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Application for a Language Exemption

What you need to know

All applicants to Trinity College Dublin are required to present English, Mathematics and a language other than English to meet the minimum entry requirements.

If you are unable to present a language other than English, then you can apply for a language exemption.

Please note that a language exemption does not apply to courses with a specific language requirement (i.e Law and French).

All forms should be returned by post, marked Language Exemption, and should be posted to Applications and Admissions Team, Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.

Please remember to include your CAO number on both application forms.

If you were granted a language exemption in a previous year from Trinity and are reapplying to the CAO in the upcoming academic year, you must send a copy of the letter from Trinity confirming your exemption to CAO directly.

For more information please visit the CAO website.

If you no longer have a copy of your exemption letter, please fill in a new language application form and post to the Applications and Admissions Team, Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2. Please note the year that you were granted exemption

Language exemption categories

Category	Documents to Submit
You have been issued a Certificate of Exemption from Irish and are not presenting Irish, but you are presenting a language other than English.	Nothing – Trinity requires only one language other than English. Students presenting a third language are not eligible to apply for an exemption.
You are presenting no languages other than English and have been issued a Certificate of Exemption from Irish.	DES Certificate of Exemption - Please make sure this a certified copy with the official school stamp on. A second language exemption application form (link to form to be added later)
You do not have a Certificate of Exemption from Irish, but you are exempted from studying a language based on the findings of a psychologist’s report.	A second language exemption application form (link to form to be added later) A copy of your psychologist report signed and stamped which details a clear diagnosis of your disability. School declaration form (link to form to be added later)
If you do not have a Certificate of Exemption from Irish and were educated / part-educated outside the Republic of Ireland (ROI), you may qualify under the following two groups: 1. Born outside of ROI and have completed at least one year of second level education outside ROI, but you are now attending second level in ROI and did not have the opportunity to take up a second language. or 2. You were born in ROI, but now live and attend second level education outside ROI and did not have the opportunity to take up a second language.	A second language exemption application form found here (link to form to be added later) A school declaration form (link to form to be added later)