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Masters Requirements for Universities

  • 04-06-2018 4:26am
    #1
    HungryEmperor
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    So I am about to graduate with my degree, which is a level 8 honours bachelors degree from Waterford Institute of Technology. I am on course for a 1:1 degree.

    I am wondering is this enough to satisfy entry requirements into masters programs from the likes of UCD and TCD?


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Have you given any thought to looking up a few masters courses and seeing what the entry requirements are?


  • #3
    HungryEmperor
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭HungryEmperor


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Have you given any thought to looking up a few masters courses and seeing what the entry requirements are?


    I have, what I mean is do the likes of TCD accept degrees from non-universities for their masters programs? I just want to know if anyone has any personal experience of this. Thanks :)


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    HungryEmperor wrote: »
    I have, what I mean is do the likes of TCD accept degrees from non-universities for their masters programs? I just want to know if anyone has any personal experience of this. Thanks :)

    In business subjects, they will certainly consider them. Not sure about other disciplines.


  • #5
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Why wouldn't they? A degree program is a level 8 no matter where you graduate from. Now, some programs have a better reputation for certain disciplines that others but on paper a degree is a degree.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    baby and crumble wrote: »
    Why wouldn't they? A degree program is a level 8 no matter where you graduate from. Now, some programs have a better reputation for certain disciplines that others but on paper a degree is a degree.

    On paper, yes, but the awarding institution has a bearing on the admissions decision, in my experience. Whether that's right or wrong is another matter.


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  • #7
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Deleted User wrote: »
    On paper, yes, but the awarding institution has a bearing on the admissions decision, in my experience. Whether that's right or wrong is another matter.

    TBH I've never heard of anyone being turned down because their degree was from an IT rather than a University.


  • #8
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Deleted User wrote: »
    On paper, yes, but the awarding institution has a bearing on the admissions decision, in my experience. Whether that's right or wrong is another matter.

    If you look at the entry requirements, it is generally a Level 8 in a cognate discipline. As others have said, a Level 8 is a Level 8, no matter where in the country (or Europe, for that matter, God Bless ECTS) it comes from.


  • #9
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,122 ✭✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    I have a degree and a conversion H. Dip from two different private colleges, and I was accepted to both a masters program in UCC and subsequently a PhD in Trinity.

    Once you have a recognised level 8, you'll meet (or exceed with a 1.1) the minimum academic requirement for a masters program.


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