# Application for a Language Exemption

**Source**: https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/alternative-paths-to-trinity/application-for-language-exemption/
**Parent**: https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/undergraduate/

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# Application for a Language Exemption

- [**Second Language Exemption - Application Form**](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49)
- [**Language Exemption - School Declaration Form**](https://www.tcd.ie/study/assets/PDF/tcd-language-exemption-school-declaration-form.pdf)

### What you need to know

All applicants to Trinity College Dublin are required to present English, Mathematics and a language other than English to meet the minimum entry requirements.

If you are unable to present a language other than English, then you can apply for a language exemption.

Please note that a language exemption does not apply to courses with a specific language requirement (i.e Law and French).

All forms should be submitted [via the online form above](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49).

Please remember to include your **CAO number on both application forms.**

If you were granted a language exemption in a previous year from Trinity and are reapplying to the CAO in the upcoming academic year, you must complete the [Second Language Exemption form](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49) and select the option for applicants who have been granted a language exemption previously.

### Language exemption categories

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Category** | **Documents to Submit** |
| You have been issued a Certificate of Exemption from Irishand are notpresenting Irish, but you are presenting a language other than English. | **Nothing** – Trinity requires only one language other than English. Students presenting a third language are not eligible to apply for an exemption. |
| You are presenting no languages other than English and have been issued a Certificate of Exemption from Irish. | **DES Certificate of Exemption -** Please make sure this a certified copy with the official school stamp on.  [Second language exemption application form](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49) |
| You do not have a Certificate of Exemption from Irish, but you are exempted from studying a language based on the findings of a psychologist’s report. | [Second language exemption application form](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49)  A copy of your **psychologist report signed and stamped** which details a clear diagnosis of your disability.  [School declaration form](https://www.tcd.ie/study/assets/PDF/tcd-language-exemption-school-declaration-form.pdf) |
| If you do not have a Certificate of Exemption from Irish and were educated / part-educated outside the Republic of Ireland (ROI), you may qualify under the following two groups:  1. Born outside of ROI and have completed at least one year of second level education outside ROI, but you are now attending second level in ROI and did not have the opportunity to take up a second language.  **or**  2. You were born in ROI, but now live and attend second level education outside ROI and did not have the opportunity to take up a second language. | [Second language exemption application form found](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal/service?btn=87&autolog=true&shownewticket=true&categoryid=7&id=49)  [School declaration form](https://www.tcd.ie/study/assets/PDF/tcd-language-exemption-school-declaration-form.pdf) |

### Other exemptions

For more information on other exemptions, please contact the admissions team at [AskTCD](https://ask.tcd.ie/portal) using the ‘Log an Academic Registry Enquiry’ button.