Applicants must register with the Postgraduate Applications Centre,www.pac.ie, and apply online via their website. The final closing date for applications is 31 January 2021.

When applying for a place on the Professional Master of Education, the PME Applicant will be required to make a formal declaration of studies undertaken in at least one post-primary curricular subject area.

He/she will be required to declare that they...

Hold an Honours Bachelor Degree NFQ Level 8 (or equivalent) carrying at least 180 ECTS Credits.
Have studied the requisite number of ECTS credits in the subject(s) they wish to have recorded on the Register of Teachers e.g. 60/80/90 ECTS credits.
Have completed at least 10 ECTS credits at third year degree level or higher
Have met all the specific detailed requirements of the Teaching Council in terms of mandatory areas of study
In all cases (a) – (d) the PME Applicant will be required to identify the specific module/course code where requirements have been met.

In the second semester of the first year, the Teaching Council will write to all PME student teachers on its database confirming...

That they meet the requirements for named curricular subject(s) and will be eligible to register on successful completion of the PME.
or
That they meet the requirements for at least one curricular subject but do not meet the requirements for one or more subsequent subjects and will be eligible to register on successful completion of the PME.
or
That they do not meet the requirements for at least one curricular subject and will therefore not be eligible for registration when they complete the PME.
In the case of number 3 above, the student teacher will be advised to notify their PME Provider who will determine if they can continue on the PME programme.
IELTS - An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version. A minimum score of 600 in the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT), with Test of Written English at 475 + A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in every other section.