European Applicants

Students applying for admission to the Dual BA Program must submit transcripts from all secondary/high schools attended, as well as any college or university transcripts, if applicable, as part of the application process. Dual BA students come from a broad range of high schools and educational backgrounds, and the admissions committee is experienced in reading academic records from around the world. Transcripts not in English must be accompanied by an English translation.

Transcripts should include grades from the previous three years of secondary/high school study as well as any grades available from the current academic year (the equivalent of 9th-12th grade in the U.S.). Wherever possible, the Dual BA admissions committee strongly encourages students and their counselors to include school profiles along with their transcripts. 

The Dual BA admissions committee also requires predicted or preliminary grades, where available, and mid-year grades, which can be submitted after the January 2 application deadline, are strongly recommended. Please refer to the International Academic Records section below for further details on transcript requirements. 

Applicants will have the opportunity to upload unofficial copies of these documents in the “Previous Education” section of their application.

A Note on Official Documents

Unofficial documents are only accepted as part of the application review process. If offered admission, in order to enroll, you will be required to submit official documents using one of the methods below. 

• Official Electronic Documents: Your college or school counselor may submit your official electronic documents through Slate.org. See more about Slate.org below.
• E-mail: If electronic documents are not available from your high school, or your school does not participate through Slate.org, students may also instruct a school administrator to email transcripts from their school email account to tcd[email protected] and they will be counted as official.
• Physical Mail: Mailed copies of transcripts sent directly to the Office of Admissions of the School of General Studies will be accepted if electronic documents are unavailable. Paper transcripts may not be delivered or forwarded by a student. All non-English language documents must be accompanied by a certified English translation.

Slate.org

To expedite the application submission process, college and academic counselors can submit official documents, including transcripts, test scores, and letters of recommendation, for their students’ applications via Slate.org. Counselors can register on Slate.org or sign in directly using their Google Apps / G Suite school account, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Any colleague at an institution with an active Slate.org account will be able to verify a new account. If no other active accounts exist, the verification process will be handled by Technolutions.

Please consult the list below for further clarification on the types of international academic records required by the admissions committee. Note that this list is not comprehensive; if you have questions about the types of documents required for your personal academic background, please contact our offices via email at [email protected].

Trinity is the number one university in Ireland and obtaining a place here is highly competitive due to the limited number of places available on each program. It is unfortunately impossible for us to say if you will get a place on a program as it depends on the number of spaces, the number of applicants applying for the program and what they achieve.  However, we would recommend that you look at the points requirements for entry into Trinity for the 2024/25 academic year.

You must meet the minimum matriculation entry requirements and any course-specific requirements. If you meet all entry requirements, your marks will be calculated via an equivalence model used by the CAO. Applicants completing GCE A/AS Levels/GCSE should review the information presented by the CAO to gain an understanding of what scores they should aim for. Other School Leaving Applicants from the EU/UK/EEA/Switzerland should review the information made available by the CAO which will provide details on the equivalence module applied for your education system.

If you are not an Irish student, we would recommend you go to the following link: www.tcd.ie/study/country/ and choose your country.  This will bring you to a further webpage – please click ‘Undergraduate Requirements’ and this will open a section providing information relevant to you.  In particular, under ‘Important note on your application’ you will find advice on what status normally applies to applicants from your country. We would also recommend you consult flowcharts and information provided by our colleagues in the Academic Registry regarding Fee Status.  If you have a query regarding your fee classification (EU or non-EU/international), please email [email protected] with the subject line “FAO Admissions”.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to advise of their correct status at the application stage. Applicants cannot choose whether to enter Trinity through the EU/UK/EEA/Switzerland or non-EU route and may only be admitted through the route that matches their fee status eligibility. Additionally, if an applicant has not provided the correct status and this is found out, any offer of admission may be revoked.