• School diploma required
  VWO (Dutch pre-university diploma) i

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  Netherlands … What qualifications are accepted? … Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO (Gymnasium A/B and Atheneum A/B) diploma)

  Netherlands What qualifications are accepted? Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO (Gymnasium A/B and Atheneum A/B) diploma)

  universityofgalway.ie · netherlands

  Undergraduate … Apply via the CAO. Please click here for Netherlands entry requirements.

  nui.ie

  NETHERLANDS … Recognised School Leaving Qualifications Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO (Gymnasium A/B and Atheneum A/B) diploma

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  For you, Met: Your VWO diploma counts.
• Required school subjects
  Wiskunde A or wiskunde B or wiskunde C or wiskunde D as a VWO exam subject i

  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information for 2027.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  Students must obtain a minimum of Grade O1 in Ordinary Level or H5 in the Higher Level Leaving Certificate paper in Mathematics.

  universityofgalway.ie

  GY319 BSc (Mathematical Science) 3 O1 or H5 in Maths 531

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  For you, Not yet clear: Enter your subjects to check. Add your subjects
• Minimum subject grades
  Wiskunde A or wiskunde B or wiskunde C or wiskunde D: at least 8; 6 different subjects at 6 or higher, at least 2 of them at 8 or higher, including English and Mathematics i

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  Students must obtain a minimum of Grade O1 in Ordinary Level or H5 in the Higher Level Leaving Certificate paper in Mathematics.

  Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, Mathematics, and any three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

  www2.cao.ie

  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 … VWO* … 10 10 9 9 8 8 7

  O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 … VWO … 8 8 7 7 6 6 or Pass in HAVO

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  * For a higher maths requirement these scores must be in Maths B or D

  Table 1: Subject Grade Comparisons: Irish Leaving Cert H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 VWO* 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 Irish Leaving Cert O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 VWO 8 8 7 7 6 6 or Pass in HAVO * For a higher maths requirement these scores must be in Maths B or D

  2 H5 required … 6 distinct recognised subjects which must include 2 subjects grade 8 and 4 subjects grade 6 in the VWO

  What grade counts as a pass for purposes of admission to HEIs? 6 (on a scale of 5-10 where 10 is best)

  If two versions of the same subject are presented, the average score will be included in the calculation.

  Level 8 … 2 H5 required … 6 distinct recognised subjects which must include 2 subjects grade 8 and 4 subjects grade 6 in the VWO

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  Minimum Matriculation Two subjects grade 8 and four subjects grade 6 in the VWO. Also proof of English proficiency plus specific requirements for programme applied for.

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  For you, Not yet clear: No grade entered for wiskunde A or wiskunde B or wiskunde C or wiskunde D. Enter your subjects and grades to check. Add your grades
• Minimum overall grade
  None i

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  2 H5 required … 6 distinct recognised subjects which must include 2 subjects grade 8 and 4 subjects grade 6 in the VWO

  The minimum eligibility criteria follow. Proof of English proficiency is required in all cases. … 6 distinct recognised subjects which must include 2 subjects grade 8 and 4 subjects grade 6 in the VWO

  universityofgalway.ie · leavingcert

  For holders of the Irish Leaving Certificate, six subjects for Matriculation purposes are required, with at least two H5 and four O6/H7 Grades.

• Language level required
  English: VWO engels 8 or higher or an accepted language test i

  English: at least 8 for engels on your VWO list or IELTS Academic 6.5 or TOEFL iBT (0-120 scale) 88 or TOEFL iBT (1-6 scale, exams on or after 21 January 2026) 4.5 or Pearson PTE Academic 63 or Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency (Cambridge English scale) 176 or LanguageCert Academic 70 or Oxford English Language Level Test 7 or Trinity ISE III (pass in every component) or MELAB (with Speaking at least 3) 85 or City & Guilds IESOL Diploma (C1 or C2 pass)

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  The minimum acceptable level of English is 8 in the VWO or equivalent English Language competence (see page 9). Note applicants whose school-leaving examinations are more than two years old must present additional proof of English.

  universityofgalway.ie · entryrequirements

  EU/EEA … countries' matriculation requirements as per CAO are accepted for entry onto undergraduate programmes as benchmarked against CEFR

  To enter the University of Galway, you need an IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall, with no section below 6.0.

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  Science/Engineering … 6.5 overall , no less than 6.0 in any one component.

  TOEFL iBT (including home edition) … 88 overall (L18, R18, S21, W22)

  Minimum overall TOEFL score of 4.5 (Listening 4, Reading 4, Speaking 4, Writing 4.5)

  Pearson PTE Academic … 63overall; no less than 59 in any one component

  CPE 176 overall with not less than 169 in each element of the test … Cambridge Proficiency CAE 176 overall with not less than 169 in each element of the test … Cambridge Advanced

  Language Cert Academic … 70 overall; 65 in each component

  Oxford English Language Level Test … 7 overall

  Trinity … ISE III … Pass in every component

  MELAB Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency … 85 … (acceptable only if Speaking test is included with result of at least 3)

  City & Guilds International ESOL (IESOL) Diploma … Pass at Level C1 or C2 in Listening, Reading and Writing report, and Pass in separate Speaking report

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  For you, Not yet clear: English: enter your grade for engels. Add a language test
• Minimum age
  Born before 16 January 2011 for 2027, going by the 2026 rule (born before 16 January 2010) i

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Source

  universityofgalway.ie · faqs

  Students must normally have attained the age of seventeen years by 15 January following entry: e.g. for entry in 2026, date of birth must be on or before 15 January 2010.

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  For you, Not yet clear: Enter your birth year to check. Add your birth year
• Extra steps
  None i

  Fairly sure — The university does not say this in so many words, but it follows from its pages. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, for example, the submission of a portfolio, an oral assessment or interview, or a written assessment.

  8 GY319 Mathematical Science

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  DO NOT submit predicted grades or a personal statement. Only certificates/statement of results produced by an examining authority will suffice.

  universityofgalway.ie

  GY319 BSc (Mathematical Science) 3 O1 or H5 in Maths 531

• Other requirements
  Irish is part of the matriculation requirement at University of Galway (six subjects "including Irish, English, Mathematics"). Candidates born and fully educated outside the Republic of Ireland who present qualifications other than the Irish Leaving Certificate are automatically exempt from Irish and need not apply for an exemption. i

  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie · entry requirements

  Irish is a requirement for matriculation in University of Galway. However, the following applicants can be exempt from this requirement: Candidates born outside the Republic of Ireland (26 counties);

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, Mathematics, and any three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

  www2.cao.ie

  Candidates born and fully educated outside the Republic of Ireland who are presenting qualifications other than the Irish Leaving Certificate for matriculation are automatically exempt from Irish and do not need to make an application for an exemption.

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  Candidates born and fully educated outside the Republic of Ireland (26 counties), whose address is outside the Republic of Ireland and who are presenting qualifications other than the Leaving Certificate for matriculation are automatically exempt from Irish and do not need to make application to NUI.

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  For you, Met: Not required for you: you were born and permanently live outside Ireland.
• Score needed to get in
  531 CAO points or more: the 2026 cut-off, which changes every year i

  Applicants are ranked by CAO points; the highest get the places. The cut-off is the lowest score that got a place, so it moves with each year's applicants.

  Earlier cut-offs: 542 in 2025 (CAO Round 1), 510 in 2024 (CAO Round 1), 566 in 2023 (CAO Round 1), 520 in 2023 (CAO Round 2), 510 in 2022 (CAO Round 1).

  How the score is worked out: Average of the best 6 distinct recognised subjects taken in a single sitting: 10 → 600, 9 → 595, 8 → 541, 7 → 374, 6 → 250, 5 → 200.

  +25 for wiskunde B or wiskunde D at 6 or higher, if it is one of the subjects counted.

  Two versions of one subject, such as wiskunde B and D, count once, at their average.

  Grades are rounded to whole numbers first, as on the diploma.

  The university gives only these rows and does not say how averages between them convert, so a score between two rows is a range.

  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  Points Required for Entry to 2026 Level 8 Courses … GY319 Mathematical Science 531

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  CAO Points 531 (2026)

  www2.cao.ie

  The indicative equivalence will be calculated, based on the average of the best 6 distinct recognised subjects taken in a single sitting as follows:

  Average Mark IPS 10 600 9 595 8 541 7 374 6 250 5 200

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  NB Sample grades only. The steps between points shown are not necessarily even as they are based on statistical comparisons.

  Bonus points of 25 will be awarded for grade 6 or better in Advanced level Mathematics (i.e., B or D) where mathematics is one of the subjects counted for points.

  If two versions of the same subject are presented, the average score will be included in the calculation.

  Table 2: Points Conversion … Average Mark … IPS … 10 … 600 … 9 … 595 … 8 … 541 … 7 … 374 … 6 … 250 … 5 … 200

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  For you, Not yet clear: Needs grades for at least 6 different subjects; you have entered 0. Add your grades

How places are given

• Cap on places (numerus fixus)
  Limited; the number is not published

  The 2026 figure; the 2027 one is not out yet.

  i

  Fairly sure — The university does not say this in so many words, but it follows from its pages. This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  CAO Points 531 (2026) … Average Intake 21

  universityofgalway.ie · leavingcert

  Admission to first year full-time Undergraduate Degree Courses is competitive and based on the Leaving Certificate points system or a system of equivalent standing.

  universityofgalway.ie · entry requirements

  There is a high level of demand for places in University of Galway and fulfilling the matriculation requirements is not usually enough to guarantee admittance to the course of your choice.

  www2.cao.ie

  GY319 Mathematical Science 531

• How applicants are picked
  Ranked by school grades; the highest get the places i

  Applicants who meet the minimum matriculation and course requirements are ranked by CAO points (for VWO: converted from the average of the best six subjects) and offers go from the highest score down; ties at the last place are broken by random number.

  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information for 2027.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie · leavingcert

  For the purposes of allocating places, applicants who satisfy the minimum matriculation and faculty requirements are ranked in order of merit of performance at school - leaving examinations.

  www2.cao.ie

  After the points have been calculated, applicants are placed on a list in order of merit for each course for which they are eligible.

  If there are five applicants with an identical points score competing for one remaining place, random number selection applies and the place will be offered to the applicant with the highest random number.

  universityofgalway.ie · entry requirements

  For that reason, we operate a selection scheme, under which applicants are ranked according to how they perform at school-leaving examinations.

• Past admission numbers
  In 2026 the lowest score that got in was 531 (CAO Round 1).

  In 2025 the lowest score that got in was 542 (CAO Round 1).

  In 2024 the lowest score that got in was 510 (CAO Round 1).

  In 2023 the lowest score that got in was 566 (CAO Round 1).

  In 2023 the lowest score that got in was 520 (CAO Round 2).

  In 2022 the lowest score that got in was 510 (CAO Round 1).

  i

  Fairly sure — This is the 2026 information. The 2027 details are not out yet and may change. Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Sources

  www2.cao.ie

  Points Required for Entry to 2026 Level 8 Courses … GY319 Mathematical Science 531

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  CAO Points 531 (2026)

Once you have started

• First-year minimum to continue
  60 of 60 credits in the first year i

  Every course is worth a number of credits, which you earn by passing it; a full year is 60.

  In the university’s words: The full 60-ECTS first year must be passed before progressing. A module passes at 40%; modules at 35-39% totalling at most 15 ECTS can pass by compensation if the year's aggregate is at least 40% and no module is below 35%. Otherwise failed modules are repeated at the August repeat exams (mark capped at 40%) or the year is repeated. The College of Science and Engineering allows two years to pass each year's examinations; a student who does not cannot continue.

  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.

  Sources

  universityofgalway.ie

  For completion of a Stage (or Programme Year), fulltime students will be required to successfully complete the relevant aggregate credit standard, 60 ECTS.

  Students must successfully complete each stage before progressing to a subsequent one.

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  The pass standard for a Module is 40%. However a student with marks of less than 40% in one or more modules will be deemed to have passed the Stage provided

  the module(s) with marks in the range 35-39% total 15 ECTS or less

  With effect from the academic year 2015/16 the maximum mark which may be awarded at a repeat examination of a module, will be the pass mark for the module, viz. 40%, including those students who are repeating a year.

  universityofgalway.ie

  Time Limits: A time limit of two years applies to the successful completion of examinations in each year of a programme.

  Students failing to complete examinations within the specified periods will be ineligible to proceed further towards their degree in this University.

After you graduate

• Where graduates go
  Many graduates work in financial and actuarial services or in IT, especially programming and software development. Others work in pharmaceutical clinical research, secondary and third-level teaching, and the civil service. Postgraduate options include MSc and PhD programmes in the mathematical sciences.

  What University of Galway says its graduates go on to do; not measured.

  i

  Fairly sure — Worth a look at the source before you rely on it.

  Source

  universityofgalway.ie · mathematical science

  Many graduates are employed in the financial and actuarial services, while others are working in the IT industry, particularly in programming and software development.

  Others work in the pharmaceutical industry, doing clinical research, and in secondary and tertiary education, and the civil service.

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  Opportunities include MSc or PhD programmes at University of Galway and further afield in all areas of the Mathematical Sciences.

• Where graduates went (measured)
  University of Galway honours-degree graduates of 2024 in natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, nine months after graduating: 54.3% working full-time, 4.3% part-time, 0.4% about to start a job; 31.6% in full-time and 1.3% in part-time further study; 5.6% unemployed; 2.6% other activities.

  Measured from all natural Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics graduates of University of Galway, not just this programme (2024). Past graduates, not a promise.

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  Sure — Stated in the university’s official information.

  Sources

  public.tableau.com · HEI Comparison

  Undergraduate Honours Degree Programmes … Field of Study: Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics … University of Galway … Working full-time 54.3% … Working part-time 4.3% … Due to start a job in the next 3 months 0.4% … Engaged in full-time further study, training or research 31.6% … Engaged in part-time further study, training or research 1.3% … Other Activity 2.6% … Unemployed and looking for work 5.6%

  hea.ie

  HEI level data (GO Class of 2024) … 3. HEI-Level Information (UG Honours Degree): This looks at employment outcomes for undergraduate honours degrees for each HEI