Undergraduate full-degree
Requirements

  • ‘National Senior Certificate (NSC)’ between 50% and 59 % CGPA to enter a Foundation Programme. Successful completion of the Foundation Programme allows students to progress to their chosen degree programme (please get in touch for more details)
  • 'National Senior Certificate (NSC)’  with a minimum of 60% CGPA to be considered for direct admission in our bachelor's degree (all subjects must be minimum 60%)
  • Meet mandatory subject requirements
  • Be over 18 years of age when beginning the degree programme

Students can also be considered for direct admission in the first year of our bachelor’s degree courses if:

  • they have successfully completed the first year of a University degree
  • they hold an International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)
    • the points required vary from course to course, but the minimum entry requirement is 28 points (please get in touch to know the exact points requirements for a specific course)
    • a minimum of 6 subjects must be presented in total, with three at Higher Level and three at Subsidiary Level
    • A1 or A2 in English is required
  • they hold an A-Level
    • grades required vary from course to course, but the minimum entry requirement is two A Level subjects (please get in touch to know the exact points requirements for a specific course)
    • 'General Studies' is not considered
  • they meet mandatory subject requirements
  • they are over 18 years of age when beginning the degree programme
  • they have an English proof of proficiency : IELTS 6.5 overall or equivalent
    • please note our Science programmes only require IELTS 6.0. 

Please click here for our Undergraduate full-degree programmes

Postgraduate Taught full-degree
Requirements

  • 4 Year honours bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 65% CGPA (our School of Business will consider an overall final result of 60%)
  • Meet mandatory subject requirements
  • IELTS 6.5 overall or equivalent
    • Please note our Business degrees require an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with 6.0 in the reading & writing components or equivalent
    • Please note our MSc in Immunology & Global Health requires an overall IELTS 7.0 with 7.0 in the writing component & 6.5 in the other components

Please click here for our Postgraduate taught full-degree programmes

Student who do not meet the above requirements may be offered our one-year full-time International Foundation Year. 

Postgraduate Research full-degree
Requirements

All Postgraduate full-degree research programme applicants must identify & contact a potential academic supervisor.  Once a supervisor has been secured a formal application can be made.  Research at Maynooth University spans the disciplines from the Sciences, the Social Sciences and the Arts.  Please click here for our Research programmes & themes. 
 

Visa Information

You may require a entry visa for Ireland. You can check here.  Please note during busy periods visa applications may take several weeks to process.
 

How to Apply

We welcome your application online:

  • Undergraduate full-degree applications should be made here
  • Postgraduate full-degree applications should be made here