Government of Ireland – International Education Scholarships 2021

Deadline for applications: March 26, 2021

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is pleased to issue the 2021 Call under the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships Programme. Under the initiative 60 scholarships will be provided for one year study at Bachelor, Masters or PhD levels to successful candidates who have an offer of a place at an eligible Irish higher education institution.

The offer is open to students from non-EU/EEA countries and is applicable to all fields of study.

Students who are successful will receive:

• A €10,000 stipend for one year’s study
• A full fee waiver of all tuition and other registration costs at the higher education institution

Applications can be submitted via the online portal here.

The deadline for the submission of applications is 5pm (Irish Time) 26 March 2021

Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships will be awarded to high calibre students from non-EU/EEA countries to study full-time in Ireland for a period of one year. The following are the terms and conditions that will apply:

• The HEA will award a scholarship fund to the student (through the HEI that the student is attending) amounting to €10,000 for one study year. This fund is directed at covering student costs and living expenses. The scholarship may be for:
  • the final year of an undergraduate programme;
  • one year of a taught master’s degree programme or;
  • one year of a research programme (i.e. one year of a 2-year research masters or a 3-4-year PhD programme).
• The scholarship stipend will be transferred to the host higher education institution (HEI) of the successful student in two payments of €5,000. The HEI will then put in place a system to transfer the funds to the scholarship awardee.
• The HEI will be required to give a FULL fee waiver to the student for the scholarship year (i.e. tuition fee and registration charge are waived). This is the minimum matching funding requirement that institutions will be required to make to the scholarship scheme.
• It is expected that a total of 60 scholarships will be funded by the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships for the academic year 2021/2022.
• Applicants must have a domiciliary of origin1 not equal to the EU/EEA, United Kingdom or Switzerland. Please refer to our FAQ for a further explanation regarding domiciliary of origin.
• Scholarships may be approved for study across all disciplines, subject to the availability of places.
• The HEA will seek to ensure that, overall, there is gender-balance in the cohort of students to whom scholarships are awarded.
• Due to the very large number of applications it will not be possible to give feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

• Applications are welcome from under-represented cohorts.
• Successful Scholars are to commence studies in September/October 2021.
• Later enrolments will only be considered in relation to PhD awardees.
• Students and their host HEIs may be required to attend a welcoming event for GOI-IES awardees around this time. An official awarding event for GOIIES Scholars will be held in April 2022.
• The scheme prioritises the selection of students who are in the process of
  applying to come to Ireland for the academic year 2021-2022.
• Candidate profile
  ➢ Possess excellence (academically, personally, professionally, creatively);
  ➢ Excellent communication skills;
  ➢ Extra curriculum activities (for example: humanitarian work; politicslocal, national, international; arts; sports);
  ➢ Possess strong rationale for pursuing their study in Ireland that indicates
  how a GOI-IES fits into their longer-term goals

Eligible Institutions for Call for Applications 2021

Scholarships will only be approved for programmes that lead to a higher education
award that is included in the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) at Levels 8 to
10, which is made by one of the following awarding bodies:
• Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
• Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology with delegated
authority to make awards
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Irish Universities
The following is a list of all institutions eligible under the GOI-IES 2021 programme:
• Athlone Institute of Technology
• College of Computing Technology , Dublin
• Dublin Business School
• Dublin City University
• Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
• Dundalk Institute of Technology
• Galway Business School
• Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Griffith College , Dublin
• ICD Business School , Dublin
• Independent College , Dublin
• Institute of Technology, Carlow
• Institute of Technology, Sligo
• Letterkenny Institute of Technology
• Limerick Institute of Technology
• Mary Immaculate College , Limerick
• Maynooth University
• Munster Technological University
• National College of Art and Design , Dublin
• National College of Ireland , Dublin
• National University of Ireland, Galway
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Technological University Dublin
• Trinity College Dublin
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin
• University of Limerick
• Waterford Institute of Technology

More information: Official Website.