How to Apply and Admission
We will be holding an open day for potential applicants in January. This open day will give you the opportunity to see the facilities that Trinity College and the Trinity Centre for Literary Translation have to offer. It will also give you the chance to meet some of our teaching staff, and some current students, to ask any questions you may have about the course, and to see some of the work our students have produced.
If you would like more information about the open day, or if you would like to attend, please see following link https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/literary-translation-mphil-open-day-tickets-39222741275
The minimum admissions requirements for this course are:
- A 2.1 honours class degree from an Irish university or its international equivalent
- A demonstrable working knowledge of two or more languages
- For candidates who are not native English speakers and have not completed a degree through the medium of English, a minimum IELTS score of at least 6.5 in each category or its equivalent (please see conversion table below)
Before making your application, please contact us to check that your working languages can be accommodated.
This course has three admission blocks, each with its own application deadline. The applications committee will assess all of the applications made in each block after that block’s deadline. Applications may be accepted outside these blocks where there is a good reason and sufficient capacity. Places are limited, and allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible in order to avoid disappointment:
| Michaelmas Block | November – January |
Deadline: 30th January |
Hilary Block |
January – April |
Deadline: 30th April |
Trinity Block |
April – June |
Deadline: 30th June |
Applications for Taught Postgraduate programmes at Trinity College Dublin and made directly and online.
For the MPhil in Literary Translation, there is a two-stage application process:
- The first includes a personal statement, sample translation and sample of written work. You can download the first stage here (see attached document called “Stage 1”). You should complete this first stage, and upload the document to the online application system, which is stage 2.
- The second is an online application form. To complete stage 2, please press “apply” below.
IELTS -TOEFL conversion table
| IELTS (listening) | TOEFL (listening) |
IELTS (speaking) |
TOEFL (speaking) |
IELTS (reading) |
TOEFL (reading) |
IELTS (writing) |
TOEFL Score (Writing) |
IELTS Score (overall) |
TOEFL Score (overall) |
9 |
30 |
9 |
30 |
9 |
30 |
9 |
30 |
9 |
118-120 |
8.5 |
29 |
8.5 |
28-29 |
8.5 |
29 |
8.5 |
30 |
8.5 |
115-117 |
8 |
28 |
8 |
26-27 |
8 |
29 |
8 |
30 |
8 |
110-114 |
7.5 |
27 |
7.5 |
24-25 |
7.5 |
27-28 |
7.5 |
29 |
7.5 |
102-109 |
7 |
24-26 |
7 |
23 |
7 |
24-26 |
7 |
27-28 |
7 |
94.101 |
6.5 |
20-23 |
6.5 |
20-22 |
6.5 |
19-23 |
6.5 |
24-26 |
6.5 |
79-93 |
6 |
12-19 |
6 |
18-19 |
6 |
13-18 |
6 |
21-23 |
6 |
60-78 |
5.5 |
7-11 |
5.5 |
16-17 |
5.5 |
8-12 |
5.5 |
18-20 |
5.5 |
46-59 |
5 |
4-6 |
5 |
14-15 |
5 |
4-7 |
5 |
14-17 |
5 |
35-45 |
4.5 |
3 |
4.5 |
12-13 |
4.5 |
3 |
4.5 |
12-13 |
4.5 |
32-34 |
0-4 |
0-2 |
0-4 |
0-11 |
0-4 |
0-2 |
0-4 |
0-11 |
0-4 |
0-31 |

