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Certain courses may also require applicants to meet other
assessment criteria:
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Applicants to Engineering, MSISS, Engineering with
management and Computer science courses are required
to present HC3 in Leaving Certificate mathematics or
equivalent.
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Applicants to English may be required to write an essay.
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Applicants to Music will be required to attend a written
entrance test (see course information for further details).
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Applicants to Nursing will be required to sit the
Nursing Careers Centre written assessment
(see
www.nursingboard.ie
).
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Applicants to Psychology will be required to attend an
aptitude test.
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Mature applicants for Medicine are considered for admission
to the first year of the five-year full-time degree programme.
Mature applicants will also be required to complete the
HPAT – Ireland admissions test within the 2-year period
immediately preceding admission. Additional criteria will
apply.
Please refer to the Mature Students Guidelines booklet,
available with the application form, for information on additional
assessments for specific courses.
Trinity College will inform mature applicants of the outcome
of their application before the end of May to allow successful
applicants the maximum time possible to prepare for the start of
the academic year 2012. Official offers to successful applicants
are made through the CAO in early July. To secure your place
you must return a formal acceptance notice to the CAO by the
specified reply date.
An information session on preparing for College will take place
for all successful mature applicants in July 2012. An orientation
programme for all successful mature applicants will take place in
September 2012.
For further information on studying in TCD as a mature student
please contact the mature student officer, phone +353 1 896 1386,
e-mail:
mature.student.officer@tcd.ie
or visit
www.tcd.ie/
maturestudents
Mature Student information seminar: see page 15.
Access initiatives
The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) co-ordinates initiatives to
facilitate increased participation at third-level of students whose
social, economic and educational experiences have prevented
them from realising their full academic potential.
Since 1993, TAP has developed partnerships with designated
disadvantaged primary and second-level schools in the Inner-
City and greater Dublin area. Through a variety of pre-entry
outreach initiatives, TAP aims to promote positive attitudes to
education within families and the community at large, and to
increase the number of students who complete their second-
level education and who proceed to third-level education.
TAP also organises over thirty annual activities for students,
teachers and parents including summer programmes,
educational achievement awards, maths and science exploration
programmes, student shadowing days, parents’ evenings and
early visits to Trinity College, as well as preparatory foundation
courses for third-level.
TAP offers a range of application routes to students of all ages
and various post-entry supports including a writing resource
centre, peer tutors, a laptop lending service and a designated
study space equipped with IT resources.
Higher Education Access Route (HEAR)
The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level
admissions scheme for school leavers (under 23 years of
age), from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
HEAR has been established by a number of Higher Education
Institutions based on clear evidence that socio-economic
disadvantage has a negative impact on educational achievement
at school and progression to higher education.
School leavers who provide the necessary supporting financial
documents relating to their socio-economic circumstances and
meet the Irish Leaving Certificate matriculation/minimum entry
requirements and any course specific requirements are eligible
to compete for a quota of places allocated to applicants on a
reduced points basis in TCD.
Who should apply to HEAR?
HEAR is for school leavers (under 23 years old as of 1 January
2012). Mature and FETAC students have different admission,
see pages 20 and 25.
How to apply to HEAR?
Step 1
Apply online to CAO by 17:15 on
1 February 2012
.
Step 2
Indicate that you wish to apply to HEAR and finalise all elements
of your HEAR online application by 17:15 on
1 March 2012
.
Step 3
Submit relevant evidence in support of your application to arrive
at CAO by 17:15 on
1 April 2012
.
HEAR applications can only be made online at
www.cao.ie
.