Three new options for Tertiary Bachelor's Degree routes are available in the Northern Sound Region.
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has announced details of 32 new Tertiary Bachelor's Degree routes that will be open to applications for the upcoming academic year 2026/2027.
Tertiary Bachelor's Degree routes provide access to higher education, giving an opportunity to begin study with ETBs, and then progress to Higher Education Institutions.
Entry is not based on points, and no tuition fees apply during the first one to two years of study while learners are enrolled in an ETB.
Students graduate with the same Bachelor's Degree qualification (NFQ Level 7/8) as they would on any other degree pathway, but achieved through an alternative, more flexible route.
This expansion significantly increases the Tertiary Bachelor's Degree route options for students to 78 and delivers opportunities in 24 counties in Ireland.
Amongst the Tertiary Bachelors' Degrees open to applications for the upcoming academic year are the following courses in Cavan.
BA (Hons) Social Care Practice - commencing in Cavan and Monaghan ETB (Cavan Institute) with a transition to Atlantic Technological University, Sligo Campus , BSc (Hons) in Intellectual Disability Nursing - commencing in Cavan and Monaghan ETB (Cavan Institute) with a transition to Dundalk Institute of Technology.
In Monaghan Institute there is BSc (Hons) in Intellectual Disability Nursing- commencing in Cavan and Monaghan ETB (Monaghan Institute) with a seamless transition to Dundalk Institute of Technology
