Plan your Leaving Certificate journey by selecting subjects that align with your interests and career goals. You'll need to choose 6-8 subjects in total, including the three core subjects.
Required for most third level courses
Essential communication skills
Choose Higher or Ordinary Level
Widely spoken European language
Strong for engineering and business
Popular second foreign language
Engineering and technology careers
Medicine, pharmacy and research
Healthcare and life sciences
Commerce and entrepreneurship
Finance and business management
Markets and economic theory
Irish and world history analysis
Physical and human geography
Visual arts and design
Performance and theory
Technical drawing and CAD
Advanced mathematical applications
Programming and algorithms
Food, nutrition and family studies
Choose subjects you enjoy and perform well in
Consider career and college course requirements
Discuss your choices with teachers and family
Consider these factors when selecting your subjects
Choose subjects that genuinely interest you. You'll be studying them for two years, so passion matters.
Select subjects where you have demonstrated ability. Your Junior Certificate results can be a good indicator.
Research college course requirements. Some degrees require specific Leaving Certificate subjects.
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