Undergraduate Applications
Applying through the CAO
All applicants (except occasional and non-EU students) must apply through the Central Applications Office. Apply online at www.cao.ie, or request an application form from:
Central Applications Office,
Tower House,
Eglinton Street,
Galway,
Tel: (091) 509 800
Fax: (091) 562 344.
On the CAO form, 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 desire. Put your first choice in the number 1 position, followed by your second, third, and fourth choice, and so on. The deadline for submission of applications is 1st February 2011, but you may apply well in advance of this date. A standard fee will apply. Late applications will be accepted up to 1st May 2011, on payment of an additional fee. Applicants already in third-level education can submit applications up to 22nd July. A change-of-mind facility is available up to 1st July.
CAO Points System
The university offers places to applicants in order of merit, once they meet the minimum entry requirements. The order of merit is calculated based on a points system. Places are allocated to applicants with the required points according to their list of CAO preferences, with applicants who meet the points requirements being offered their highest preference first. For this reason it's essential that you list your preferences in order of desire.
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 final determinant of position in the order of merit.
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) Link Modules
Points will be awarded as follows:
- Distinction 70
- Merit 50
- Pass 30
Applicants can use their points allocation for the Link Modules as one of their six subjects for the purposes of calculating points, but the Link Modules do not qualify as a subject for minimum entry requirement purposes.
See more at: http://gomaynooth.ie/university.html