For admission to the MA in Translation Studies, successful applicants will have:

A degree at the level of an Irish or UK Honours undergraduate degree (H2.2 or above) or equivalent,

OR

Applicants with appropriate combinations of professional qualifications and experience may also be considered. This includes discipline-specific knowledge and know-how, transferable skills, basic research competency, personal effectiveness.

This Programme requires a high level of Language Competence:

Applications are invited from graduates normally with at least a Second Class Honours degree in any one (for the one-language route) or two (for the two-language route) of the following language(s): Irish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese or Spanish.

In addition, applicants should preferably have spent a total of at least 12 months in a country/countries where the language(s) they wish to study are spoken.

Consideration will be given to other subject specialists with appropriate linguistic competence.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) applicants are required to submit a cover letter along with their application under the Transcripts section of the portal, affirming their intent to apply for RPL.

IELTS(Academic) - Overall score 6.5 or above, with a minimum of 6.0 in all components.
TOEFL (paper-based test) - Overall score 580.
TOEFL iBT - Overall score 92.