School Leadership - Postgraduate Diploma Entry requirements

Requirements

• Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree (NFQ Level 8) with at least a second-class honour, grade 2 (2:2) in any discipline.
• Be a qualified teacher and fully registered with the Teaching Council under the appropriate Teaching Council Registration Regulation.
• Regulation 2 or 4 of the Teaching Council (Registration) regulations 2009 up to 25th July 2016 or Route 1 or 2 of the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 and The Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 thereafter.
• Have at least 5 years of relevant work experience as a teacher.
• Be teaching in a primary or post-primary school funded by the Department of Education and Youth. 

International students

• Please note that this programme is restricted to registered teachers working in Department of Education and Youth approved schools in the Republic of Ireland. 

International study visas

Please note that international study visas are only available to students studying full-time in Ireland. This programme does not qualify for a study visa.   

Checklist of documents

• *Academic transcripts and certificates – Translated if needed
• UL graduates only need to provide their student ID number
• Copy of your birth certificate or passport
• Certificate of your Teaching Council Registration
• Completed declaration letter. Evidence in writing from the principal of your school confirming that (at the time of application) you hold a teaching position in the school and are not on secondment. If you are a teacher, your principal can complete the form. Principals applying to the programme will require the Chairperson of the school complete.  

Additional information request 

• Once application is received, a form will be issued to you requesting specific information to process your application. This includes your selection of in-person Education centre preferences.
• Applicants will be asked to specify their 1st & 2nd preference.
• Specific criteria apply to the online centre. These include the applicant's school must be at least 80 mins (one way) travel time by car.
• Changes cannot be made to the centre you have been allocated. Therefore, applicants are advised to consider carefully when choosing their centre preferences.    

English language requirements

• English Language Competency certificate
• For details on accepted language qualifications visit English Language Requirements  

Guidelines on completing your application   

• To make sure we can review your application quickly, please:
• Upload all documents. Your application can’t be reviewed until we have all the documents on the checklist. 
• Title the documents you are uploading. For example, "Personal Statement", "Undergraduate Transcript", "Postgraduate Transcript", "English Language Certificate" etc. 
• *If you are waiting to graduate, submit your application with the documents you have to date, you don’t need to have finished final exams before applying.