Applying to Ireland

Studying in Ireland

There in many good universities in Ireland. Some are very competative (Trinity college programmes often require 39 - 45 IB points),  but there are plenty of universities with lower requirements. 

Fees per year vary between 3000e – 5000e​

General info available: Study in Ireland

Course search

You can use CAO course search or Qualifax. If you use Qualifax, you need to tick  Course type "Higher education CAO".

Typically university courses are level 8 courses, but there are some courses available on level 6 and 7. 

You can apply to 10 level 8 courses and 10 level 6 and 7 courses: in total 20 universities courses in preference order.​

Applying to Ireland

• To Ireland you apply via joint application system CAO (The Central Applications Office). 

• CAO website: www.cao.ie

• All application instructions can be found on CAO handbook: www.cao.ie/handbook.php 

• On the following page you'll find info of translating IB final results to Irish requirements: https://www2.cao.ie/downloads/documents/2024/Guidelines-EU-EFTA-UK-2024.pdf (instructions how to calculate CAO points, page 95).

• Application deadline February 1st, but the process needs to be started much earlier​.

• Application is based on IB final grades​.

Applying to Irish Med.schools:

HPAT entry exam: Changes to HPAT 2027 entry