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Travelling to the Open Days
Free buses run to the Open Day on Saturday November 30th.
Schedules from following free bus routes will be posted closer to the date:
Cavan | Dundalk | Kilkenny | Monaghan | Offaly | Portlaoise | Tipperary | Waterford | Wexford | Wicklow
Parking
Parking spaces are free to use on campus on the Open Day, however please note that dangerous, illegal and inappropriate parking is not tolerated.
Public Transport
For details of other transport links to Maynooth, please read our location information.
Campus Tours
Our Student Ambassadors host tours of both campuses and tell you about our beautiful historic buildings, new facilities and their own experiences of life at Maynooth University. Tours typically last 45 minutes and incorporate a 10 minute tour of the Library.
Check out our campus before you arrive.
| Tour Schedule: check the confirmed schedule for exact times and locations | |
| Campus tours (depart from the Arts Building foyer). An Irish language tour depart directly after the Nua-Ghaeilge talk. | 1.15/1.45/2.15/2.45 |
| Accommodation tours (depart from the Arts Building foyer) | Depart at regular intervals during the day |
| Lab tours (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Experimental Physics) | Depart John Hume Foyer and after various science talks |
| Electronic Engineering - Laboratory demonstrations are available all day; walk-ins are very welcome to the Engineering Building | All day |
| Music Department tour |
Tour following talk |
CAO | Your Questions Answered
Admissions Officer, Dr John McGinnity, and his Admissions Office staff are happy to answer a broad range of questions. Find the Admissions stands in the John Hume, School of Education and Iontas Buildings.
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Leaving Certificate, mature student, QQI, EU, UK student application process
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Applying to the CAO
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Transport
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Deferring
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General queries about our degrees
Guidance Counsellor Seminar
Our Guidance Counsellor Seminar for our November 2019 Open Days place on Tuesday 29th November. See our Guidance Counsellor Seminar Timetable for list of talks and schedules.
Schedule:
10.30am Tea/Coffee
11.15am BA Media Studies / Media and Cultural Studies in Arts (MH101) | Dr. Kylie Jarrett
11.45am Maynooth University Access Programme | Rose Ryan Director of Access
12.15pm BSc. Biological and Geographical Sciences | Dr. Conor Meade / Dr Stephen McCarron
12.45pm Other Academic Changes for 2020 and 2021 & Open Forum | Dr. John McGinnity
1.00pm Lunch in Pugin Hall, South Campus
Slides for Dr. Kylie Jerrett's talk can be found here.
Clubs | Societies | Sport Scholarships
There are over 100 clubs and societies to choose from - run by the students for the students.
Getting involved will enhance your university experience and help you to learn new skills and make new friends. At the Open Days you will be able to see what is on offer and chat to the members.
Find out more about the Maynooth Students' Union and the clubs and societies.
Meet some of our sport scholars and sports staff in Classhall H in the Arts Building during the Open Day.
| GAA | Jenny Duffy |
| Golf | Barry Fennelly |
| Rugby | Tom McKeown |
| Soccer | Barry Prenderville |
| Sports Officer | Paul Davis |
Chat to our Sports Development Officers and Student Representatives
Have a look at our timetable to see when each sport will giving a talk.
Special Seminars
Venue: Iontas Seminar Room, Iontas Building
Times: TBC (see below for indicative)
11.50-12.15
QQI/PLC Entry to Maynooth University
12.25-12.50
Springboard-funded HDip programmes
Information Stands
Students, academic staff and administrative staff will be on hand to answer your questions about the degrees, facilities and supports we offer.
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Subject and information stands located in the foyer of the Iontas Building, the John Hume Building and in our new School of Education Building.
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Subject stands for Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science and Computational Thinking are located in the foyer of the Eolas Building.
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Information about on-campus accommodation is available from the Accommodation Office stand in the Arts Building.
Check the Open Day timetable for confirmed location of stands and talks.
Our Unique Flexibility | Choose your pathway
We appreciate that making a final decision on the list of level 8 degree choices can be quite a challenge. We have therefore broadened the first year entry on many of our degrees in order to open up progression options to our students. This means that many of our first year students can spend the first few weeks of semester one sampling subjects or pathways within their degree before deciding on their options.
The MH101 Bachelor of Arts degree is an example of a degree offering flexibility. In excess of 1,200 students begin the Maynooth Arts degree annually. These students have up to four weeks to choose up to four subjects from a possible thirty five. After first year there may be an option to move into a specialised degree, depending on the subjects you choose in first year and your results.
- The Maynooth Arts degree is a very flexible programme that offers students a wide range of options to customise their studies to match their own interests and goals.
- You can spend up to four weeks at the start of first year sampling our range of Arts subjects before committing to the two, three or four that you prefer. You can also make changes in your choices at the start of the second semester.
- When you begin second year you will be able to decide the structure of your degree (based on your subjects and results from first year). Most students take a two subject degree from second year (Double Major), but it may be possible to specialise in one subject with a little of another (Major with Minor), or just specialise in one subject (Single Major).
- Critical Skills is available to take as one of your first year subjects - learn and hone the skills that employers demand of graduate recruits (only available in first year).
- These are the possible transfer options having completed the first year of the Maynooth Arts degree (see for details):
| BA in Classics | MH101 |
| BA Finance | MH401 |
| BA International Finance and Economics | MH401 |
| BA Accounting and Finance | MH403 |
| Single Major BBS or BBA (Business and Management / International Business / Marketing) | MH404 |
| BBS Business and Accounting | MH407 |
| LLB Single Major | MH501 |
| BCL Double Major (Law and Arts / Law and Accounting / Law and Business / Law and Criminology) | MH502 |
| BSc Computer Science and Software Engineering/ BSc Multimedia, Mobile and Web Development | MH601 MH602 |
- Postgraduate study: Recent research shows that Maynooth University Master's degrees support employability, with 75% of our Taught Master's graduates surveyed reporting employment within nine months of graduation. It is possible through your Master's degree to become an expert in a subject that you have already studied, with one to one attention in smaller class sizes and independent research projects. You could also undertake a Master's in a totally new discipline to complement your degree. Examples of these conversion Master's programmes at Maynooth include:
- MSc Business Management - (business for non-Business graduates)
- LLM International Justice/LLM Criminology/MSc Rights & Social Policy (conversion into legal and human rights courses)
- MA International Peace-building - Edward Kennedy Institute (for careers in Mediation and international peace-building)
- MSc Design Innovation - for bright sparks/ideas people/creatives - draw from a wide selection of degree backgrounds to work on real-world problems for companies - inc. marketing, IT, design etc.
- HDip Information Technology - a HDip 1 year programme - BA conversion into IT careers
- Economics, Finance & Accounting - 2 year Master's offering conversion routes for graduates without a degree in these subjects.
| MH001/MH002 Bachelor of Education - Primary Teaching (B Ed) | Psychology | General |
| Some applicants to our MH001/MH002 Bachelor of Education - Primary Teaching (B Ed) degree are concerned about achieving the Leaving Cert points required. Our advice is that applicants should also consider the postgraduate route into primary teaching. The PME Professional Master of Education (Primary Teaching) is a two-year postgraduate teacher education programme for primary teaching for persons who possess a level 8 honours bachelor degree. The level 8 MH101 Bachelor of Arts degree is a popular choice for many students. | A Double Major in Psychological Studies will not lead to an accredited Psychology degree. However, you could pursue this at a later date through postgraduate study. Unlike MH106 and MH209, Psychological Studies in MH101 will not lead to a professionally accredited degree, however Psychological Studies graduates may be eligible to apply for consideration to entry to a one-year postgraduate programme to achieve a professionally accredited qualification in psychology (on a competitive basis - limited numbers). | Apart from professions requiring specialist training such as engineering and science, most career options are wide open to Maynooth’s Arts graduates. With about 40% of graduate jobs open to any discipline (gradireland.com), the quality of your degree and your ability to communicate your experience is often far more important than the content of your subjects. |
- Some of the transferable skills that an Arts degree offers include the ability to:
| Lead and participate in discussions | Develop and argue opinions | Understand, assess and evaluate issues |
| Write well in a variety of formats | Propose ideas and theories | Think and act creatively |
| Organise workload and work to deadlines | Convey meaning precisely | Conduct research and evaluate sources |
| Read pages of text and pick out the essential points | Be objective | Work alone and on own initiative |
| Retain and absorb large amounts of information | Have confidence in your opinions | Be able to base conclusions on statistical research |
| Debate and persuade others of your point of view | IT skills | Foreign language skills (depending on subject choice) |
COURSE FINDER
Search our Degrees
Lots of degrees at Maynooth University to pique your interest. You should also research the pathways into our specialised degrees from our broad-based Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
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Relaxing at our Open Days
For refreshments on campus choose from*
Subway (John Hume Building - North Campus)
The Little Coffee Company (Arts Building - North Campus)
Chill - (Students' Union - North Campus)
The Kitchen (Phoenix Building - North Campus)
The Living Room (Phoenix Building - North Campus)
Starbucks - The Library (South Campus - closing 3pm)
Visitors who have registered can enjoy a free hot drink (tea/filter coffee) which they can redeem at one of the outlets open on the day (excluding Pugin Hall, Chill, Londis and Students' Union). The voucher must be presented on a smartphone or printed out.
Browse the Maynooth University Book Shop in the John Hume Building.
Maynooth town has a variety of cafés, restaurants and bars and is only a five minute walk from the campus.
*(not all will be open on the Open Day)
Maynooth Campus Life
Postgraduate Study at Maynooth University
Looking for postgraduate study information? Talk to Éilis and the Graduate Studies Office at the Open Day.
Want to specialise after your degree in a subject you love? Want to convert your degree into something different at Masters level or undertake PhD studies?
For everything postgraduate at Maynooth University, the Graduate Studies website provides course details, funding options and scholarships information.