Admissions & Policies

Application Form

We are still currently accepting applications for this academic year, and we are also accepting applications for the academic year commencing September 2023. Applications can be submitted online by clicking here.

Students who are applying from countries outside Ireland can submit their application by clicking here.

Entry Requirements
Students applying to our full-time school should have a minimum of 6 Grade C’s at Higher Level Junior Cycle or Merit / Higher Merit / Distinction at Common Level Junior Cycle (or have an expectation of same).

Students are required to have attended a full time education programme in a secondary school for six months immediately prior to applying to The Institute of Education.

Submit Your Application
The first step is to submit an application form. Application forms can be completed and submitted online.

Application forms must be accompanied by a copy of the student’s current passport (for international students applying) and copies/scans of the following documents;

• Most recent school report from the current academic year AND
• Copy of the Junior Cert Results AND Mock Results on official headed paper.
• A headshot photograph of the student attached as a jpeg file.

Please note we are unable to accept CVs or character references.

Interview
We endeavour to respond to applications within one week of receipt. At this stage the student and their parents/guardians will be invited to attend for interview with our Admissions Officer. At the interview, the student’s objectives, motivation and examination results to date will be reviewed and discussed.

Offer of Place
Following interview, places will be offered to successful candidates.