| Application Deadline: | 1 June | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free ≈ € 14,500 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Maynooth / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | September |
| Languages: | English | ||
As a student of Computer, Electronic, or Communications Engineering, you will have access to Maynooth's state-of-the-art facilities as you learn to design innovative systems and gain the business skills needed to succeed in industry.
From day one, you will be immersed in the key elements of electronics, computers, and communications engineering in lectures, tutorials, and lab and project work. You will learn to harness your creative, intellectual, and problem-solving skills, and learn to collaborate in a team-based environment. You will also have an opportunity to spend up to six months developing your practical skills through an industrial work placement.
All Engineering students take common First and Second Year programmes. In Third Year, all students divide into the three degree programmes: Electronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering with Computers, Electronic Engineering with Communications.
In Third Year, students spend six months on an industrial work placement.
These Honours degree programmes are accredited by the Institute of Engineers of Ireland (IEI). Holders of a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree will be eligible for membership of the institute and be exempt from any further written examination on the path to qualifying as a Chartered Engineer. Honours graduates are also eligible for associate membership of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (AMIEE) in the UK and membership of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE) in the US.
Special Mathematics Exam: Applicants who do not have the required HC3 (or equivalent) in the Irish Leaving Certificate Mathematics may take this exam, which is based on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level syllabus. The exam takes place in late August. Sample papers are available online at
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testApplicants must have completed a recognised High School Leaving Examination which is considered equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate.
Applicants should send
Complete application form
Transcript or other academic record such as high-school certificate or diploma. Copies of the original will be accepted, however, NUI Maynooth may request to see the original.
A letter of recommendation from a former or current Professor.
Applicants must have an IELTS score of 6, if not they may take our International
Foundation Course. Minimum English language requirement for the IFC is IELTS 4.5 or equivalent.
National University of Ireland
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