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 to The University of Ulster. Please go to http://hpat-ulster.acer.edu.au for more information.
 
Registration Period

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Registrations open online at 9:00 AM (GMT) Monday 10 November 2008 and close Midnight (GMT), 20 January 2009 for the standard €95 fee.

Registrations will continue on payment of an additional late fee of €50.00 and close at Midnight (GMT), Sunday 1 February 2009.

To be eligible to sit HPAT-Ireland applicants must either be in their final year of school or have completed their Leaving Certificate prior to 2009.

If you have difficulties completing your HPAT-Ireland registration please email the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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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.