LEAVING CERTIFICATE APPLICANTS
APPLYING THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPLICATIONS OFFICE (CAO) If you are under 23, and sitting the Leaving Certifi cate in 2018, you must apply for your choice of Level 8 bachelor’s degree through the Central Applications Offi ce (CAO). For a list of important dates see page 208. All applicants (except occasional and non-EU students) must apply through the Central Applications Offi ce. Apply online at
www.cao.ie or request details from:
Central Applications Offi ce, Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway + 353 91 509800 + 353 91 562344
On your CAO application you are invited to enter your choice of courses in ‘order of preference’. It is essential that you list your selected courses in order of choice. Put your fi rst choice in the number one position, followed by your second and third choice, and so on. The deadline for submission of applications is 1st February 2018 but you may apply from early November 2017. A standard fee applies. Late applications are accepted up to 1st May 2018, on payment of an additional fee. A change of mind facility is available up to 1st July 2018. Applicants already in third level education, who were admitted via the CAO, may submit applications up to 22nd July. The University off ers places to applicants in order of merit, once they meet the minimum entry requirements (see page 205 for details). The order of merit is calculated based on a points system (see table opposite). Places are allocated to applicants with the required points according to their list of CAO preferences, with applicants who meet the points requirements being off ered their course in order of preference. For this reason it is essential that you list your CAO course choices in your genuine order of preference. The University distinguishes between applicants who have equal points by appending a randomly generated number to each score. The combined score/random number is the fi nal determinant of position in the order of merit.
AGE RESTRICTIONS
In general, students must be 17 years or older by 15th January in the year after entry to the University. If you are younger, you must make a special application to the University’s President. A mature student is someone who is 23 years or older by 1st January in the year of entry to the University. For part-time degrees the mature age is 21 by the 1st January in the year of entry. For more information on applying as a mature student see page 196.
LEAVING CERTIFICATE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME (LCVP) LINK MODULES Points are awarded as follows:
Distinction Merit Pass
66 46 28
Applicants can use their points allocation for the Link Modules as one of their best six subjects for the purpose of calculating points, but the Link Modules do not qualify as a subject for minimum entry requirement purposes.
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CAO POINTS SYSTEM Irish Leaving Certifi cate Subjects
Higher Level New
Grades % Marks H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
90 - 100 80 < 90 70 < 80 60 < 70 50 < 60 40 < 50 30 < 40 0 < 30
New Points Awarded
100 88 77 66 56 46 37 0
Ordinary Level New
Grades % Marks
New Points Awarded
O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 O7 O8
90 - 100 80 < 90 70 < 80 60 < 70 50 < 60 40 < 50 30 < 40 0 < 30
56 46 37 28 20 12 0 0
All Leaving Certifi cate subjects carry equal points with the exception of *Mathematics (details below). Points are awarded for your six best subjects in any one year. These do not have to include subjects needed to meet general minimum entry requirements. Minimum entry requirements and course requirements may be satisfi ed by an accumulation of subjects over more than one year. As well as achieving the required points, you must have a minimum of six subjects in your Leaving Certifi cate, with two Higher Level papers at grade H5 and four Ordinary or Higher Level papers at grade O6/H7.
The requirements for each course are shown in the table on page 205.
* 25 bonus points will be added to the points score for a Leaving Certifi cate Higher Level Mathematics grade H6 or higher. This was implemented in 2012 for a four year pilot period and a recent review decided to continue the bonus.
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.
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