Approved Postgraduate Courses and Institutions 2024/25 Academic Year
Grant funding is available to students to pursue approved postgraduate courses in approved institutions within the State and in four approved institutions in Northern Ireland.
To be deemed an approved postgraduate course within the State, the course must meet the following criteria:
- be provided by an approved institution, and
- be a full-time course of at least one year duration, and
- lead to a major education and training award, in line with the National Framework of Qualifications (nfq.ie) at Level 8 (Higher Diploma), Level 9 (Postgraduate Diploma), Level 9 (Masters) or Level 10 (Doctorate).
Atlantic Technological University
Dublin City University
Maynooth University- Ireland
Munster Technological University
National University of Ireland, Dublin (UCD)
National University of Ireland-University College Cork
National University of Ireland, University of Galway
Trinity College Dublin
Technological University Dublin
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands and Midwest
South East Technological University
University of Limerick
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
National College of Ireland, Dublin
Marino Institute of Education, Dublin
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Grant funding is available to students to pursue approved Postgraduate courses in four approved institutions in Northern Ireland.
The approved institutions, and the approved courses available therein, are as follows:
- Queen’s University, Belfast – full-time Postgraduate courses of not less than one year duration
- University of Ulster – full-time Postgraduate courses of not less than one year duration
- St. Mary’s College of Education, Belfast – Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Irish Medium)
- Stranmillis College, Belfast – Postgraduate Certificate in Education
