If you’re a dependent/mature dependent student, your normal residence will be the permanent or home address of your parents.

If you’re an independent student, your normal residence will be your permanent or home address.

• It is measured in line with the Student Grant Scheme Guidelines 2023 agreed by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
• The distance of the shortest most direct route from your normal residence to the college campus where your course takes place is measured.
• The distance is measured through Google Maps using specific parameters as follows:

• The parameters which result in the shortest distance are used by SUSI as the measurement of the shortest most direct route from your normal residence to your college campus.
• If you have provided an Eircode for the address of your normal residence, it will be used in measuring the distance through Google Maps.  If you’re attending a course in the State, the Eircode of your college campus will also be used in the measurement.

A list of College Campus Eircodes for both Further and Higher Education are available below.

The measurement of the shortest most direct route from your normal residence to your college may change if:

• your normal residence permanently changes;
• you’re required to complete a compulsory off-campus placement for a period of at least one semester;
• you’re required to complete compulsory study abroad for a period of up to one year.

SUSI may request that you provide documentary evidence to support these changes.