Deadline Date: March 05, 2025
Donor Name: Higher Education Authority
Category: Scholarship
The Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES) programme supports high-calibre international students who wish to study at NFQ levels 9 or 10 (master’s, postgraduate diploma or PhD) in Ireland.
The programme is funded by the Government of Ireland in partnership with Irish higher education institutions (HEIs) and managed by the Higher Education Authority. Under the initiative, 60 scholarships are awarded each year for one year of full-time study at NFQ levels 9 or 10.
Funding Information
- A Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship consists of a stipend amounting to €10,000 for one year of full-time study at NFQ levels 9 or 10.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a domiciliary of origin outside the EU/EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
- In the context of the continued aggression of Russia in Ukraine, Russian and Belarussian nationals are not eligible to apply.
- Prospective candidates who have previously held a GOl-IES scholarship are not eligible to apply.
- Candidates will need to apply for admission to a relevant full-time, in-person master’s, postgraduate diploma or PhD programme offered by an eligible HEI as per that institution’s admission procedures. Applicants must have a conditional or final offer of admission to that HEI at the time of application and will be required to submit a copy of same. Before submitting an application on the online system, applicants should make enquiries directly to the relevant HEI about the eligibility of their course for GOl-IES.
- Should an applicant be in receipt of more than one offer, separate applications may be submitted for each course offer. A maximum of three applications can be submitted. The three-application submission limit applies to all applications submitted, even if some of the applications submitted are ineligible.
- Candidate profile:
- Applicants are expected to demonstrate:
- a record of outstanding academic achievement;
- excellent communication skills;
- participation in extracurricular activities, for example, humanitarian work, politics, arts or sport;
- a strong rationale for pursuing their study in Ireland that indicates how a G01- IES would align with their longer-term goals.
- Applicants are expected to demonstrate:
Assessment Criteria
- Applicants are expected to demonstrate:
- a record of outstanding academic achievement;
- excellent communication skills;
- participation in extracurricular activities, for example humanitarian work, politics, arts or sport;
- a strong rationale for pursuing their study in Ireland that indicates how a Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship would align with their longer-term goals.
