Expand+Grade H5 in two subjects, plus Grade O6 in four other subjects. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)

Note: An F2 in Foundation Level Mathematics will be accepted as meeting the minimum Mathematics requiremen...

Hide-Grade H5 in two subjects, plus Grade O6 in four other subjects. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)

Note: An F2 in Foundation Level Mathematics will be accepted as meeting the minimum Mathematics requirement.

For all applicants, portfolio presentation and interview are required.

Foundation Level Subject
Foundation Level Irish at grade FL2 meets the minimum language requirement. No points are awarded.

Foundation Level Mathematics at minimum grade FL2 will be accepted as meeting the minimum Mathematics requirements for entry to the following courses:

AL765 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care
AL860 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Social Care Practice
AL763 Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
AL764 Bachelor of Arts in Early Years Care and Education
AL861 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Animation & Illustration

Scoring System for Foundation Level Mathematics

Grade FL1 Points 20
Grade FL2 Points 12

Maths Bonus Points
25 bonus points will be awarded for higher level mathematics for H6 grades and above. For example, if an applicant receives a H6 grade an additional 25 points will be added to the 46 points already awarded for a H6 grade i.e. higher level mathematics now carries a points score of 71 for this applicant. Click here to view a more detailed description of the Bonus Points Scheme for Higher Level Leaving Certificate Mathematics, with some examples.

Expand+Candidates should also note that for high demand courses at AIT, there is a limit to the number of places reserved for QQI applicants. Random selection may apply in certain circumstances.

For further information see www.ait.ie/fetac.

For entry ...

Hide-Candidates should also note that for high demand courses at AIT, there is a limit to the number of places reserved for QQI applicants. Random selection may apply in certain circumstances.

For further information see www.ait.ie/fetac.

For entry to year 1 programmes at AIT, all QQI level 5 and QQI level 6 awards will be scored to deliver a maximum of 390 CAO points.

A QQI Component Certificate/Record of Achievement is not sufficient to gain entry to courses at AIT; candidates must have achieved a full QQI Certificate (Major Award). A major award may be accumulated over more than one academic year. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the applicant to apply to QQI for a major award where courses are taken over more than one year.

Due to the competitive nature of both General and Psychiatric Nursing, scores will only be calculated when the appropriate award is presented in a single sitting, together with all the required modules and grades.

For programmes having a specific QQI quota (i.e. General Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Heath Science with Nutrition, Sports Science with Exercise Physiology, Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy, Dental Nursing, Pharmacy Technician, Veterinary Nursing, Early Years Care and Education, Social Care Practice, Applied Social Studies), the QQI results are considered in Round 0 (early August). Your QQI scores will not normally be considered after Round 0 where a quota applies.

For programmes where no specific quota applies, QQI scores are included in the order of merit list of all applicants presenting school leaving examinations, and initial offers are issued in Round 1. QQI results will not be added to Leaving Certificate results. If you have taken both exams, the exam in which you have achieved the highest points will be used for non-quota places.

Graduates of QQI Level 6 awards intending to apply for a place at AIT should contact the institute in advance for more information in relation to the exemptions available to award holders.

Expand+Mature Applicants
The institute considers applicants who are 23 years or over on 1 January in the year of entry to be mature applicants. Such applicants may not be required to have the minimum entry requirements. However, the institute will look for...

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The institute considers applicants who are 23 years or over on 1 January in the year of entry to be mature applicants. Such applicants may not be required to have the minimum entry requirements. However, the institute will look for satisfactory evidence of the applicant’s ability to pursue and benefit from the course. Knowledge and skills gained through experiential learning will be taken into account, having regard to the course for which the mature applicant has applied. Such applicants should apply through the CAO system, and may be required to attend for interview at AIT as part of the selection process.

Expand+Trade Qualifications
A trade applicant, seeking admission to the first year of a course, should do so through the CAO. Such application may be on the basis of National Craft Certificate, Senior Trades or Advanced Tourism Certification Board (NTCB)/...

Hide-Trade Qualifications
A trade applicant, seeking admission to the first year of a course, should do so through the CAO. Such application may be on the basis of National Craft Certificate, Senior Trades or Advanced Tourism Certification Board (NTCB)/QQI qualifications, instead of, or in addition to, Leaving Certificate results. AIT welcomes applications from such candidates.
Possession of these awards at advanced level normally qualifies an applicant for entry to the institute.

Other Qualifications
Applicants with qualifications other than those listed above (including EU and overseas qualifications) should apply in the normal way, giving full details of their qualifications/application category on their application.

Certification of Examinations Results and/or Work Experience
Where an application is being made on the basis of qualifications other than an Irish Leaving Certificate, and/or experience, the relevant certificates showing dates, subjects and results of examinations, as well as duration and details of employment/experience, must accompany the application to CAO. Where the relevant certificates are not available at the time of application, these must be submitted as soon as they are available. English translations of qualifications not issued in English must be supplied. Applications will not be considered without the appropriate certificates.

Expand+The portfolio should reflect the applicant’s enthusiasm for studying the two main subject areas and demonstrate a high level of skill, creativity, experimentation and inventiveness through a wide range of media. Applicants are advised to choose only ...

Hide-The portfolio should reflect the applicant’s enthusiasm for studying the two main subject areas and demonstrate a high level of skill, creativity, experimentation and inventiveness through a wide range of media. Applicants are advised to choose only their best, most original work. The following examples are designed to give applicants an idea of the type and range of material to include. No applicant is expected to include all of the items on the list.

Volume of work
Fifteen pieces of work. We are looking for quality not quantity. Include research and development.

Range of work
Work should include drawings, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, photography and 3D work.

Drawing
A variety of observational drawings, such as life drawing, drawings of people, animals, landscapes, objects. Include a variety of poses and media, showing line, tone and texture.

Storyboards
Showing the idea for a short animation/film/ advertisement. The storyboard should outline the key moments of the sequence: the actions, event, and emotions.

One Sketchbook
Work should show artistic/cultural interests as well as thought process and ideas. To contain 5 to 10 minutes drawings from life. Include people and animals, still and moving, the environment, building interior and/or exterior.

One Visual Diary
To show project research and development as well as applicant’s thought process, ideas and thumbnail sketches, indicating their interest in animation and illustration.

Originality of Work
Work must be original. Drawings of established cartoon characters and work copied from books should not be included. Examples of animation shorts, film and samples of scripts or creative writing (such as children’s stories, short stories, poetry) are welcome but not compulsory.

Submission of Portfolio
Applicants must present a portfolio of their selected work. This can also be submitted in the traditional manner or in digital format. Digital work must be submitted on DvD or Cd. Applicants submitting work in digital format should double-check that any links to Flickr/Vimeo can be easily accessed by our lecturing staff prior to submitting their material.

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2018 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2018 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2018 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2018 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 2018 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2018, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2018 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2018 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the 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, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology 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 five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2018 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 2018 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 2018 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2018 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2018 at 5:15pm.

Expand+Did you know that Ireland is now a global animation industry leader, receiving 5 Oscar nominations since 2002 and that it is an Irishman, Will Slaney from Cork, who currently works for Marvel and draws the Spiderman character.

With millions of ch...

Hide-Did you know that Ireland is now a global animation industry leader, receiving 5 Oscar nominations since 2002 and that it is an Irishman, Will Slaney from Cork, who currently works for Marvel and draws the Spiderman character.

With millions of children watching animated programmes produced in Ireland every week, we have become a recognised leader with talented and technically sophisticated 2D and 3D studios creating and producing content for TV, Film, Games, Mobile and Apps. Animation created in Ireland is viewed in over 120 territories worldwide. While it is still a relatively niche area, with around 1200 people employed in the industry, animation in Ireland is growing rapidly with a host of successful home-grown animated series, feature films and co-productions hitting the screens.

Whilst on this programme you will develop into an imaginative, confident, creative individual capable of thriving, exploiting and adapting to a rapidly changing visual culture and world of communication, education, entertainment, and advertising. You will be allowed to give full vent to your creativity and explore all sorts of areas where your illustration and animation skills could be used. You will be encouraged to cultivate your creative abilities and technical skills through an understanding of the connections between illustration and animation and by creating sequential narratives using traditional and cutting-edge digital image-making techniques. This programme will particularly suit applicants who wish to work in creative industries that value artistic talent, inventiveness and individuality.

Why study this course at AIT?
This programme is unique to Athlone IT as no other educational provider offers a programme combining animation and illustration at undergraduate or postgraduate level in Ireland.

Graduates of this Level 8 degree programme in animation & illustration will have the capacity to apply their knowledge of the core principles of illustration and animation to a broad range of topics which include drawing, story boarding, character development etc. They will develop the capacity for independent learning, solid analytical and IT-related skills, high levels of critical reasoning, etc. through the twin emphasis of both animation and illustration, with an emphasis on problem-solving and team-working capabilities.

Expand+Year 1

Explorative Practice, Creativity in Context, Ideation & Visualisation, Professional Practice, Project progression & Communications.

Year2

Animation Illustration Studio - The Building Blocks, Narrative & Character Creation, Practice i...

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Explorative Practice, Creativity in Context, Ideation & Visualisation, Professional Practice, Project progression & Communications.

Year2

Animation Illustration Studio - The Building Blocks, Narrative & Character Creation, Practice in Context, Theory into Context: Themes.

Year 3

Animation Illustration Studio - Process to Production, Theory into Context: Critical Issues, Work Based Project or Practice Placement.

Year 4

Animation Illustration Studio – Individual Practice, Professional Practice: Confirmation, Dissertation/Report: Research and Reflection.

Expand+Progression
An honours degree (Level 8) is and effective basis for postgraduate training and research leading to Master’s and PhD (Level 9/10) qualifications. Staff in the department and in the Careers Office can advise on the range of opportunitie...

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An honours degree (Level 8) is and effective basis for postgraduate training and research leading to Master’s and PhD (Level 9/10) qualifications. Staff in the department and in the Careers Office can advise on the range of opportunities available at AIT and elsewhere for such postgraduate programmes. Full details of all postgraduate programmes at AIT are contained in the postgraduate prospectus.

Career Opportunities
The BA (Hons) in Animation & Illustration will equip graduates to carry out a number of roles in animation production associated with short films, feature animations, TV production and TV advertising, special effects and short films. Other specific roles titles include: Background artists, 3D artist, animator, CGI animator, agency illustrator, illustration artist assistant and character artist.