Why Study in Ireland

It takes independent thinkers and doers to succeed in today’s world, and it takes a pioneering, creative and agile country to produce them. That Country is Ireland. Ireland recognises your ambition to have the best possible education and one that will set you out on the road to a great career. Whether you are looking for a general postgraduate degree or a more specialist qualification, they have a solution for you that will not only deliver exceptional educational results but will also set you apart from other candidates on the employment market or in academia. It will do so by dint of studying in a country that constantly re-invents itself, is globally connected, is socially and economically progressive, deeply welcoming and steeped in rich heritage and culture. But equally important, Irish national culture of being pioneering, creative and agile will help you learn the crucial life skills of resilience, self-reliance, and self-confidence.

Irish people are unalike in culture, they’re sociable that scholar will fast notice their warm welcoming, popular Ireland jubilee include saint Patrick Day, Irish traditional songs are well honoured and celebrated. Ireland is in west seacoast of United Kingdom; its capital is the notorious Dublin; a mega city known for milk and honey. It has been described as one of the everyday destinations for transnational undergraduate and postgraduate to get innovative chance of the late world. The friendliness and hospitality for which the Irish people are renowned contributes to the ease with which overseas students adapt to the way of life and in particular, student life in Ireland. Ireland harbours beauty: home of adventure, tourism, artistic diversity, and multi-fold non-European citizens from 150 different countries all around the world, who enjoy incitement as citizens. Multinational pupils have room to make fresh friend and get exposed to the new world of shots. Ireland is ever mentioned among the safest countries of the world, the peaceful concurrence in this country has made it possible for business and penny-pinching to thrive they’re vast in technological concoctions and large marketable penny-pinching.

Free Fees Initiative

The Free Fees Initiative in Ireland will see your tuition fees paid to the university by Ireland’s Higher Education Authority. To qualify for the Free Fees scheme you must meet the following criteria:

• You have lived in the EU for at least three of the previous five years
• You are enrolling on your first undergraduate course
• Your course lasts at least two-years and is full-time

More information can be found on the Student Finance Ireland website.

Post study visa stay

As an international student studying in Ireland, you can apply for a post-study work visa to stay back and work for up to two years after graduation through the third level graduate scheme. The duration of your post-study work visa will depend on the level of your course. This scheme exists to allow legally resident non-EU third level graduates to remain in Ireland to look for employment or apply for a green card/work permit.

• During their approved stay under the scheme, a student can work full-time (40 hours a week).

• The permission under the Irish Third Level Graduate Scheme is non-renewable.

• A student can only avail of the Third Level Graduate Scheme in accordance with the rules below. 

1. 1. Must have been notified in writing by the relevant awarding body or institution on or after 1 January 2017 that they have achieved the award for which they had enrolled as a student.

   2. Must hold a current Stamp 2 student immigration permission and an up-to-date immigration registration card and must apply within six months of being notified by the relevant awarding body or institution that they have achieved the award for which they had enrolled as a student.

   3. Must not have already exceeded the seven-year limit on their permission as a non-EEA national student in the State.

   4. May, if having previously benefitted from the Third Level Graduate Programme at a level 8 award or above, on achievement of a higher-level award, e.g., level 9 or above, re-enter the Third Level Graduate Programme, subject to the overall limit of eight years.

   5. A graduate will not be permitted to access the Programme on more than two separate occasions, subject to 4) above.

   6. Must, in line with the obligation on any non-EEA national seeking to renew their permission to be in the State, comply with the laws of the State. Such persons are expected to be of good character and not to have come to the adverse attention of the authorities in any way.

   7. Must present evidence of the final award being attained by way of a parchment or, in circumstances where the graduation ceremony is yet to take place, an official letter for the awarding body / institution confirming that the award has been achieved. We will revert with arrangements for checking with the institutions and further information, including contact details will circulate in due course.

   8. An award granted by a recognised Irish awarding body i.e.

• • • The seven Irish universities, i.e., Trinity College, UCD, DCU, Maynooth University, UCC, NUI Galway and the University of Limerick

    • Dublin Institute of Technology

    • Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

    • Institutes of Technology

    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

Graduates with an award at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications will be granted a twelve-month permission to a maximum of seven years’ student permission overall. (i.e., time spent on Stamp 2 as a student and on Stamp 1G under this programme cannot exceed an aggregate time of seven years in total).

Please Note: Graduates with an award at Level 9 or above on the National Framework of Qualifications qualify for the Programme will be granted permission for twelve months initially. This will be renewed for a further period of twelve months (subject to the overall eight-year limit) where the graduate satisfies the immigration authorities that he or she has taken appropriate steps to access suitable graduate level employment (e.g., attendance at job interviews, signing up with graduate

Permission to work is granted by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Check their website for details on how to obtain a working permit. 

NOTE: Post Study Pathways are not available to Language and Non-Degree Programme Students

When should you apply for the Third Level Graduate Scheme:

• You apply, after your results issue, to the GNIB office. You must:

  • Provide a letter from the university or college you attended indicating you have obtained your examination results and are eligible to graduate

  • Have a valid passport

  • Have your GNIB Card

  • Pay €300 by credit/debit card.

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