The colleges offering another chance to reach necessary maths grade

The nature of the exams and the courses for which they can pave the way for entry vary between colleges. Below is a guide.

Two options to achieve the minimum maths requirements for a chosen programme (with some exclusions):

*Enabling Maths Course (free), from Wednesday, August 28 to Friday September 6 , with assessment at equivalent to Leaving Cert ordinary level paper.

Applicants who are otherwise eligible but lack a pass in ordinary and higher-level maths are welcome. Successful students will be eligible for a place on any ATU programme for which there are “available places” and ordinary maths is an entry requirement. Classes are online, or on-campus at ATU Donegal.

Successful students will be required to participate in ongoing maths support throughout first year, delivered by the respective Maths Learning Centre.

*Alternative Maths Assessment will take place on Monday, September 2 at multiple ATU campus locations.

Exam, Monday, September 2 to allow applicants to meet requirements on BEng (Hons) in Engineering (Common Entry); BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering; BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering; BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering; BSc (Hons) in Computing in Games Development

The exam is aimed at candidates who have either taken the higher level maths paper or have studied higher level to an advanced stage during senior cycle.

Students are advised to participate in a preparation course running from August 26-28. Fee is €30, inclusive of course.

Exams, Friday, August 30, with two separate papers. Paper One is set at ordinary level and is compulsory. Paper Two is set at higher level, and is optional. Fee is €30 for Paper 1 and €50 for both papers.

A minimum of a pass (40pc) will allow an applicant to replace the Leaving Cert maths requirement of Grade O6/H7 minimum with a grade O6/H7 minimum in another subject.

Applicants to courses that have a H4 maths requirement must sit the second paper and achieve a 70pc average across both papers.

A preparatory course from Monday, September 2 to Wednesday, September 4, with an exam on Thursday, September 5, for CAO applicants to the BSc in Data Science and the Higher Certificate in Computer Science.

South East Technological University

Two options:

*Exam, August 30, based on ordinary level syllabus and success may lead to entry to any SETU course with the exception of all nursing programmes (SE914, SE915, SE916); SE407 BA (Honours) in Accounting; SE713 B Eng (Honours) in Civil Engineering.

*Special exam on August 30 at 2pm. A pass (55pc) will fulfil the maths entry requirement for applicants to the BEng (Honours) in Civil Engineering SE713 programme as an alternative to the Leaving Cert H4 requirement. An intensive preparatory course will run on August 29 and August 30.

Maths Competency Tests (MCT) over three days in the first week in September. Revision classes on September 2 and 3 and exam on September 4 for applicants to TU 805 (engineering – general entry), which has a minimum requirement of a Leaving Cert H4 in maths. A grade of 60pc or higher is deemed equivalent to a H4.

Exam on August 28 (€30) at Moylish Park campus, Limerick, similar in standard to ordinary level.

Exam, Saturday, August 31. Successful candidates may be offered a place on an engineering or computer science programme. (Leaving Cert requirements are H4 for BE Programmes, H7/O3 for BSc Project & Construction Management, H6/O2 for BSc Computer Science & IT). Students who register for the exam are offered a place on online preparatory course, starting Monday, August 26.

Exam, Thursday, August 29, based on higher level paper, for applicants to the Faculty of Science and Engineering and LM092; LM094; LM095; LM096 and LM097.