Medicine

Non-EU Applicants

Non-EU applicants must apply directly to UCD. Please consult UCD Global for further information about the non-EU application process. 

EU Applicants

To be eligible for consideration you must hold, or expect to hold by July prior to entry, a minimum 2.1 Honours (Second Class Honours, Grade One) result in your first Honours bachelor degree (NFQ Level 8) awarded. The degree can be in any discipline. 

A valid GAMSAT score is also required. 

Important Note: applicants who qualify to apply for Graduate Entry to Medicine (DN401) will not be eligible to apply through the mature years entry route.

Non-EU Applicants

Non-EU applicants must apply directly to UCD. Please consult UCD Global for further information about the non-EU application process. 

EU Applicants

EU applicants must apply via the (opens in a new window)Central Applications Office (CAO) to DN401 Graduate Entry Medicine. The normal application closing date is 1 February prior to entry. Late applications are accepted up to 1 May.

You must submit the following supporting documentation to CAO:

• original transcript of your degree. 
• evidence of your degree award (e.g. certified copy of your parchment).
• valid (opens in a new window)GAMSAT score (see the (opens in a new window)Graduate Entry to Medicine section of the CAO website for further information).

Please see the (opens in a new window)Graduate Entry to Medicine section of the CAO website for details of the submission dates for supporting documentation. Documents received after the submission dates will not be considered.

All previous third level attendance(s) must be declared on your CAO application – please see Transfer Restrictions - All Applicants for further information.

Applicants who meet the degree eligibility requirement (e.g. presenting a minimum 2.1 Hons in your first level 8 NFQ Bachelor degree) then compete on the basis of their GAMSAT scores only.

About GAMSAT

You must register to sit the GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test). The GAMSAT-Ireland test is held in March each year.

Registration to sit the GAMSAT is online opens in early November preceding the test. Please consult the (opens in a new window)GAMSAT website for further information.

GAMSAT results have a currency of two years. For graduate entry to Medicine in 2026, only results from the following GAMSAT sittings are acceptable: September 2024, March 2025, September 2025, and March 2026. (Results of the September 2026 test cannot be used for courses commencing in 2026).

For your GAMSAT results to be forwarded to the CAO by ACER, you must indicate on your GAMSAT registration for any of these sittings, that you are an applicant to an Irish programme. You must also provide your correct 2026 CAO application number in your GAMSAT account. Failure to do so may affect the delivery of your GAMSAT results to the CAO and the institutions.

Important: If you are presenting GAMSAT UK or GAMSAT Australia results then you must provide these to the CAO when submitting your application.

Please see the (opens in a new window)Graduate Entry to Medicine section of the CAO website for further information.

ACER, the graduate-entry schools or the admissions authorities do not recommend or endorse any particular texts or preparation courses, nor do they support any commercially available preparation courses or have any association with commercial courses.

• Be sure to carefully read the (opens in a new window)Graduate Entry to Medicine section of the CAO website. 

• See the (opens in a new window)GAMSAT website for further information including the registration and test dates.

• For details of the UCD Graduate Entry Programme please visit the School of Medicine website.

• All previous third level attendance(s) must be declared on your CAO application – please see Transfer Restrictions - All Applicants for further information.

Graduate entry programmes are not part of the “Free Fees" Initiative. Please see the UCD Fees website for full information about fees for this programme. This is an level 8 (NFQ) undergraduate degree programme so the undergraduate fees rules apply.

If you were born in, have at any time resided in or hold citizenship of a country outside of the EU/EEA/Swiss Confederation/UK, you must complete a formal fee status assessment for UCD. You must complete this process in good time prior to the application closing date. Further information about this process, including a checklist of required supporting documentation, is available on the UCD Fees website. 

Non-EU applicants must apply directly to UCD. Please consult UCD Global for further information about the non-EU application process. 

For undergraduate programmes (including graduate entry routes to undergraduate programmes), EU applicants must apply via the (opens in a new window)Central Applications Office (CAO).