Please note: If you are a current Maynooth University student wishing to defer please contact Student Records Office: 01-7083813 or [email protected]
CAO Applicants
- The University considers deferral requests from incoming CAO applicants for all courses.
- First year deferral requests must be made before the 31st of October.
- After the 31st October deadline - if you wish to defer - please contact the Student Records & Registration Office. You can find more information on their website.
CAO Deferral Applicants - applying before 31st October deadline - must follow the procedure below.
On receipt of your Offer Notice from the CAO:
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DO NOT accept the offer in the manner shown on the Offer Notice
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Complete our online CAO Deferral Request Form - this will be available following 2025 CAO offers.
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Normally the completed deferral request must arrive in the Admissions Office at least two days before the "reply date" shown on the CAO Offer Notice.
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We will communicate our decision to you via email as soon as possible. Check your SPAM folder (email may be filed in there).
If the deferral is not granted, you may then accept the offer for the current year. You must send all deferral communications to the Admissions Office, email [email protected] - not to the CAO.
In the event that you defer your place after having registered at the University you must ALSO advise the University’s Student Records Office to ensure you do not lose any entitlements when you return to the University. If you have not already officially de-registered you must ensure that you complete the online form on the Student Records & Registration website. The deferral is not in order until you contact the Student Records Office and request to formally de-register from your qualification. If you have any queries in this regard please contact the Student Records Office at 01-708 3813.
In order to take up a deferred place, you must:
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Re-apply through the CAO in the succeeding year and pay the appropriate application fee
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Place the deferred course as your one and only preference on the application form
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Indicate your deferral by ticking the deferred place indicator box on your application
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Email [email protected] with your new CAO application number
It is important to read the letter granting you the deferred place for further instructions.
You will breach the conditions of your deferred place if you enter more than the single deferred course code on your application. In that event, you will forfeit the guaranteed place and enter the competition for places in the normal way.
When reapplying to the CAO in the succeeding year, you must complete an application FULLY. In other words, you must include again any documentation etc., which you provided with the original application to the CAO.
Students withdrawing from 1st year before October 31st:
1st year students - withdrawing, and who intend to return to the same course next September - you must do three things:
1. Complete the Deferral Request Form (find the link to the form in the tab above). If you have any query in relation to CAO offer deferrals please email [email protected].
2. Students must de-register from their current course through the Student Records Office - Complete the online form for undergraduate de-registration/deferral which you will find on the Student Records Office website.
- Please complete the online form on the Student Records website.
- Follow the instructions listed on the form.
- Students will only be de-registered from the date the completed form is received in the Student Records and Registration Office.
- Please note that failure to formally de-register from your course may result in the loss of rights to any fee remission for future study in this University or other third level institutions. Furthermore, it may have implications for social welfare entitlements.
3. Undergraduate students must complete an exit interview with the Academic Advisory Office. You can book an appointment:
Students who defer before the beginning or at the end of an academic year - do not need to complete an exit interview.
1st year students - withdrawing at any time during the year AND returning to a different course - you must follow these steps:
1. Students must de-register from the current course through the Student Records Office:
- Please complete the online form on the Student Records Office form.
- Follow the instructions listed on the Student Records Office form.
- Students will only be de-registered from the date the completed form is received in the Student Records and Registration Office.
- Please note that failure to formally de-register from your course may result in the loss of rights to any fee remission for future study in this University or other third level institutions. Furthermore, it may have implications for social welfare entitlements.
2. The student must re-apply to the CAO. Do not put the current course in the CAO preference.
3. Undergraduate students must complete an exit interview with the Academic Advisory Office. You can book an appointment:
Students who defer before the beginning or at the end of an academic year - do not need to complete an exit interview.
Students: It is your responsibility to ensure that you have followed the correct de-registration procedure.
All queries relating to de-registration must be directed to the Student Records Office.
