Leaving Certificate Students
Apply to the Central Applications Office before 1st May at http://www.cao.ie/ or at Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway.
The Higher Education Access Route
The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a college and university scheme that offers places on reduced points and extra college support to school leavers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are resident in the Republic of Ireland as evidence shows that socio-economic disadvantage can have a negative effect on how well a student does at school and whether they go on to college. HEAR applicants must meet a range of financial, social and cultural indicators to be considered for a reduced points place and extra college support. HEAR is for school leavers under the age of 23 as of 1 January in the year of application to college who are resident in the Republic of Ireland.
Direct Applications/Add-On and Transfer Applications
The Institute’s Higher Certificate and Ordinary Degree qualifications are designed to be terminal qualifications and to prepare people for employment. However, a significant number of students use these qualifications to transfer to Ordinary Degree or Honours Degree Courses in the Institute of Technology, Sligo and other Institutes of Technology and Universities.
Students should be aware that the decision to admit transfers is totally at the discretion of the receiving institution. The V.E.C. Scholarship and Local Authority Higher Education Grant regulations facilitate such transfers within the State. See our Application Guide for further details.
FETAC Students
Apply to the Central Applications Office before 1st May at http://www.cao.ie/ or at Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway.
Mature Applicants
Apply to the Central Applications Office before 1st May at http://www.cao.ie/ or at Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway. Applicants applying on a mature years basis must be over 23 on 1st January. Mature applicants are assessed for admission by interview. Mature applicants will also be considered as standard applicants, if they have Leaving Certificate and/or FETAC qualifications. Please see our Mature Students Brochure below.
Applicants with Disability
Apply to the Central Applications Office before 1st May at http://www.cao.ie/ or at Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway. IT Sligo is part of the Disability Access Route to Education (DARE), this is a third level admissions scheme which offers places on reduced points to applicants with disabilities. Please see our Students with Disabilities Brochure below or www.accesscollege.ie for further information.
Students with Disabilities Brochure
Enquiries
Applicants with enquiries should contact the Institute at admissions@nullitsligo.ie or at 071-9155379
