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Leaving Certificate
During their final two years in the senior cycle, students take one of three programmes, each leading to a State examination - the established Leaving Certificate, the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme ( LCVP) or the Leaving Certificate Applied ( LCA).

The Leaving Certificate (Established) is a two-year programme that aims to provide students with a broad, balanced education while also offering some specialisation towards a particular career option. The programme is taken in almost all schools and by around 55,000 students each year.

Students are required to study at least five subjects, one of which must be Irish. In general, students take five or more subjects (usually seven) for examination. Syllabuses are available in 33 subjects. All subjects are offered at two levels, ordinary and higher. Irish and Mathematics are available at foundation level also.

Subject Choice: Details of all subjects can be found here.

Leaving Cert Subjects
Note: In addition to these subjects, the State Examinations Commission will provide examinations in any of the recognised languages of the European Union, where the status of the applicant/candidate is seen as appropriate.