a portfolio, which should demonstrate your enthusiasm for the course as well as your interests and strengths.
Please use the guidelines below to help put together your portfolio; they are designed to help you ensure it becomes the perfect showcase for your work.
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Digital Portfolio
Digital Portfolio Submission for 2023/24 applicants is now open online via the link below and will remain open until the submission deadline.
Before you start your Digital Portfolio Submission:
- You will need your CAO number to begin your submission. All courses which require portfolio assessment must have been included on your CAO application by February 1st.
- Your digital portfolio should have a minimum of 10 pieces and a maximum of 25 pieces uploaded to your submission.
- We have prepared some helpful tips for photographing your work.
- Film + video files must be under 5MB for upload, larger files must be submitted via a url: YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Please make sure that any online videos are public and password free for assessing.
- Digital Portfolio Submission deadline is 5pm 20th March 2023.
- We do not offer extensions to the submission deadline.
Click on the link below to start your Digital Portfolio Submission
Guidelines for your Digital Portfolio Submission
Virtual Project Days- Please note Virtual Project Days have now ended
- Virtual Project Days took place online February 13th – 15th 2023
- You can download this year’s Project Days Brief HERE
- You must register for the Virtual Project Days in advance
- You must submit all of your work for the Virtual Project Days HERE by 20th March
If you do not have a portfolio of work that you feel strongly about you can be assessed on your performance on a Virtual Project Day without the need to submit a portfolio.
You can equally attend a Virtual Project Day and submit a Digital Portfolio, the highest grade achieve in either will be your final score for that course.
Once you have applied to IADT via the CAO before 1st February our Admissions team will contact you via email regarding the Virtual Project Days.
Applicants are only required to attend one Virtual Project Day date.
If you’re a NON-EU applicant you will need to have applied directly to iadt.ie on or before 1st February also.
You do not need to fully complete the Project Day brief in advance of the Virtual Project Day, however it is recommended to start in advance of the day so that you can discuss it during. The brief does need to be completed by the March 20th Deadline.
Courses that currently offer Virtual Project Day are:
- DL826 Graphic Design
- DL827 Art
- DL832 Animation
- DL833 Photography + Visual Media
- DL845 Design for Film
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For further details or queries please contact IADT Admissions Office:
E: admissions@iadt.ie or T: +353 1 239 4400.