Before you register
Before registering for HPAT-Ireland, all applicants must first get their CAO number. You need this number to successfully complete your HPAT-Ireland registration.
To get a CAO number please apply online at the CAO website.
 
Please Note: If a paper application is submitted your CAO number will not be available until after February 10 and this will be too late to register for HPAT-Ireland.
 
Should I sit HPAT-Ireland or HPAT Ulster?

HPAT Ulster and HPAT-Ireland are different tests.

If you are applying to one of the following medical schools then you need to sit HPAT-Ireland:

  • National University of Ireland, Galway
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Cork
  • University College Dublin
You should sit HPAT Ulster if you are applying The University of Ulster please go to http://www.hpat.org.uk/ for more information.
 
HPAT-Ireland

For entry to undergraduate medicine in Ireland in 2009 applicants will be required to sit an admissions test, HPAT- Ireland (Health Professions Admission Test - Ireland). The Central Applications Office (CAO) will use the results of both HPAT-Ireland and the Leaving Certificate Examination to make offers to medicine programmes in Ireland in 2009.

For detailed information about university requirements please read the HPAT-Ireland Brochure.

 
Test centres

Test centres will be located in Cork, Dublin, Galway, the North-West and the South-East (details to be confirmed).

Please Note: Every effort will be made to accommodate applicants in their preferred test centre. However, as capacity in some test centres may be limited, places in those venues will be allocated on a first-come basis. It is important that applicants register early to ensure that they are able to get their choice of test location.

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