Pilot Programme to Create Alternative Pathways to Third Level Education

ATU are currently involved in a pilot tertiary education programme which will allow students from the west and north-west of Ireland to start a programme with their local Education and Training Board (ETB) and finish it in ATU and gain a university qualification.

Eligible students will do at least one year in an ETB in either Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim or Donegal before progressing to ATU.

Under this pilot ATU have developed and are continuing to develop programmes in collaboration with colleagues in ETBs in Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal. The pilot programmes are in the following areas: Engineering, Business, Science and Nursing (subject to confirmation of clinical placements).

The pilot is part of a drive to create alternative pathways to third level without the need to secure high points in the leaving certificate.