The Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland
Secondary School Students
CTYI organises courses for second level students every summer in the months of June and July. We also have a wide range of Correspondence Courses which take place during the school year.
Talent Search
Students who wish to participate in the CTYI Summer Programme or the CAT Programme must sit an assessment. For more details on this, please click here. (Please note, DCU Summer Scholars students may participate in the programme without prior assessment).
Summer Programmes
The CTYI Summer Programme is for young people aged between 12 and 16 years, who have been identified as having high academic ability (95th percentile in mathematical and/or verbal reasoning). The programme offers enrichment courses, which take the form of 3-week academic programmes. Students choose from a wide range of courses, usually only seen at university level learning. The programme offers these students classes that run at a much faster pace, with high level course material.
As well as having a strong academic structure, the CTYI summer programmes for second level students have an extensive social programme. Outside of classes, students participate in sporting activities, day trips, discos, table quizzes, and much more. We employ a team of residential staff who coordinate the social activities and ensure that the students settle in, have a balanced timetable and an altogether enjoyable time.
Session I - Sunday, June 24th to Friday, July 13th, 2012**
Session II - Sunday, July 15th to Friday, August 3rd, 2012
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Residential Fees - €1700 (Tuition, bed and board). Commuter Fees - €850 (Tuition only)
Overseas Students, please click here for further details.
Based on the CTYI Summer Programme model, CAT is available to bright and motivated 12-16 year olds. The CAT programme runs over two weeks, but is similar in structure to the CTYI programmes.
Typically these are students who have scored between the 85th and 95th percentile (in mathematical and/or verbal reasoning) on the CTYI Talent Search assessment.
Sunday, July 15th to Friday, July 27th, 2012**
DCU Summer Scholars is run in cooperation with DCU Student Recruitment, and is availabe to any student aged between 12 and 17 years (1st - 5th year) who would like to take college style courses in a fun and motivating way. Like the CAT programme, DCU Summer Scholars is based on the CTYI summer programme model.
Sunday, June 24th to Friday, July 6th, 2011
Please note, the programmes begin on Sundays for residential students. Commuting students begin on Monday morning.
Please note that fees are charged for these courses but some scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and/or need.
Correspondence Courses
Correspondence Courses for Second Level, CTYI Students
Correspondence courses are available to any second level student who has taken part in the Talent Search, regardless of whether or not they qualified for CTYI programmes.
Correspondence Courses for TY Students
These courses are offered each year to Transition Year students, and are based on those available to CTYI students.
