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English Language Requirements

Teaching in Irish Universities is normally through the medium of English, therefore all applicants are required to demonstrate a high level of competence in English language. Applicants who have not passed English as a subject in the Irish Leaving Certificate Examination must provide evidence of equivalent competence in English language through their school leaving examination or matriculation examination or by achieving the minimum standard in a recognised English language test, as outlined below:

The appropriate minimum score in the following English Language Examinations

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) administered by Princeton University
  A minimum score of 600  in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), with Test of Written English at 475 +. In the computer based TOEFL, a minimum score of 250 is required. A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based based TOEFL (iTB).
• Test of English for International Communication(TOEIC)
  A minimum score of 750
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
  An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version.
• University of Cambridge
  Advanced Certificate, Level B
  Proficiency Certificate, Level C.
• UK Examining Boards/Bodies
  GCE O Level English Language at Grade C or above
  GCSE English Language at Grade C or above
  GCSE English Literature at Grade C or above
  CSE Grade 1 Pass in English
• University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES)
  English at grade C or above (incorporating the Oxford Examining Body’s English as a Foreign Language (Higher Paper)
• English Test for Academic and Professional Purposes (ETAPP): Grade C1 
• EU Countries’ Matriculation Examination
• National University of Ireland Matriculation
  English at Level 4 or above before 1985; at Level D or above in or after 1985
• University of Dublin (Trinity College)
  English Composition (not English Literature) at Pass Level or above