Application
Application for admission should normally be
made via the Central Applications Office
(CAO). Online application is encouraged at
www.cao.ie. The CAO handbook, which gives
details of application procedures and closing
dates, is available on the CAO website.
Central Applications Office
Tower House
Eglinton Street
Galway
Website: www.cao.ie
Phone: 091 509800
Fax:
091
562344
Students from outside the EU, and post-initial
year transfer applicants, apply directly to the
university. Please see UCD website for details.
Useful Publications:
•
•
UCD Undergraduate Prospectus
UCD Mature and Graduate Entry Pathways
To request either of these please contact
admissions@ucd.ie or 01 716 1555
Programme information is also available at
www.ucd.ie/myucd/courses and
entry requirements at
https://myucd.ucd.ie/admission/entry_ug.ezc
Applicant’s Responsibility
It is the responsibility of applicants to provide
full and accurate information in their
application and to notify the University of any
changes or corrections to the original
application. UCD may request verification
from the issuing authority of any or all details
on documentation presented. If documents
are found to have been falsified the awarding
body will be notified.
In the light of additional information which
was not available at the time of selection, an
offer may be amended or, in exceptional
circumstances, withdrawn. The University also
reserves the right to correct errors where they
have been made in the communication of
decisions and offers.
Previous third level
attendance
Applicants must include details of all previous
third level attendance when applying.
Restrictions may apply for some programmes.
Please see www.ucd.ie/myucd/transfer for
details.
General regulations
• Students must normally be seventeen years of age by
15 January following entry: i.e. for entry in 2014, date
of birth must be on or before 15 January 1998.
• Admission to all courses is competitive and for all fulltime courses is based on the Leaving Certificate points
system or equivalent. In the case of Medicine, the HPAT
results are taken in combination with the school-leaving
results.
• Candidates for admission to Medicine, Physiotherapy,
Radiography & Nursing courses are required to pass a
health assessment prior to admission, and from time to
time thereafter, in accordance with the health policy of
the College of Health Sciences. The assessment includes
testing for Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis. The
assessment costs the student approximately €230.
• Candidates for some programmes (currently: Human
Nutrition, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Radiography and
Nursing) will be required to undergo Garda Vetting. In
the event that a relevant offence is disclosed,
candidates may not be permitted to register.
• Non-EU students apply directly to UCD, please see
www.ucd.ie/international for details of application
procedures and programmes.
• Applicants presenting qualifications gained outside
Ireland are assessed for admission purposes on an
individual basis in accordance with procedures on EU
and non-EU websites.
• For CAO applicants, all documentation and exam results
which are being presented for assessment for entry to
UCD must be with CAO no later than the dates below:
Irish Leaving Certificate/A-level: 13
August
Other School leaving exams:
31 July 2014
2014
Other applicants (e.g. FETAC/Mature/Non-EU/Transfers):
please see the relevant UCD website.
It may not be possible to gain entry in the current year if
documents and/or results are presented later than the
relevant dates. This includes Leaving Certificate rechecks.
Note about fees
• Were you born outside the EU?
• Have you, or your parents, lived outside the EU for 3 of
the last 5 years?
• Are you a non-EU National?
• Have you previously attended a third–level institution (in
Ireland or elsewhere)?
If you answered yes to any of these questions please see
www.ucd.ie/fees for information on the fees which will
apply to you. If you are deemed to be a non-EU candidate
you should apply direct to UCD (see above).
Irish Leaving Certificate
Matriculation
(minimum entry requirements):
Candidates must present at least six subjects
selected according to programme requirements and
must obtain Grade C3, or better, in two subjects on
Higher papers and Grade D3, or better, in the
remaining four subjects on Ordinary or Higher
papers. One HE will be accepted where the
candidate has among his/her other subjects at least
three HC3 grades, or at least one HC3 and one HB3
grade (N.B. this does not apply to nursing
programmes).
All subjects of the Leaving Certificate – Higher and
Ordinary level – are recognised by the National
University of Ireland for matriculation purposes,
except as outlined below:
Subjects and combinations of subjects
not permitted:
1 The subject ‘Physics and Chemistry’ may not be
Points are awarded as follows:
%
Grade
90-100
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
A1
A2
B1
B2
B3
C1
C2
C3
D1
D2
D3
Leaving Cert
Vocational
Programme (LCVP)
Link Modules
Points
Points
Higher Level Lower Level
100
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
60
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Grade
Points
Distinction
Merit
Pass
70
50
30
presented with either ‘Physics’ or ‘Chemistry.
2 ‘Agricultural Economics’ may not be presented
with ‘Economics’.
3 ‘Classical Studies’ may not be presented with
‘Latin’ or ‘Greek’.
4 The
subject
‘Mathematics
Ordinary
Alternative/Foundation Level’ will be accepted
for
matriculation
registration
purposes.
However, points will not be awarded for this
subject and it cannot be used as a substitute for
the subject ‘Mathematics’ in programmes for
which ‘Mathematics’ is an entry requirement.
5 The subjects ‘Gaeilge – Bonnleibhéal’ (IrishFoundation Level) will not be accepted for
matriculation registration purposes or points.
6 Applicants presenting older leaving certificate
results including subjects which are no longer
offered should contact admissions@ucd.ie for
advice with regard to any exclusions which may
apply.
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.
Applied Leaving Certificate:
This examination does not meet matriculation and
entry requirements.
The points system:
Due to limitation of places, admission to most
undergraduate programmes is based on the points
system. The examination results of applicants who
matriculate
and
meet
Programme
Entry
Requirements are assessed on the basis of
allocating points for grades obtained in the Leaving
Certificate examination. As cut-off points are
determined by the current year’s school-leaving
results, it is not possible to forecast the points that
will be required for entry to programmes in 2014.
Notes:
• In 2014, 25 additional points will be awarded for a
grade D3 or better in Leaving Certificate Higher
Level Mathematics, where that subject is one of
the six subjects being counted for points purposes.
• The school-leaving examination performance of
applicants is scored on the basis of applicants’
best results in not more than six individual
subjects taken in the Leaving Certificate
examination of any one year. Where an applicant
presents school-leaving examinations in two or
more years the best result in a single sitting will
be selected for scoring purposes.
The one-year scoring restriction does not affect
the separate matriculation requirements of the
National University of Ireland; i.e. it is still
possible to complete matriculation requirements
over more than one year, except for Medicine
where applicants must meet the minimum entry
requirements in the same sitting of the Leaving
Certificate that they present for points calculation
purposes.
• The subjects and combination of subjects not
permitted for matriculation also applies when
computing an applicant’s points score.
• The school-leaving examination performance of
applicants who presented the Leaving Certificate
and Matriculation Examinations in or before 1992
FETAC applicants
Holders of a FETAC Level 5 or Level 6 Certificate in
a designated programme, with distinctions in five
modules, will be granted matriculation for admission
to some programmes. For full details, please see
www.ucd.ie/myucd/fetac
A-Level Applicants
To matriculate on the basis of A-level and GCSE
examinations, a student must obtain Grade C or
better in two subjects at A-level (A/E or B/D is
regarded as equivalent to Grade C/C for this
purpose) and passes in four other recognised
subjects at A-level/GCSE. At GCSE grade C or better
is regarded as a pass. Applicants must also meet
Programme Entry Requirements (see overleaf).
Important dates for
applicants
5 Nov 2013
CAO Applications for 2014
Open
9 Nov 2013
UCD Open Day
14 Jan 2014
Applying to UCD 2014
Students presenting subjects through A-level/ GCSE
examination programme should check the NUI
website
www.nui.ie
for
details
of
A-level subjects which will not be considered in
combination (i.e. are mutually exclusive).
20 Jan 2014
CAO Early Closing Date
(discounted fee)
1 Feb 2014
CAO Closing Date—don’t
leave it until the last
minute!
Programme Entry Requirements
1 March 2014
HPAT-Ireland Test
• Where Leaving Certificate OD3 is shown, the
minimum requirement is Grade C at GCSE
8 March 2014
MSAP-Ireland Test (mature
applicants: relevant
programmes listed on web)
• Where Leaving Certificate OB3 is shown, the
minimum requirement is Grade B at GCSE
• Where Leaving Certificate HC3 is shown, the
minimum requirement is Grade C at A-level
• Where Leaving Certificate HB1/HB2/HB3 is shown,
the minimum requirement is Grade B at A-level
Indicative points equivalence
Indicative
equivalence
of
A
and
AS-level
examination grades with Irish Leaving Certificate
points will operate for entry in 2014.
Grade
Indicative
points
A-Level (A2)
Indicative
points
AS Level
A*
A
B
C
D
E
150
135
120
100
75
40
65
60
50
35
20
Note:
• A maximum of four different recognised subjects,
which are not mutually exclusive, will be counted.
• AS grades, if presented, will normally only be
accepted from the year immediately preceding the
grades in the A2 subjects.
• Grades in the same subject in A2 and AS level
cannot be combined.
• Only A-level grades awarded at the same date can
be considered for computation.
• AVCE subjects are not accepted for matriculation
or entry purposes.
• In 2014, 25 additional points will be awarded for a
grade E or better in Mathematics at A2 level. This
will apply to only ONE mathematics subject of
Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Pure Maths
where that subject is one of the four subjects
being counted for points purposes.
N.B. Mathematics and Pure Mathematics cannot
Early March 2014 DN517: Music Test
22 March 2014
GAMSAT test
1 May 2014
Late CAO closing date (NB
not accepted for all
programmes)
1 July 2014
Change of Mind Closing
Date
Early July
Round A CAO Offers
(Matures applicants and
applicants deferred from
2013)
Early August
Round 0 CAO Offers
(FETAC/Graduate Entry)
c.18 Aug 2014
Round 1 offers
c.25 Aug 2014
Round 1 reply date
2 Sept 2014
Start of UCD orientation
week
8 Sept 2014
Lectures start
Mature applicants
See: www.ucd.ie/maturestudents
EU/EEA applicants
See: www.ucd.ie/myucd/eu
Non-EU applicants
See: www.ucd.ie/international
Programme requirements overleaf
University College Dublin is not bound by any error
in, or omission from, this publication.
30 August 2013
University College Dublin – Summary Entry Requirements
This table is intended as a summary of entry and matriculation requirements. Further details are published in the UCD Undergraduate Prospectus 2014,
available on request from Admissions. Address: UCD Registry – Admissions, Tierney Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
Phone: 01 716 1555 Fax: 01 716 1070 Email: admissions@ucd.ie Website: www.myucd.ie
*
All applicants with a score greater than this were offered a place, but it was
not possible to offer to all applicants with this score and random selection
was applied.
AQA All qualified applicants were offered
Key to required subjects:
O
H
indicates minimum grade at Ordinary level at Leaving Certificate
indicates minimum grade at Higher level at Leaving Certificate
Programme Entry Requirements
CAO
Code
Programme Title
DN100
Architecture
(1)
BSc/MArch
DN120
Landscape Architecture
DN140
Structural Engineering
with Architecture (1)
DN150
Engineering
BSc
BSc/ME
(3)
BE
(3) (4)
Irish
English
Other Language
Maths
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
Laboratory
Science
Subject
2
OD3
HC3
HD3(2)
BSc
OD3
OD3
HD3/OB3
BSc
OD3
OD3
HD3/OB3
DN210
Archaeology and Geology
BSc
OD3
OD3
DN230
Actuarial and Financial Studies
DN250
Agricultural Science
DN251
OD3
HD3/OB3
400
425
3+2 yrs
15
475
460
4 years
260
2
OD3
Science
19
2
HD3
Computer Science
4 years
360
HC3
DN201
345
2
OD3
(5)
HD3/OB3
HD3/OB3(5)
Approx
No of
Places
65
(2)
OD3
Length of
Course
3+2 yrs
(2)
OD3
DN200
Additional
Matric
Subjects
Points
(minimum)
2013
2012
Round
Final
2
455
475
2
505
500
4 years
385
3
470
470
4 years
80
1
AQA
350
3 years
14
BAFS
OD3
OD3
HB1
3
565
560
4 years
45
BAgrSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
455
445
4 years
165
Animal Science – Equine
BAgrSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
445
440
4 years
20
DN252
Dairy Business
BAgrSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
445
430
4 years
20
DN261
Food Science
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
470
455
4 years
40
DN262
Human Nutrition
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
525
525
4 years
26
DN271
Forestry
BAgrSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
385
350
4 years
20
DN272
Horticulture & Agri-environmental
Sciences (7)
BAgrSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
325
335
4 years
20
DN300
Veterinary Medicine
(Undergraduate Entry)
OD3
OD3
OD3
Chemistry
HC3
1
575*
580*
5 years
80
DN301
Veterinary Medicine
(Graduate Entry)
4 years
10
DN310
Veterinary Nursing
(6)
(8) (13)
(8) (9) (10)
MVB
MVB
OD3
Based on CV, degree and GAMSAT exam – see prospectus for full details
BSc
OD3
OC3
Medicine (Undergraduate Entry)
MB, BCh, BAO
OD3
OD3
OC3
HC3(11)
2
460
470
4 years
44
OD3
OD3(2)
1
747
745*
6 years
90
4 years
77
(8) (9) (12)
DN400
DN401
Medicine (Graduate Entry)
(8) (9) (10)
MB, BCh, BAO
OD3
Based on degree and GAMSAT exam – see prospectus for full details
(GAMSAT 57* 2013, 57 in 2012)
DN410
Radiography
BSc (Radiog)
(13)
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
1
535
555*
4 years
45
(2)
1
545
550*
4 years
60
1
490
490
3 years
40
DN420
Physiotherapy
BSc (Physio)
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
DN425
Health & Performance Science
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
DN430
Sport and Exercise Management
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
HD3/OB3
DN440
Biomedical, Health and Life
Sciences
DN450
General Nursing
DN451
Children’s & General Nursing
(Integrated) (8)
DN452
Midwifery
(8)
OD3
OD3
1
560
555
4 years
38
139
OD3
OD3(2)
2
430
420*
4 years
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
500
490*
4½ years
24
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
490
470
4 years
13
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
OD3(2)
2
450
410
4 years
10
See Bord Altranais application literature (556 on assessment in 2013)
4 years
25
See Bord Altranais application literature (572 on assessment in 2013)
4½ years
6
See Bord Altranais application literature (575 on assessment in 2013)
4 years
7
See Bord Altranais application literature (549 on assessment in 2013)
4 years
5
1232
(joint
quota)
Psychiatric Nursing
DN460
Mature Applicants
General Nursing
DN461
Mature Applicants Children's and General
Nursing (Integrated) (8) (9)
BSc
DN462
Mature Applicants Midwifery
DN463
Mature Applicants
Psychiatric Nursing (8) (9)
DN500
BA Degree Joint Honours – full time
DN501
BA Degree Joint Honours –
part time day (3) (10) (14)
DN510
Economics
DN511
English
DN512
English with Drama
DN513
DN514
BSc
(8) (9)
40
OD3
DN453
(8) (9)
3 years
OD3
BSc
(8)
425
OD3
BSc
(8)
430
OD3
BSc
BSc
BSc
(3) (14)
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
340
350
3 years
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
340
350
Varies
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
465
450
3 years
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
480
465
3 years
15
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
335
350
3 years
50
English with Film
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
415
405
3 years
40
Planning, Geography & Environment
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
345
330
3 years
25
DN515
History
DN517
Music
DN518
Philosophy
DN519
Psychology
DN541
International Languages
(9)
DN550
Social Science
DN600
Law
DN610
(14)
(3)
BA
OD3
2
(2)
BA
20
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
420
405
3 years
15
BMus
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
335
330
3 years
10
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
330
330
3 years
10
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
515
515
3 years
75
BA
OD3
OD3
OD3
3
465
440
4 years
40
3
410
405
3 years
145
3
500
495
4 years
110
2
510
495
4 years
120
(18)
BSocSc
OD3
OD3
BCL
OD3
OD3
OD3
Business and Law
BBL
OD3
OD3
OD3
DN615
BCL/Maîtrise
BCL
OD3
OD3
French HB3
3
550
525
4 years
5
DN616
Law with French Law
BCL
OD3
OD3
French HB3
3
565
560
4 years
5
DN650
Commerce
BComm
OD3
OD3
OD3
HD3/OB3
2
475
465
3 years
250
DN660
Commerce International
BComm
OD3
OD3
OD3(17)
HD3/OB3
2
505
495
4 years
115
DN671
Economics & Finance
BSc
OD3
OD3
OD3
HC3
2
560
540
3 years
38
(15)
(3)
(16)
OD3
(18)
HD3/OB3
Footnotes
(1)
Please note, postgraduate fees apply for the
Master’s portion of these programmes.
(2)
See overleaf for list of laboratory science
subjects.
(3)
See website for details of subjects available.
(4)
Applicants must select one of the options
below.
NPF No Preference (students can decide on
their area of study during their first year)
BBB Biological, Biomedical and Biomolecular
Sciences
CCS Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
MPG Mathematical, Physical and Geological
Sciences
You can apply for DN200 only ONCE.
Applicants who are offered a place in DN200 are
guaranteed a place in a degree programme from
within the area chose.
(5)
(6)
In addition to the Laboratory Science subjects
listed overleaf, Applied Mathematics or
Geography may be used to meet the
Laboratory Science requirement for DN200 and
DN210.
(7)
Applicants must select ONE of the following
options:
AES Agri-Environmental Sciences
HLS Horticulture, Landscape and Sportsturf
Management
You can apply for DN272 only ONCE.
Applicants who are offered a place in DN272
are guaranteed a place in the degree option
chosen.
(8)
(9)
Applicants who have previously taken a similar
programme and who are not in good standing
(i.e. have not met academic or other
requirements within the programme) will not
normally be accepted in to this programme.
Restricted Application – special tests require
that application must be made by 1 February.
However, applicants may add any of those
courses (except DN301 and DN517) to their
application at CAO Change of Mind time,
provided their CAO application at 1 February
included the same course at another
institution.
(10) Programme is not part of the Government
“Free Tuition” scheme.
(11) Home Economics (Social & Scientific) may be
used to meet the Laboratory Science subject
requirement for the BSc in Veterinary Nursing.
Applicants must select one the options below.
NPF No Preference (students can decide on
their area of study during their first year)
ACP Animal & Crop Production
ASC Animal Science
ENT Engineering Technology
FAM Food and Agribusiness Management
You can apply for DN250 only ONCE.
Applicants who are offered a place in DN250 are
guaranteed a place in the degree option chosen.
(12) In 2014, undergraduate entry to medicine for
school leavers will be based on both:
• meeting the minimum entry requirements
for the programme in the same sitting of the
Irish Leaving Certificate Examination that they
present for points calculation purposes. (A
minimum of 480 points (or equivalent in other
EU examinations) is required for
consideration. And
• completing the required HPAT-Ireland test.
The score from HPAT – Ireland can be used for
admission to an undergraduate medical course
commencing in the same year ONLY. For
example, results from HPAT – Ireland 2014
can be used for undergraduate medicine
courses beginning in 2014 but NOT 2015.
(13) Graduate entry pathway exists. Please see
www.ucd.ie/maturestudents for details
(14) Applicants for DN500, DN501 and DN541
should indicate a single two-subject preference
from the table in the CAO Handbook for each
course. Applicants can apply for each of the
CAO codes only once. For further details,
refer to the UCD Undergraduate Prospectus.
(15) Applicants must select one of the following
options at time of application:
BCL Law
LCS Law and Chinese Studies
LES Law with Economics
LHY Law with History
LPS Law with Politics
LPY Law with Philosophy
LSJ Law with Social Justice
You can apply for DN600 only ONCE.
Applicants who are offered a place in DN600
are guaranteed a place in the degree option
chosen.
(16) Applicants must select a two language
combination at time of application (see grid in
CAO Handbook). Following semester 1,
students will decide which language to continue
with to degree level (Minor) and which
language to drop. You can apply for DN660
only ONCE.
(17) Students who enter without a minimum of HC3
in Leaving Certificate French will not be able to
take any French language combination.
(18) A minimum of Grade OD3 in Mathematics will
be required for entry to Social Science from
2015 and a third language will no longer be
required.
Please note: for some programmes particular
subjects, while not required, are recommended –
please see the prospectus for full details.