Admissions
Application Procedures
Registration
Following the closing date for acceptance of a place with the CAO, the Institute will send details of Registration procedures and this documentation must be fully completed and returned, preferably in person on the assigned date, or by post, by the date indicated on the notice.
All fees must be paid by the relevant date(s) or learners will not be permitted to register. The only exceptions will be where documentary proof of eligibility to grant-aid is provided in advance of registration.
Where learners fail to register within the deadline, the Institute will offer the place to the next person on the waiting list at the next round of offers.
Deferring a Place on a First Year Programme
An applicant who receives an offer of a place, and who wishes to defer taking it for one year, must seek the agreement of the appropriate Institute. Such agreement is not guaranteed and is totally at the discretion of the Institute. This deferral is conditional on the programme continuing in subsequent years, as programmes can be discontinued from time to time, without prior notice.
Deferral Procedure for Year 1
On receipt of an Offer Notice,
1. Do not accept the offer in the manner
shown on the Offer Notice.
2. Write immediately to the Admissions Office
of the Institute, setting out the reasons
for the request. Mark the envelope clearly “Deferred Entry”. (All communications
about deferral must go to the Admission
Offices and Not to the CAO.)
3. Offer Notice must be attached to the letter.
4. The letter must arrive in the Admissions
Office of the Institute at least two days
before the “Reply Date” shown on the
Offer Notice.
5. The Institute will communicate the decision
to the applicant.
6. In order to take up the deferred place, the
applicant must re-apply through the CAO
in the succeeding year by February 1st,
placing the deferred programme as the
only preference on the application form
and also write to the Institute and advise
that they will be taking up the place.
Deferring a place on Years 2, 3 or 4
A learner who wishes to defer their place on non-First Year programmes, must seek the approval of the Institute. Such approval is not guaranteed and is totally at the discretion of the Institute. Such a deferral is conditional on the programme continuing in subsequent years, as programmes can be discontinued or altered from time to time, without prior notice.
Deferral Procedure for Years 2, 3 or 4
On receipt of end of year Examinations Results, or an offer of a place in the case of add-on programmes, a learner must:
1. Write immediately to the Admissions
Office, setting out the reasons for the
request, and attach your acceptance
slip (where relevant).
2. Your request is forwarded to the
appropriate Head of School or
Department for consideration.
3. You will be notified of this decision
in writing by the Admissions Office.
4. If granted a deferral, you will be
required to contact the Admissions
Office in writing on or before 1st march
of the succeeding year, confirming your
continued interest in taking up your
place the following September.
5. Failure to confirm your continued
interest will result in the cancellation
of your place on your chosen
programme of study.
Qualification
We have set out the standard required for qualification in the programme descriptions. If you do not meet these, you cannot be offered a place, even if your points are higher than the minimum. You may combine results from more than one sitting of the Leaving Certificate for the purposes of qualification only. A pass in the alternative Ordinary Leaving Certificate Mathematics course will not qualify its holder for a place on any programme offered by Limerick Institute of Technology that specifies Mathematics as an entry requirement.