TCD Sees 5% Increase in First Preference CAO Applications for 2012

First preference applications to Trinity College Dublin are up by 5% for 2012. The increase in applications represents the fifth successive year in which first preference applications to Trinity College have increased.  A total of 18,887 students have applied to Trinity College representing 26% of the total number of applications to the CAO.

The trend towards courses in the area of Science and Technology has continued into 2012 with most courses in these areas showing very significant increases in first preference applications. Trinity’s School of Mathematics, which is currently ranked 15th in the world (QS), has attracted a record number of applicants this year. First preference applications are up by 80% and overall applications by 17%.

The majority of Arts courses remain heavily oversubscribed, but there has been a decline in applications to some courses. Trinity's Two Subject Moderatorship Course that allows students to do a joint honours degree in two subjects (from a selection of 25 across a range of disciplines) has bucked the trend with a 9% increase in first preferences and an 8% increase in overall applications.

TCD Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast welcomed the increased demand by prospective students to Trinity: “It demonstrates the quality and diversity of courses offered by the College in its rounded undergraduate education.”

Read details at the university website here.