Bachelor’s degree background
An honours Bachelor’s at NFQ Level 8 equivalent (e.g. India’s 4‑year degree). Acceptable fields:
Business/Commerce degrees with quantitative modules (Economics, Finance), or
Finance‑related areas such as Mathematical Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering or Physics.
You must have achieved at least a 2.1 class (equivalent to ~60–69% / GPA ~3.0). Quantitative strength: Strong performance in undergraduate quantitative courses—mathematics, statistics, econometrics—typically a First Class (1.1) or upper Second Class (2.1) classification in those modules