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What is a restricted application degree course?

Certain level 8 degrees are restricted application courses. They have early assessment procedures.

MU restricted application courses are:

MH103 BMus Bachelor of Music
MH116 BSocSc Community and Youth Work (full-time) Recording of the information webinars held in January

Application for a restricted application course will not be considered unless it has been included among course choices by 1st February or it has been added to an existing application not later than the final date for correction of errors or omissions (see the CAO website). This date is normally 1st March and it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that any restricted application courses are present and correct by that date.

Restricted courses may not be added during the Change of Mind period beginning in May. Restricted application courses which are included in Late Applications are invalid choices and will not be considered.

The University will use the e-mail address you registered with the CAO for most communication in relation to your application. Please check your e-mail regularly for updates from the University, including your spam folder. In some cases, there may be deadlines for the return of submissions from you, which may form an important component in the assessment of your application.

If you change your e-mail you should advise [email protected] and the relevant academic department that is considering your application.

Applicants with a disability can apply for test/assessment supports for MH116 Community & Youth Work before 15 March - see the steps below. (No supports are required for the MH103 Music Online Video Audition).

MH103 BMus Music

Restricted application course – apply to the CAO by February 1st.

As this is a restricted entry degree on the CAO, applicants must be able to demonstrate, during the audition, a minimum of Grade 6 standard (ABRSM, RIAM, Trinity College London) on a standard orchestral instrument (excluding percussion), piano, organ, classical guitar, voice or saxophone, or a minimum of Grade 6 standard (Rockschool, Trinity College London) on bass, drums, vocals, keyboard or guitar (electric or acoustic). Traditional Irish instrumentalists and musical theatre vocalists of a comparable fluency are also invited to audition.

Prospective students must complete an online video audition. Please see further details on the Department of Music website. Applicants to MH103 will be sent full details on the assessment process in March annually by the Department of Music.

Offers will be made to successful applicants in May, subject to students attaining matriculation requirements in the Leaving Certificate or equivalent examination.

Applicants who have applied via the CAO for the BMus Bachelor of Music MH103 will be contacted regarding the online video audition via email in mid-March (check spam folder).

MH116 BSocSc Community & Youth Work

Restricted application course – apply to the CAO by February 1st.

The Department of Applied Social Studies writes to applicants for MH116 in mid-March regarding assessment.

Applicants will also be required to submit the following electronically:
1. A personal statement (max 350 words) which addresses:

Why you are applying for this programme
Outlining your personal understanding of community work and youth work
Why you think you would make a good community worker and/or youth worker?

2. References (two written references from work or voluntary experience or other involvement)
3. A written assessment

Full instructions are sent in mid-March via email. Please ensure your CAO email address is up to date and monitored (check spam folder).

Preliminary offers pending matriculation results and completion of all procedures, including vetting by the National Vetting Bureau as per the National Vetting Bureau (Children & Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016, are made in late May.

Please contact the Department of Applied Social Studies at 01-708 3743 / 01-708 4574 or email [email protected] for further information.

Any offer of a place on this programme is subject to a satisfactory background check by the National Vetting Bureau.

Applicants with a disability

If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty and require support for the test/assessment(s), you will be asked to complete the Mature and Restricted Entry Test/Assessment Supports Request Form and upload your Evidence of Disability documentation.

The closing date for requesting test/assessment supports for mature and restricted entry entrance tests is by 23:59 on Friday 15th March. Applications for test/assessment supports after this date will not be considered.

Contact [email protected] for further information about the supports available.

Mature and Restricted Entry Test/Assessment Supports Request Form