Direct Application Information
How to Apply
Applicants who are not resident in the EU, EEA, UK countries or Switzerland are usually defined as non-EU/international applicants and apply directly to Trinity via the page of the course they wish to study.
If you are unsure of your application status, please fill in our EU Undergraduate Fee Eligibility Reckoner form.
Please be aware that this form is for your guidance only. You will be required to submit documentation to be assessed before a final decision is made.
Completing an Application
In your application you will see these steps:
- Your Details
- Contact Details
- English Language Proficiency
- Education
- Experience
- Personal Statement
- References
- Additional Documentation
- 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 official/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.
Additional supporting documents can be added after you submit your application if required.
You can nominate two people who can contact Trinity about the status of your application.
Please include the details of your nominees in this section.
Please remember the only other people that Trinity can discuss the status of your application with are your two nominees.
Application Dates
| Event | Opening Date | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|
| General Application* | 1 November 2025 | 1 February 2026 |
General Application (Music Education Drama, Dental Science and Medicine) |
1 November 2025 | 1 February 2026 |
| Advanced Entry Application | 1 November 2025 | 30 June 2026 |
| Rolling Decisions | - | 30 June 2026 |
*Admissions decision to be made by 1 April.
Application Documents
As part of the online application, applicants will also need to submit original or certified true* copies of:
- Final second level qualification results
- IELTS, Cambridge Advanced/Proficiency, TOEFL scores, for applicants whose first language is not English
- Academic transcripts for each year of third level study and all third level qualifications awarded
- SAT, AP or ACT scores (US and Canadian applicants only)
- Two letters of recommendation
- Passport
- Application fee (non-refundable) and application fee payment form
Please note that where the statement of examination results is in a language other than English, applicants should submit a certified true translation of the statement along with a certified true copy of their original results with the application.
*A certified true copy is a photocopy of an original document that has been signed and stamped by a school principal or other official.
Managing Your Application
Once you have submitted an online application, you will be sent an acknowledgement email to the email address you provided when setting up your user account on the my.tcd.ie applicant portal.
The applicant portal will allow you to send and receive communications regarding your application to Trinity.
You will be able to track the progress of your application at every stage of the admissions process, update your personal information, view decisions made on your application(s) and accept any offers you may receive.
The application form provides a space to name an agent (usually a parent) who may communicate with the Applications and Admissions Team in Trinity's Academic Registry on your behalf.
You must nominate an agent if you wish anyone other than yourself to be permitted to exchange information about your application with the office.
Accepting an Offer
You will get an email telling you that your my.tcd.ie has been updated to show that you have been offered a place.
To accept your offer, log into my.tcd.ie and open the offer notification in your intray messages.
Follow the instructions in the message to accept the offer and then complete payment of the acceptance deposit.