We strive to ensure that the courses we offer are as free from barriers restricting access to learning and progression. However, CCT has set minimum academic entrance requirements for all of its full-time courses. This is to ensure candidates are suitable for the delivery level of the programmes.

The academic entrance requirements for CCT´s undergraduate higher certificate and professional diploma programmes are:

Irish Leaving Certificate - 5 passes at Ordinary level including Mathematics and any language (or international equivalent standard)

The general academic entrance requirements for CCT’s postgraduate programmes are:

• Primary degree in the field of application, or any other related field, awarded by a recognised institution / authority and / or

• Minimum of 6 years experience within the industry at an appropriate level, and having satisfied an admissions interview with CCT faculty and admissions staff

International equivalent academic entrance requirements can be ascertained by contacting us directly. Foreign applicants whose first language is not English must produce a test score of an official internationally-recognised English Language proficiency test. Please contact us directly to discover what tests and minimum scores we accept.

Specific admission requirements can be found for each programme by finding and clicking on the particular programme, featured in our Courses section on this website.