Expand+Leaving Cert Subject Entry Requirements
O6/H7 in English, Irish, a third language and three other recognised subjects

Special Entry Recommendation
In order to study Music, we strongly recommend that you have a grade H4 in Leaving Certificate Mu...

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O6/H7 in English, Irish, a third language and three other recognised subjects

Special Entry Recommendation
In order to study Music, we strongly recommend that you have a grade H4 in Leaving Certificate Music or the equivalent of grade 5 ABRSM Music Theory.

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 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.

NB The Leaving Certificate Applied Programme is not an acceptable qualification for matriculation purposes.

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 or Geography 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 2019, 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.

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Anticipated QQI-FET places 2019: 24
Minimum QQI-FET points 2018: 341

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 c...

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Anticipated QQI-FET places 2019: 24
Minimum QQI-FET points 2018: 341

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 2019, 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 2019, your date of birth must be on or before 1 January, 1996.

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 2019. Some courses may accept late applications up to 1 May 2019 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: 20th January 2019 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2019 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 2019 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2019 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2019 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2019 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2019 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2019 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 2019 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2019, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2019 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2019 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 registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019.

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 2019.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 1 April 2019 at 5:15pm

Expand+Why is this subject for me?
Music is a universal form of expression, one that captures our imagination in countless ways. In UCD, we equip students with the skills necessary to understand a wide variety of musical practices. Study music in UCD if yo...

Hide-Why is this subject for me?
Music is a universal form of expression, one that captures our imagination in countless ways. In UCD, we equip students with the skills necessary to understand a wide variety of musical practices. Study music in UCD if you love performing, listening to, and talking about music.

Develop your musicianship through both theory and performance. Deepen your knowledge of musical history and cultures. Analyse the important role music plays in contemporary life. Learn how to research and write about specific musical genres and topics. Find out why music is such a central part of being human.

Music is taught in lectures, seminars, tutorials, ensemble rehearsals, and through independent study and practice. Students are assessed through a mixture of end-of- semester exams, continuous assessment, dissertations, recitals, and concerts.

There are four professionally-directed ensembles in UCD that can be taken for credit: the UCD Choral Scholars; the UCD Gamelan Ensemble; the UCD Philharmonic Choir, and the UCD Symphony Orchestra. Auditions for our performing ensembles take place during the first two weeks of the semester.

Expand+What will I study?
First Year
• Writing about Music
• Music, Culture & Society
• Music Theory and Musicianship
• Performance Ensemble Electives.

Second & Final Years

Music History
Formal Analysis
Musics of the World ...

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First Year
• Writing about Music
• Music, Culture & Society
• Music Theory and Musicianship
• Performance Ensemble Electives.

Second & Final Years

Music History
Formal Analysis
Musics of the World
Irish Music
Baroque Counterpoint
Harmony and Keyboard Harmony
The Piano Concerto
Popular Music
Performance Ensemble Electives
Music, Sound and the Moving Image
African-American Religious Music
Coming to Know Medieval Song
Philosophy of Music.

Music is taught in lectures, seminars, tutorials, ensemble rehearsals, and through independent study and practice. Students are assessed through a mixture of end-ofsemester exams, continuous assessment, dissertations, recitals, and concerts.

There are four professionally-directed ensembles in UCD that can be taken for credit: the UCD Choral Scholars; the UCD Gamelan Ensemble; the UCD Philharmonic Choir: and the UCD Symphony Orchestra. Auditions for our performing ensembles take place during the first two weeks of the semester

BMus
Students who wish to move to a pure music degree, after completing the first year of the BA, may apply to transfer to the single subject BMus, subject to meeting the entry requirements. Alternatively, following completion of the BA, you may add a BMus degree by studying for a further year.

Expand+Performance Scholarships
The School of Music offers over forty performance scholarships each academic year. Details on criteria and auditions for these scholarships can be found on our website.

Studying Music as a Joint Major with one of the bel...

Hide-Performance Scholarships
The School of Music offers over forty performance scholarships each academic year. Details on criteria and auditions for these scholarships can be found on our website.

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

Art History
Irish/ Gaeilge
Celtic Civilisation
Irish Folklore
Drama Studies
Irish Studies
English
Italian
Film Studies
Latin
French
Linguistics
German
Mathematics
Greek & Roman Civilisation
Spanish

Studying Music with one Minor subject:
Geography
Philosophy

Expand+Career & Graduate Study Opportunities
Music graduates can pursue careers in:
- The Music Industry
- Journalism
- Media
- Arts Administration
- Music Education
- Academia
- Performance
- Music Therapy

Music graduates often take ...

Hide-Career & Graduate Study Opportunities
Music graduates can pursue careers in:
- The Music Industry
- Journalism
- Media
- Arts Administration
- Music Education
- Academia
- Performance
- Music Therapy

Music graduates often take their study of music further, through graduate studies. The UCD School of Music offers a Master in Musicology [pathways in musicology and ethnomusicology], MLitt, and PhD.

International Study Opportunities
The UCD School of Music operates Erasmus exchange programmes with universities in Munich, Prague and Rouen.

Non-EU exchange opportunities include Queen's University, Ontario, Canada and Waseda University, Japan, University of California, Los Angeles.