NON-STANDARD APPLICANTS

Applications for the following categories are considered on an individual basis:

• Mature applicants
• Sports Scholarship applicants
• Applicants with disability or specific learning difficulty
• Applicants with specific health conditions
• Applicants with other specified programmes
• Applicants from groups currently under-represented in third level

GCE/GCSE
Other S/L Exams (School leaving exams taken outside Ireland the UK, Irish or UK exams taken pre 1985, LCAP, GNVQs,VCEs, Irish Matric Exams)

NCVA LEVEL 2/3 (PRE 2002)
Further Education (Other than FETAC (Page 2) & NCVA Level 2/3)
Higher Education (Attended or attending a 3rd level Institution, i.e. Universities, Institutes of Technology, College of Education etc)

Mature (Over 23 on the 1st of January on the year that you are applying) 

The Institute welcomes applications from persons who will be 23 years of age and over on the 1st of January of the proposed year of entry and who wish to be admitted as a mature student. The Institute reserves a minimum of 5% of all places for mature applicants.

Mature applicants should apply to the CAO before 1st February 2012 . Each mature applicant is considered on an individual basis by the Institute, usually by an aptitude test or written assessment and/or interview. These are normally held in May each year. Mature applicants are not required to have a leaving certificate or the minimum entry points.When completing the CAO application form, those applying as mature students should tick the mature box on page of the application form and complete the relevant details on page . Mature applicants from outside the EU are required to submit relevant documentation in relation to their status in Ireland, prior to accepting an invitation to attend aptitude tests or written assessment and/or interview.

Applicants are strongly recommended to familiarise themselves with their course choice(s) and to ensure that the application details provided to CAO are comprehensive and relevant.

Late applicants (i.e. 1st May) to CAO will be considered by the Institute and these applicants may undertake tests and/or interviews in early September. However, while the college will try to accommodate all applicants, we cannot guarantee that late applications will be called for assessment. Please note the quota of reserved places on high demand programmes may have been filled in May. Candidates may be put on a waiting list if they are successful. However we cannot guarantee places to these applicants.

NOTE: All tests and interviews for mature students applying to study Nursing are carried out by An Bord Altranais and not the Institute of Technology, Tralee. Details on tests and interview dates are available in the An Bord Altranais handbook.
Contact: An Bord Altranais for further details on 01 639 8500.

If you are in doubt over the category you should apply under, please contact the Admissions Office at +353 (0)66 7145638.

Direct applications to IT, Tralee
If you wish to pursue a course of studies on an Add-on Bachelor Degree or an Add-on Honours Bachelor Degree programme, you may apply directly to the:
Admissions Office, IT Tralee Closing Date is 1st April.

The Institute also accepts a number of transfer applicants into years other than first year who hold FETAC Level 5 and Level 6 Awards.