Name of the Organization : Central Applications Office
Type of Facility : Student Application System 2015
Country: Ireland
Website : http://www.cao.ie/index.php
CAO Student Application System
The Central Applications Office processes applications for undergraduate courses in Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Decisions on admissions to undergraduate courses are made by the HEIs who instruct CAO to make offers to sucessful candidates.
Related : Higher Education Authority Student Assistance Fund Ireland : www.statusin.org/9462.html
All applicants must carefully read the CAO Handbook and take note of the important deadlines and any restrictions that may apply. Applicants must treat all correspondence from CAO as extremely important and notify CAO immediately through this website if there are any errors or omission recorded in application documents.
2015 CAO Handbook:
Your Handbook will be an invaluable guide to the process of applying for courses in the Higher Education Institutions participating in the central application service. Read it carefully and keep it to hand for future reference.
You will find the answers to most of your questions in this Handbook. In addition, the CAO website www.cao.ie contains a wealth of information for applicants as well as links to information pages on Higher Education Institution websites, and other external websites.
The CAO understands how important this process is to you and you are encouraged to research your course choices carefully and use all of the resources available to keep yourself informed.
If you have any questions for CAO that are not answered in CAO literature, or if you do not understand any instruction you receive from CAO, then you should not hesitate to contact us. The best way to do so is to use the email ‘Contact Us’ form on the website www.cao.ie.
We hope that you have a positive experience using the CAO service for application to Higher Education.
Applicant’s Responsibility:
You, the applicant, are responsible for ensuring that an application is submitted complete, correct and on time.
In any one year, you may not present more than one application. You may apply online or on paper.
CAO will assume that anyone who is able to quote your CAO Application Number is authorised to make changes to your application.
General Principles:
Applications for admission in Autumn 2015 will be processed in accordance with the regulations, procedures and timetable described in the CAO Handbook 2015 (‘the Handbook’), in the CAO Application Form 2015 (‘the Form’) and in the other documents mentioned in the Handbook.
It is your responsibility to acquaint yourself with these.
Other such regulations and procedures in relation to online application, change of mind and acceptance of offers will appear on the CAO website.
The intention is to provide fair and equal treatment for all applicants and to minimise expense for the applicant-body as a whole.
CAO is purely an administrative facility and does not endorse or recommend any course. It is your responsibility to determine the status and the suitability of any course chosen.
CAO is agent for the HEIs participating in the Application System. These bodies agree annually the application regulations, procedures and timetable. CAO has no discretion to set them aside so as either to afford special treatment to any applicant over another or to deprive any applicant of their entitlement in favour of another.
Application Dates and Fees:
You should avoid submitting an application close to a Closing Date.
No extension to closing dates will be allowed.
Address:
The CAO Application System operates from the CAO premises at:
Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway
Phone : (091) 509800
Fax: (091) 562344