The normal requirement for admission to an ITT Dublin programme is as follows:

Higher Certificate programmes (NFQ Level 6) and ab initio* Bachelor Degree programmes (NFQ Level 7/8)

* An ab initio programme is one where students must complete the full three/four year course to gain an accredited award.

• If you are under 23 years old on 1 January 2012 you must have achieved Grade D3 in five Leaving Certificate subjects, including Mathematics and English or Irish or a FETAC Level 5 qualification or equivalent.
• If you are over 23 years old, you will be considered as a mature applicant, and you may be admitted without meeting the Leaving Certificate requirement. Your application will be considered on the basis of your educational background and your work and life experience will be fully taken into account. You may be asked to attend for interview.
• Bachelor Degree (NFQ Level 7) Higher Certificate at Pass level, in an appropriate discipline, or a qualification which the Institute considers equivalent.
   

Honours Bachelor Degree (NFQ Level 8)

• School of Business & Humanities and School of Science: Ordinary degree at pass level or a qualification the Institute considers equivalent.
• School of Engineering: Ordinary degree at pass level with GPA of 2.50 or equivalent, in an appropriate discipline, or a qualification the Institute considers equivalent; applicants also require a grade B in mathematics at Ordinary degree level or equivalent maths standard.
   

Masters Degree (NFQ Level 9)

• Honours degree at pass level or a qualification the Institute considers equivalent.
   

Applications from those without Irish Qualifications.

If you would like to apply to ITT Dublin but you have qualifications from a country other than Ireland, there are a number of ways to check if your qualifications meet the requirements for entry.

These include:
Option one:
Get your qualification recognised through the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI). To have your award evaluated, you must complete an application form and submit documentation relating to the award. Full details of the process and the application form are available on the NQAI website http://www.qualificationsrecognition.ie/recognition/QualificationsRecognition/

Alternatively you can contact NQAI at the following address:
Qualifications Recognition – Ireland
The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
5th Floor Jervis House
Jervis Street
Dublin 1
Tel: +353 1 887 1500
Fax: +353 1 887 1595
Email: info@nqai.ie

You will need to provide:
• Certified photocopy of the Award (Degree, Diploma, Certificate etc) in its original language
• Certified photocopy of your transcript/mark sheets/list of subjects passed in original language
• Certified translation of the award into English or Irish
• Translation of transcript/mark sheets/list of subjects passed
• A complete application form (available form NQAI)

Option two:
Have your qualification checked by ITT Dublin. ITT Dublin belongs to the Institutes of Technology Central Evaluation Forum(IOTCEF). This group produces a publication, which is reviewed regularly ‘A World of Access’, detailing many of the qualifications from around the world and matching them to the entry requirement for programmes. ITT Dublin will try and match your qualification with the qualifications required for entry to the programme you have chosen.

To help us, you will need to:
• Attach the original transcript of your qualification when you apply for the programme you want to complete. (The qualification or transcript should state the standard obtained, the subject area and the level of the award)
• Attach a certified English translation of the qualification – if the original is not in English. If you would like to check your qualifications yourself, A World of Access is available on the Central Applications Office website (http://www.cao.ie/app_scoring/iotcef.htm)

If your qualification is not covered by this booklet then ITT Dublin will check your qualification on a recognised international database called NARIC (National Academic Recognition database) and then let you know if you have met the requirements for entry to the programme you have chosen.

Admission onto Professional Institute Programmes

Each Professional Institute sets its own Entry Requirements for their qualifications. If you intend to study in ITT Dublin for the examinations of a Professional Institute, you must at the outset verify with the Professional Institute of your choice that you meet the Entry Requirements for registration. It is the student’s responsibility, and not that of ITT Dublin or any of its agents/ staff, to satisfy him/herself in this regard.