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To be eligible for consideration for a programme an applicant must possess the minimum entry requirements for that programme.

Selection for entry to TU Dublin programmes will be determined on the basis of examination sc...

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To be eligible for consideration for a programme an applicant must possess the minimum entry requirements for that programme.

Selection for entry to TU Dublin programmes will be determined on the basis of examination score except in the case of programmes which involve suitability tests, interviews and other assessment procedures. All suitability tests/interviews/auditions/portfolio reviews etc will generally be carried out during the period March - May each year.

Where a specific grade is required in a subject (H4, O3 etc) an applicant must achieve that grade or better in order to be eligible for consideration (H = Higher Level; O = Ordinary Level).Where a programme requirement is 2 or 3 honours, grade H5 or better on Higher Level Leaving Certificate papers is needed to meet such a requirement.

In the case of both Higher and Ordinary Level Leaving Certificate results, grades lower than H7 (Higher) or 06 (Ordinary) are not acceptable for eligibility purposes or for points calculation.

For the purpose of meeting minimum entry requirements, results from any number of sittings of the Irish Leaving Certificate Examination may be combined.

An applicant’s examination score will be calculated by adding together the points scored in the best six subjects in a single sitting of the Irish Leaving Certificate Examination.

Matriculation Examinations will not be accepted either for the purpose of meeting minimum entry requirements or for calculating examination scores.

Demand usually exceeds the number of places available and therefore examination results better than the minimum entry requirement are likely to be required.

When a number of applicants have the same points score, a random number is attached to the score for each course preference. This will then determine the position of each applicant on the waiting lists for offers.

Bonus Points Maths (Irish Leaving Certificate)
25 bonus points will continue to be awarded for Higher Level Mathematics for H6 grades and above. The bonus points will only be relevant where that subject is scored as one of the applicant’s best six subjects for points purposes.

Accompanying conditions:

The six best scores, in recognised subjects, in one Leaving Certificate Examination will be counted for points computation. If you receive a H6 grade or higher in Higher Level Mathematics then you include the additional 25 bonus points first, and then identify your best six scores. The bonus points are included in the overall points calculation only when Mathematics is one of the applicant's best six subjects following the addition of the bonus

Only one sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination will be counted for points purposes.

Remember, you must first meet the minimum entry requirements in order to be considered for entry to a course.

Foundation Level Mathematics
Foundations Level Mathematics is accepted for some programmes within the University, students should check the individual course page. Where Foundation maths is accepted as an entry requirement for a course you must have achieved a grade of F2 or higher.

Foundation Level Irish
Our courses specify minimum entry requirements in English OR Irish. If you meet the minimum entry requirement in English then this will suffice.

For the most part the univesity will not consider Foundation Level Irish for the purposes of entry requirements or for points, however a grade F3 in Foundation level Irish is acceptable for meeting the minimum entry requirements for some Higher Certificate programmes. Students with an F3 in Foundation level Irish must have passed five other subjects with a minimum grade of O6 including Maths, students should check on individual course pages to determine if their foundation Irish grade is sufficient.

We do not award points for Foundation Level Irish.

Garda Vetting
What is Garda Vetting?
Garda vetting is the process of checking a person’s background to see if there are any issues which would make them unsuitable to work or volunteer in an environment with children and/or vulnerable adults.

The person being vetted (the applicant) gives written authorisation for An Garda Síochána to disclose to TU Dublin details of all prosecutions, successful or not, pending or completed, recorded in the State at the time of application.

Why is Garda Vetting Required?
Garda Vetting is required for students who go on work placement where such activity may bring them into contact with vulnerable adults or children.

Without satisfactory Garda clearance, students may be unable to complete the work placement module or other specific modules and consequently be unable to complete their course or receive an award.

When do I apply?
Once you have registered as a TU Dublin student you can apply for Garda Vetting.

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Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Hand...

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Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1 May 2022 at 5pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1 July 2022 at 5pm

Exceptional online late application (see page 31 of the 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee €60 Closing Date: 22 July 2022 at 5pm

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 5pm on 1 February 2022. The closing date for late applications is 5pm on 1 May 2022, subject to the restrictions listed on page 3 of the 2022 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 4 March 2022 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22 July at 5pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2022 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 six HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 31 of the 2022 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restrictions
As a CAO applicant you may experience one or more of the following restrictions based on your course choices, your category of application, or restrictions imposed by the HEIs that you wish to apply to. Please read the section on 'Restrictions' on page 3 of the 2022 CAO Handbook carefully. This section includes information on:

General Restricitons
1. Making a late application
2. Making changes to your course choices

Restricted Courses
3. Applying for a restricted course

Mature Applicants
4. Mature applicants

Supplementary Admissions Routes
5. Applying for DARE and/or HEAR

Expand+What is... Commercial Modern Music?
Programme Location: BIMM Institute Dublin
This four-year programme has been designed for guitarists, bass players, drummers, vocalists, songwriters, and those running commercial music projects who want to gain a ...

Hide-What is... Commercial Modern Music?
Programme Location: BIMM Institute Dublin
This four-year programme has been designed for guitarists, bass players, drummers, vocalists, songwriters, and those running commercial music projects who want to gain a Level 8 qualification in modern music, while at the same time fulfilling their creative and commercial potential.

It will encourage you to hone your live performance skills while also developing your career goals, which may include being a professional performer, professional songwriter or producer, music manager or publisher, academic researcher or teacher.

There are five streams: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, and Songwriting.

You’ll have access to BIMM Connect, an exclusive social networking platform and home to Europe’s largest private community of music students and graduates.

Aside from linking users to thousands of potential creative opportunities across each of our campuses, this free service delivers a range of valuable tools to help you achieve your creative potential and career goals. Resources include a jobs board, events page, group forums and opportunities to showcase and promote your work – plus lots of other resources aimed at getting you the right information when you need it.

Subjects (including optional subjects) include music business & study skills, artist development & entrepreneurship, live performance, music theory and keyboard skills, songwriting, performativity & live music, arrangement analysis, cultural perspectives, Research Methods, professional musicianship options, digital marketing in the music business, studio musicianship, The Songwriter/Producer studio recording, music publishing, Professional Project, Analytical Perspectives, Solo Performance, Ensemble Performance, Music Teaching Practice, Professional Development, Commercial Songwriting and Composition and Analysis.

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Artist Development & Entrepreneurship
Artist Development & Entrepreneurship
Instrumental
Live Arrangement Workshop
Live Performance Workshop
Music Business & Study Skills
Music Business & Study Skills
Music Theory & Keyboard Skills
Mu...

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Artist Development & Entrepreneurship
Artist Development & Entrepreneurship
Instrumental
Live Arrangement Workshop
Live Performance Workshop
Music Business & Study Skills
Music Business & Study Skills
Music Theory & Keyboard Skills
Music Theory and Keyboard Skills
Song writing Techniques
Songwriting
Styles
Styles Analysis
Techniques

Year 2
Instrumental

Applied Music Business & Study Skills
Applied Music Theory
Essential Development Skills
Performativity & Live Music
Songwriting
Styles
Techniques
Transcription & Keyboard Skills

Songwriting
Applied Music Business & Study Skills
Applied Music Theory, Transcription & Keyboard Skills
Arrangement Analysis
Essential Development Skills
Live Performance Workshop (SW)
Songwriting Techniques

Year 3
Instrumental - Core Modules:
Advanced Music Theory & Arrangement
Cultural Perspectives
Professional Musicianship Options: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals,
Research Methods

Instrumental – Optional Modules:
Digital Marketing in the Music Business
Music Publishing
Studio Musicianship
Studio Recording
The Songwriter/Producer

Songwriting - Core Modules:
Advanced Music Theory & Arrangement
Cultural Perspectives
Music Publishing
Research Methods

Songwriting - Optional Modules

Performance in Context
Digital Marketing in the Music Business
Studio Musicianship
Studio Recording

Year 4
Instrumental - Core Modules:
Professional Project (Major)
Analytical Perspectives (Minor)
Analytical Perspectives (Major)
Professional Project (Minor)

Instrumental – Optional Modules:
Commercial Songwriting
Solo Performance
Ensemble Performance
Music Business Studies
Music Teaching Practice
Professional Development
Composition and Analysis

Songwriting - Core Modules:
Commercial Songwriting
Professional Project (Major)
Analytical Perspectives (Minor)
Analytical Perspectives (Major)
Professional Project (Minor)

Songwriting - Optional Modules :
Solo Performance
Ensemble Performance
Music Business Studies
Music Teaching Practice
Professional Development
Composition and Analysis

Expand+Post Graduate Study:
Graduates have pursued Level 9 postgraduate courses such as ; MA in Music Therapy University of Limerick, MA in Popular Music Research Goldsmith's University, MA in Music, Mind & Brain at Goldsmith University and Level 9 studies...

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Graduates have pursued Level 9 postgraduate courses such as ; MA in Music Therapy University of Limerick, MA in Popular Music Research Goldsmith's University, MA in Music, Mind & Brain at Goldsmith University and Level 9 studies in the areas of Public Relations and Marketing.

Graduates may wish to pursue the MA Popular Music Practice at BIMM Institute Dublin.

What are my career opportunities?
As with all courses at BIMM, the BA (Hons) in Commercial Modern Music is designed to help students establish a sustainable career within the music industry.

At BIMM Institute Dublin 85% of our 2017 group of graduates were employed within six months of graduation, working in the music industry as artists and performers, session musicians, in artist management, record labels, music publishing, social media entrepreneurship and live music production. Many graduates have also gone on to pursue postgraduate studies in fields such as performance, music research, composition and teaching.

Graduates have toured the world with high-profile artists such as James Vincent McMorrow and Dua Lipa. A number of Dublin graduates have embarked on successful careers such as The Fontaines DC, Elm, Thumper and AE Mak and Peter Walsh who has a successful career in music publishing.

BIMM group students have scored an unprecedented 30 UK Top 40 singles and Top 20 albums, including George Ezra and James Bay. Other graduates have gone on to have successful careers in the wider music industry such as booking agent Natashia Bent who works with Foals and First Aid Kit.

BIMM Institute Brighton student Tom Odell’s debut album ‘Long Way Down’ reached No. 1 in the UK charts. He was nominated for two Brit Awards and won ‘Songwriter of the Year’ at the Ivor Novello Awards in 2014.

BIMM Institute Brighton guitar student James Bay won the 2015 BRIT’s Critics’ Choice award. Enjoying chart success and sell-out tours, James’s single ‘Hold back the river’ reached No 2 and his album reached No 1 in the UK charts.

Graduate Job Titles:
This programme enhances student employability prospects in a variety of areas in the music and creative industries including the following: commercial band performance, live session playing, playing on recording sessions, band management, music journalism, live TV and radio broadcasting, tour management, stage management, film, game and multimedia licensing and music composition, performing in both wedding and cover function bands, musical theatre, working in a variety of roles in music venues, event promotion, Artiste and Repertoire and record labels, working in live music agencies and teaching music.

Graduate Employers:
Aiken Promotions
Ali Coffee Casting
Atlantic Records
BBC (The Voice)
Disney Land USA
Faction Records
Festival Republic.
First Music Contact
IMRO,
ITV (X factor)
Liebbman Promotions,
Lindsey Holmes Publicity
MCD Productions
Music Maker
Music Network,
Philip McGee (Producer)
PIAS, Downtown Music Publishing,
Premier Entertainment International (Cruise Ships)
Sky
Patrick's Festival
The Abbey Theatre
The Button Factory
Ultra Music Publishing & Records,
Warner Music,
Whelans