First Year Change of Course

The University offers a scheme whereby first-year students, who find themselves in the wrong degree programme, may apply online, to change to another first-year programme.  Students must have the required number of Leaving Certificate points or equivalent, meet the necessary subject requirements of the course they wish to change into, and there must be a place on the course. A change of course cannot take place until the close of the CAO season and is in no way guaranteed. Students who are permitted to change must also realise that they will have missed the first weeks of their new programme and must take responsibility to make up “lost ground”.

There are also possibilities to change into another related course at the end of the first year. Details of these internal transfers are available from College Offices.

The Change of Course procedure is now closed for 2024. If you are having difficulty in your course please see the Having Second Thoughts information page to look through the options available to you, including contact details for our First Year Experience Coordinator Nóirín Deady.