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Engineering Maths Qualifying Examination
Engineering Maths Qualifying Examination (EMQE) for Admission in Academic Year 2024-2025
The Engineering Mathematics Qualifying Exam (EMQE) is an alternative route for prospective students to meet the minimum Mathematics requirements for undertaking an Engineering degree course. It gives Leaving Certificate students a second chance to pursue an Engineering or Computer Science programme in the College of Science & Engineering, University of Galway. Those electing to take the exam are offered a place on the Preparatory Course (EMPC) which takes place the week before the exam. Students who are applying through CAO, on completion of Leaving Certificate
Date of Exam
- 31st August, 2024 (in person, no cost)
- The preparation course commences on Sunday 25th August 2023 (fully online, no cost). Admission to the preparatory course is limited to students who have applied for our programmes through the CAO.
- You will receive a link to attend the course shortly after enrolling for the exam.
- The exam is held in person, in the Alice Perry Engineering building, University of Galway.
Applying for the exam
Check this page in August. Email engineering@universityofgalway.ie with queries.
Important Information
Places available will be allocated in strict order of merit. Due to capacity constraints, it is not guaranteed that candidates who achieve a pass in the examination will receive an offer.
Admission to the School of Engineering is confined to students who satisfy both the general requirements for Matriculation in the School of Engineering and the Mathematics grade required for admission to the individual programme (H4 for BE Programmes, H7/O3 for BSc Project & Construction Management, H6/O2 for BSc Computer Science & IT).
- Candidates who satisfy the general requirements for Matriculation in the School but who have NOT attained the required Mathematics grade for their programme may apply to take the Engineering Maths Qualifying Examination held by the University.
Places available (which may vary in number year to year) will be allocated to those candidates who have achieved the points requirement for the programme that year, who satisfy the general requirements for Matriculation in the School of Engineering and who attain a Pass in the Engineering Maths Qualifying Examination.
The places available will be allocated in strict order of merit. Due to capacity constraints, it is not gauranteed that candidates who achieve a pass in the examination will receive an offer.
The EMQE Preparatory Course
The School of Engineering at University of Galway runs a preparatory week long course (free of charge) to prepare students for the Engineering Maths Qualifying Examination - the course takes place immediately following Leaving Certificate results. All students who register for the exam will be offered a place on the preparatory course.
The course will take place online, in the week prior to the exam.
Past Papers and Course Outline
All EMQE papers from 2015 up to last year are available via links below. Access to MS Teams will be arranged after you register for the preparatory course . Please note, there was a major change in the Leaving Cert syllabus in 2016, which was reflected in the syllabus for this exam, and so papers from before 2016 are not a good guide to either the content or the style of this year’s EMQE.
Maths Qualifying Exam Past Papers
Engineering Maths Exam Paper 1 2019
Engineering Maths Exam Paper 2 2019
Engineering Maths Exam Paper 1 2021
Engineering Maths Exam Paper 2 2021
