STUDY IN IRELAND

Ireland that is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea and St. George’s Channel is an island in the North Atlantic, and the second-largest island of the British isles, the third largest in Europe and the twentieth-largest on Earth. The name ‘Ireland’s is derived from Old Irish Eriu. Now let’s come to the education of this country, well education in Ireland is free at every level for Irish nationals and resident of the European Union. However, international students are not benefited with this facility for obvious reasons. There are some finest universities in Ireland, all provide a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programs to around 40,000 international students from different multicultural countries who migrate to Ireland for higher studies. Irish education systems are the same as the UK qualifications so an undergraduate and postgraduate degree carries as much value as the UK. The Irish capital, Dublin has been voted as the ‘friendliest city’ in the world. Getting a degree from Ireland can be proved really valuable for your professional development since the degree is equivalent to the UK. After becoming a member of the European Union, Ireland automatically turned from Europe’s economic poorhouse to powerhouse. Several multinational corporations such as Google, Pfizer, Airbnb, Dell and others set up their headquarters here. Therefore Ireland offers number one opportunity to international to find a good job and stay in the country. The government of Ireland is now annually investing around 890 million EUR in higher education and also provide scholarships to students. The undergraduate degree in Ireland is usually free for Ireland citizens and EU citizens. However, if you wish to benefit from the “free fees initiative”, you have to apply for funding governmental program and prove yourself eligible i. e. You are applying for the first time and the chosen course will last more than 2 years. However, you need to pay a minimum student contribution fee or around 2,500 EUR/ year for student services like examination entries, support for societies etc. In case you are not eligible for the “free fees initiative”, your undergraduate course fee would be around 7,000-45,000 EUR annually and postgraduate degree and PhD course fee would be around 9,000-40,000 EUR annually, depending upon field of course, University etc.