You’ll receive an email confirming your application has been submitted. Your application will then be passed to the Course Director who will decide whether or not to offer you a place. Some programmes require interviews and you will be notified of the date, time and venue.

For Research applications, the completed application forms are reviewed by the relevant faculty and then presented on a monthly basis to the Postgraduate Research Committee.

Following this meeting, applicants will receive a decision letter by email from the Postgraduate Admissions Office. 

If you’re accepted, you will receive one of the following from the Postgraduate Admissions Office:

  • An unconditional offer.You satisfy all of the academic conditions required and are being offered a place.  
  • A conditional offer.You don’t yet satisfy the academic conditions required before entry but you intend to meet those requirements. The conditions are listed in the offer letter and may include English language tests as well as degree results.
  • Letter of regret.We are unable to offer you a place. 

Please note that a decision is authoritative and official only if it has been sent in writing from the Postgraduate Admissions Office.

Applications to programmes that do not require interviews/skills tests will be reviewed by the Course Director when the application is received by the University. It can take two to three weeks for your application to go through the internal process but every effort will be made to ensure a swift response.

If offered a place, you will receive your offer in writing. 

Applications to programmes that require interviews/skills tests will only be considered after the closing date for that particular programme. Successful candidates will be notified in writing after the interview/skills tests. 

You will need to check your emails regularly for updates on the status of your application. If your email address changes, please notify the Postgraduate Admissions Office immediately. 

We’ll email you about the status of your application.

Please make sure that the email address you give us is up to date, active and that you check it on a regular basis. 

Any changes to your email or postal address should be requested via your online application portal. If you have any difficulty please Contact US

To accept a place on a programme, you’ll need to pay an acceptance deposit and complete the course acceptance instructions advised by the Postgraduate Admissions Office on your offer letter.

In most cases, this deposit is €250 for EU applicants and €600 for non-EU applicants but may be higher for some programmes. You will receive course acceptance instructions with your offer letter giving details on how to accept your place on the programme. 

If you’re paying your acceptance deposit online, please ensure you provide us with as much information as possible (i.e. your name and programme applied for) so that we can match the deposit with the correct person/programme.

On receipt of this acceptance form/deposit, the Postgraduate Admissions Office will change the status of your application to Firmly Accepted. You will receive an orientation email in August. The orientation email will provide you with full details of orientation and enrolment.

Yes, you may defer your offer to the following academic year, subject to approval. 

If you wish to defer your place on a programme, you’ll need to write to the Postgraduate Admissions Office and officially request to defer. You can do this by completing the response form on your offer letter and paying the acceptance deposit as outlined. 

If you are offered a deferral, the Postgraduate Admissions Office will communicate this to you in writing. In January/February of the following year, you will receive an updated offer letter for your programme. You won’t need to re-apply online, though you should contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office before March to confirm that you’ll be accepting your place.

If you aren’t granted a deferral, you will need to re-apply again online for the following academic year.

If you wish to appeal the decision made about your application, details of the process are available here on the Admissions Appeal Process.

If you receive a conditional offer of a place on a programme and pay the acceptance deposit, the deposit is only refundable if you fail to meet the conditions of the offer.

Yes. In circumstances where it is subsequently determined that the original documentation is at variance to those provided online, the offer will be withdrawn. Also, if you fail to produce documents requested by the University, the offer will be withdrawn.