QQI FET Entry to UCD
More than half of UCD undergraduate programmes accept applicants with the appropriate Level 5 or 6 QQI Major Award. Places are offered on a competitive basis. To be eligible to apply to any programme, a minimum of five distinctions is required with the exception of the Computer Science programme which requires a minimum of six distinctions. Some programmes have specific QQI component requirements.
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Apply directly through the Central Applications Office (CAO) with places being allocated on a competitive basis.
For information on each programme and their minimimum and component requriements visit the UCD QQI FET entry routes webpage.
If you are aged 23+ on 1 January of the year you want to enter university, and you are starting university for the first time, you may be eligible to apply as a mature student. Visit our Mature Years section for more information on mature student options.