions required and we are offering you a place.
•A conditional offer. You do not yet satisfy the academic conditions required before entry but you propose to do so. The conditions are listed in the offer letter and may include English language tests as well as degree results.
•Letter of regret. We are unable to offer you a place.

Please note that a decision is authoritative and official only if it has been sent in writing from the Postgraduate Admissions Office.

Accepting a place at the University of Limerick
To accept your offer you must pay your acceptance deposit and send in the course acceptance form, stamped by the bank, to the Postgraduate Admissions Office. On receipt of this acceptance form/deposit, the Postgraduate Admissions Office will change the status of your application to Firmly Accepted. You will receive an orientation pack in August. The orientation pack will provide you with full details of orientation and enrolment.

Deferring your offer
You cannot defer a place on a taught postgraduate programme without the permission of the Course Director. If you are offered a deferral, you will receive a letter from the Postgraduate Admissions Office confirming that a deferral has been granted. You should then contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office before March of the following year to confirm that you will be accepting your place. If you are not offered a deferral, then you must re-apply for the programme the following academic year.

Contacts
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Graduate School
Foundation Building
University of Limerick
Tel: +353 61 234377
Fax: +353 61 233287
Email: postgradadmissions@ul.ie

Expand+Entry Requirements
Candidates will be required to meet a minimum entry requirement of 2.2 (Level 8 Honours Degree - QQI) in an English-related degree or an approved equivalent qualification. For non-native speakers of English an IELTS (Internationa...

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Candidates will be required to meet a minimum entry requirement of 2.2 (Level 8 Honours Degree - QQI) in an English-related degree or an approved equivalent qualification. For non-native speakers of English an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) composite score in the range of 6.5 is required.

What to Upload with your Application:
• Qualification transcripts and certificates
• English language qualification(s) if English is not your first language
• Certified English translation of your transcripts/certificates where the original transcripts are in a language other than English
• A personal satement
• Two (2) academic letters of reference
• A writing sample
• A copy of your Birth Certificate (long document)

English Language Requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than two years prior to application):

Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:
• Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved
• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 580 (paper based) or 90 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.

Expand+Overview
• To broaden and deepen the students' knowledge of literatures in English, literary and cultural theory, and textual practices;
• To provide students with a knowledge of the cultural, political, and historical contexts of literary movement...

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• To broaden and deepen the students' knowledge of literatures in English, literary and cultural theory, and textual practices;
• To provide students with a knowledge of the cultural, political, and historical contexts of literary movements and genres;
• To ensure that students can engage with current critical debates in the areas of, for example, modernism, post-colonialism, utopianism, gender and literature, and migration studies;
• To enable students to develop their writing and editing skills in the production of a literary magazine;
• To enhance students' analytical and critical thinking skills, to instruct them in the use of both traditional and technological research resources, and to provide them the opportunity of completing substantial original research;
• To provide students with the opportunity and skills for independent research and self-directed learning;
• To enhance students' career opportunities, including the provision of the knowledge and skills required to advance to doctoral degree studies.

Expand+Autumn Semester
• Literary and Cultural Theory
• Advanced Editing: Creating a Literary Journal

Electives (choose two)
• Literary Modernism
• Gender & Sexuality in Irish Writing
• Literature of Migration
• Cultural Constructions of the Past
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Hide-Autumn Semester
• Literary and Cultural Theory
• Advanced Editing: Creating a Literary Journal

Electives (choose two)
• Literary Modernism
• Gender & Sexuality in Irish Writing
• Literature of Migration
• Cultural Constructions of the Past
• Literature, Film, and Human Rights

Spring Semester
• Research Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies
• Thesis Writing

Electives (choose two)
• Politics and American Literature
• Post-colonial Theory and Literature
• Feminist Literary Theory: Perspectives on Women & Literature
• Utopian Theory and Texts
• Textual Constructions of Cultural Identity
• Issues in Modern and Contemporary Poetry
• Irish Americas in Literature and Culture

Summer
• Dissertation