Expand+Irish Leaving Certificate

Minimum entry requirements
– To matriculate on the results of the Leaving Certificate, a student must present at least six recognised subjects selected according to course requirements (see Entry Requirements for each ...

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Minimum entry requirements
– To matriculate on the results of the Leaving Certificate, a student must present at least six recognised subjects selected according to course requirements (see Entry Requirements for each course) and must obtain at least Grade H5 in two subjects and Grade O6/H7 in the remaining four subjects. – A student may normally combine the results of Leaving Certificate examinations obtained in different years for Matriculation Registration purposes. This concession applies to Matriculation Registration only; it does not apply to the calculation of points. However, it should be noted that students seeking to enter Medicine must meet the minimum entry requirements, including both Leaving Certificate points and matriculation, in the same sitting of the Leaving Certificate.

Acceptable subjects
All subjects of the current Leaving Certificate examination are accepted for Matriculation Registration purposes, with the following exceptions and qualifications:

i. Gaeilge – Bonnleibhéal (Irish – Foundation Level) will not be accepted for Matriculation Registration purposes.

ii. Mathematics Ordinary Alternative/ Foundation Level will be accepted for Matriculation Registration purposes, but not as a substitute for the subject Mathematics in courses for which the subject Mathematics is currently an entry requirement. Leaving Certificate points are not awarded for either of these subjects.

Applicants presenting Leaving Certificate results from previous years, which include subjects no longer offered should email admissions@ ucd.ie for advice with regard to acceptability and any exclusions which may apply.

Combination of subjects not permitted
– The subject “Physics and Chemistry” may not be presented with either “Physics” or “Chemistry”.

– “Agricultural Economics” may not be presented with “Economics”.

– “Classical Studies” may not be presented with “Latin” or “Greek”.

Laboratory science subjects
The following subjects in the Irish Leaving Certificate are recognised laboratory science subjects:

Agricultural Science ¬ Biology ¬ Chemistry ¬ Physics and Chemistry (Joint) ¬ Physics.

For Science (DN200) only, Applied Mathematics, Geography or Computer Science may also be used as a laboratory science subject.

Assessment of applications
Admission to most undergraduate courses is extremely competitive. Entry is normally based on the points system for students presenting Irish Leaving Certificate examinations.

Notes
– Minimum points requirements can change from year to year as they are dependent on demand for each course, as well as the number of places available.

– For entry in 2020, 25 additional points will be awarded for a grade H6 or better in Leaving Certificate Mathematics, where that subject is one of the six subjects being counted for points purposes.

– Applicants’ performance in the Leaving Certificate examination is scored on their best results in no more than six individual subjects taken in the Leaving Certificate examination of any one year. This does not preclude an intending applicant from taking school-leaving examinations in two or more years. In this event, the choice of year for scoring purposes will be such as to ensure that each applicant is credited with the maximum possible score.

– It is still possible to achieve matriculation and subject requirements over more than one year. However, for admission to Medicine, applicants must achieve both the required subject grades and the points in the same sitting.

– The subjects and combinations of subjects not permitted for matriculation also apply when computing an applicant’s points score.

– The points scores for Medicine are adjusted when combined with HPAT – Ireland. Please see www.ucd.ie/registry/admissions/ DN400_HPAT.html.

– For scoring of pre-2017 Leaving Certificate examinations, please see: www. ucd.ie/registry/admissions/points.html.

Age Requirement
You must be 17 years of age by 15 January following entry. For entry in 2020 your date of birth must be on or before 15 January 2004. If you do not meet the age requirement and want to appeal this, you can write to the Registrar. Your letter must be accompanied by a letter of support from your School Principal. Your request will be then be considered.

Health Screening
Candidates for admission to Medicine (DN400, DN401), Radiography (DN410 and DN411), Physiotherapy (DN420), Biomedical, Health & Life Sciences (DN440), Nursing & Midwifery (DN450, DN451, DN452, DN453) and Human Nutrition (DN262) are required to undergo a mandatory healthcare screening process prior to admission and from time to time thereafter, in accordance with a stringent healthcare screening policy. There are associated fees for these procedures. Students applying to these courses can find further information on these processes and policies and an up-to-date list of courses requiring screening at: www.ucd.ie/ registry/admissions/healthscreen.html.

Student Garda Vetting
Applicants to certain courses will also be required to complete an application to the National Vetting Bureau and/or an overseas police certificate. At present, the courses requiring Student Vetting include Human Nutrition (DN262), Medicine (DN400 and DN401), Radiography (DN410 and DN411), Physiotherapy (DN420), Nursing & Midwifery (DN450, DN451, DN452, DN453) and Sports and Exercise Management (DN430). Details are available at www.ucd.ie/vetting. It is important to note that Healthcare Screening and Student Vetting are compulsory course requirements.

Fitness to Practise
Courses that lead to a professional qualification, and a licence to practise that requires students to undertake practical training in a professional environment, may be subject to the University’s Student Fitness to Practise Policy . Students applying to such courses can find out more information at: www.ucd.ie/registry/admissions/policies.html.

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Anticipated QQI-FET places 2019: 30
Minimum QQI-FET points 2019: All qualified applicants

QQI-FET Applicants
Applicants with appropriate QQI-FET (Level 5 or 6) qualifications and modules, with a minimum of distinction in five modules, c...

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Anticipated QQI-FET places 2019: 30
Minimum QQI-FET points 2019: All qualified applicants

QQI-FET Applicants
Applicants with appropriate QQI-FET (Level 5 or 6) qualifications and modules, with a minimum of distinction in five modules, can be admitted on a competitive basis to programmes in: Science, Agriculture, Veterinary Nursing, Nursing, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and Commerce.

Please see http://www.ucd.ie/registry/admissions/FET.html for full details and information on other programmes under consideration.

Expand+What is a mature applicant?
A mature applicant is anyone who is at least 23 years of age on 1 January of the proposed year of entry and whose school-leaving qualifications are insufficient for admission. For admission in September 2020, your date of...

Hide-What is a mature applicant?
A mature applicant is anyone who is at least 23 years of age on 1 January of the proposed year of entry and whose school-leaving qualifications are insufficient for admission. For admission in September 2020, your date of birth must be on or before 1 January, 1997.

How do I apply?
For all our full-time, and some of our part-time, undergraduate degree programmes, mature applicants must apply through the Central Applications Office (CAO). The application can be completed online at www.cao.ie.

Some programmes require specific tests (e.g. MSAP and HPAT) or personal statements. Please see: www.ucd.ie/maturestudents for details of what is required for programmes.

For most of our programmes the closing date is 1 February 2020. Some courses may accept late applications up to 1 May 2020 but this is subject to the availability of places.

What should be included with my application?
Mature applicants may need to provide supplementary information in addition to their CAO application form.

Any supplementary information required (e.g. examination results, CV, personal statement) must be sent to the CAO with the completed application form. Those applying online (via www.cao.ie) must ensure that they forward supplementary information to the CAO immediately after submitting the online application.

The CAO Handbook contains useful advice regarding the application process.

Please Note
You must ensure that all relevant information is submitted to the CAO. There is no separate UCD application form, although some courses require a supplementary statement.

www.ucd.ie/maturestudents provides advice for personal statements. Your documents must arrive in the CAO within seven days of the submission of the online application.

Contact us with your queries
For assistance with the application process, you can email: mature.students@ucd.ie or call: 01 716 1608.

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): F...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1 May 2020 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1 July 2020 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application (see page 21 of the 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee €60 Closing Date: 22 July 2020 at 5:15pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid making an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all application fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1 February 2020. The closing date for late applications is 5:15pm on 1 May 2020, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2020 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5 March 2020 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22 July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2020 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, Marino Institute of Education, 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 21 of the 2020 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 2020 at 5:15pm, and include course choices by that date or add them using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March 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 DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm. To apply to DARE, you must anser YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2020 at 5:15pm

Expand+Joint Honours - DN520
This programme is ideal for students who want the freedom and flexibility to chose their preferred combination from UCD's unrivaled range of 25 individual subjects offered through this degree. On their CAO application, students...

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This programme is ideal for students who want the freedom and flexibility to chose their preferred combination from UCD's unrivaled range of 25 individual subjects offered through this degree. On their CAO application, students select DN520 and indicate the two subjects they wish to study.

Year 1
In addition to studying your two chosen subjects you can develop your options by choosing a third subject and an elective module. You will select your additional subject during the registration period in September.

At the end of Year 1, you will receive advice and support in finalising your two subject choices before you move into Year 2.

NB If you are studying Music, you may transfer from a Joint Honours degree to a Single Subject degree after Year 1.

Years 2 and 3
Study your two chosen subjects to degree level.

Optional International Study Abroad
UCD offers you the opportunity to study abroad, for either a semester or a year, at one of our many prestigious partner universities. Students who choose to spend a full year abroad as their Year 3 graduate with a four-year BA International degree.

Master's Course
Study for one extra year and add an MA to your BA. You can specialise in your subject or convert to another discipline with one of our topranking schools. See: www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies.

Studying Linguistics as a Joint Major with one of the below:

Celtic Civilisation
Irish/ Gaeilge
Drama Studies
Irish Studies
English
Italian
Film Studies
Latin
French
Mathematics
German
Music
Greek
Spanish
History
Statistics
Information & Communication Studies

Expand+Why is this subject for me?
Language is something we take for granted but it is one of the most important skills we possess as human beings. It is hard to imagine any activity that does not involve language in some way. This makes linguistics (the s...

Hide-Why is this subject for me?
Language is something we take for granted but it is one of the most important skills we possess as human beings. It is hard to imagine any activity that does not involve language in some way. This makes linguistics (the scientific study of language) one of the most intriguing and interesting subjects. Linguistics asks, and answers, such questions as:

How are languages structured?
How is language acquired?
Why do we not all speak the same way?

By studying linguistics, you will find the answers to these and other questions. Some of the answers may surprise you, and some will prompt you to explore more profound and interesting questions.

What will I study?

First Year
Modules are introductory in nature and provide an overview of the many interesting topics dealt with in Linguistics, including:

The sounds used in languages
The structure and meaning of words and sentences
The way language is acquired by children
How we use language to represent ourselves and to communicate with others

Second & Final Years
Modules provide a more in-depth analysis of the areas already introduced, as well as looking at other areas, such as: Language Variation & Change ¬ Language Disorders ¬ Endangered Languages ¬ English as a World Language ¬ Intercultural Communication ¬ The Corpus-based Study of Language

Linguistics modules comprise a lively mix of lectures, tutorials and hands-on exercises.

Expand+Career & Graduate Study Opportunities
Studying Linguistics develops essential skills that will allow you to pursue a diverse range of careers, including: Speech and language therapy ¬ Language teaching ¬ Editing and publishing ¬ Journalism ¬ Bus...

Hide-Career & Graduate Study Opportunities
Studying Linguistics develops essential skills that will allow you to pursue a diverse range of careers, including: Speech and language therapy ¬ Language teaching ¬ Editing and publishing ¬ Journalism ¬ Business ¬ Advertising ¬ Software development ¬ Database analysis Some of these careers may involve graduate study beyond linguistics, but students can also pursue MA and PhD studies in one of the many areas of linguistics, as well as related areas such as cognitive science, computer science or sociology.

International Study Opportunities
Linguistics students have availed of opportunities to study abroad as part of their course. Universities include: Paris, France ¬ Barcelona, Spain ¬ Valladolid, Spain ¬ Bilbao, Spain ¬ North Carolina, USA ¬ Toronto, Canada ¬ Waseda, Japan.