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National College of Ireland (NCI) is proud of its international reputation. With a thriving international community of students, NCI is the perfect location, environment and college to discover your future

NCI regularly attends education fairs and exhibitions, arranges interviews, gives presentations and hosts campus tours. For details of our upcoming international activity, visit our calendar section.

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate Courses

Qualification	Leads to entry into
High School Diploma (Grade 12)	Foundation (please contact us for Foundation year options)
A recognised International Foundation course from an Irish/UK institution or a Philippine institution following a validated Irish/UK syllabus. Entry requirements vary but we normally ask for between 60% and 65%	Year 1 of Bachelor degrees
2 year Diploma	Year 1 of Bachelor degrees
A Bachelor Degree from the Philippines with a result equivalent to a minimum Second Class Honours Grade 2	Year 2 of Business Bachelor degrees Year 3 of Computing Bachelor degrees (if subjects closely match)

Entry onto Postgraduate courses

If you are applying for a Masters (e.g. MA, MSc) course at NCI, you will be required to meet the English Language Requirements and will typically have one of the following qualifications:

Holders of a 4 year Bachelor degree from one of the following prestigious universities:
o Asian Institute of Management
o Ateneo de Manila University
o De La Salle University - Manila
o University of Santo Tomas
o University of the Philippines - Diliman

Minimum grading – please see below for equivalents to 2.2.

Holders of a Masters degree from the Phillippines. Minimum grading – please see below for equivalents to 2.2.

Grade point	Grade point	%	Alternative name	Alternative name	English translation or equivalent
1	4	96–100	Excellent	Summa cum laude	1st
1.5	3.5	92–95	Very good	Magna cum laude	2.1
2	3	87–91	Good	Cum laude	2.2