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How to Apply

  1. Find the course you wish to study
  2. Research admission and language requirements
  3. Find your fee status
  4. Find your course fees
  5. Apply

A complete guide to postgraduate applications can be found below.

How to Apply

Postgraduate applications to Trinity are submitted via the page of the course you wish to study.

Completing an Application

In your application you will see these steps:

  1. Your Details
  2. Contact Details
  3. English Language Proficiency
  4. Education
  5. Experience
  6. Personal Statement
  7. References
  8. Additional Documentation
  9. Terms and conditions & Declaration

Any fields that are mandatory are marked with an asterisk. When each step is completed you will see a green tick in the application checklist bar.

If you haven't completed your application and wish to save your information, click the 'Save and Close' button. If you wish to save your information and proceed to the next step, click the 'Save and Proceed' button.

Things to Remember

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

Confirm the school leaving qualification you will be presenting and the date you will be completing this

If you have not completed your exams, you can enter the approximate future date of when your exams are due to take place.

If you are from a predominately non-English speaking country, please complete the English Language Proficiency section. If you have not completed this at the time of your application, you can enter a grade of N/A. For the date of exam, you can enter the approximate future date of when your exams are due to take place.

This section is optional.

This section can be left blank if you do wish to have any information to be considered for this section.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

Please explain why you have chosen to study at Trinity College Dublin, what you hope to gain academically from the courses you chose, and what you can contribute to Trinity during your stay here.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk.

This is where you enter the details of your academic referees (teachers, principals or guidance counsellors) from your school.

When you submit your application, these referees will be contacted to submit their reference letter.

Please provide institutional/professional email addresses for your referees - personal email addresses (e.g. Gmail, Hotmail) are not accepted.

Any documents which have not been submitted in previous sections can be added here.

You need to provide a Curriculum Vitae (CV) which outlines your previous education, employment history and your places of residence, especially in the past five years.

Additional supporting documents can be added after you submit your application if required.

Please complete any mandatory fields marked with an asterisk..

Application Requirements

As part of the online application, applicants will also need to submit original or certified true* copies of:

  • Third level qualification results; academic transcripts for each year of third level study and all third level qualifications awarded
  • Evidence of proficiency in English language*
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Passport
  • Application fee (non-refundable)

*For more information please visit our English language requirements page.

Application Dates

Please be aware that each course has their own deadline to apply.

This date can be found on the page of the course you wish to study.

FAQs

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