Postgraduate Income Thresholds and Grant Award Rates

• Depending on the level of a student’s reckonable income, they may qualify for either a Postgraduate Fee Contribution of €2,000 or a Postgraduate Fee Grant, up to a maximum of €6,270, towards the cost of their fees. In order to receive the maximum funding, students must meet the criteria for the Special Rate of grant
• Postgraduate students who are eligible for the Postgraduate Fee Contribution of €2,000 are not eligible to receive the maintenance grant. However, students who are eligible for the Postgraduate Fee Grant (Special Rate) are also entitled to the special rate of maintenance grant. It should be noted however that students in receipt of Back To Education Allowance (BTEA) and Tuition Students are not eligible for a maintenance grant.

The conditions to qualify for Special Rate are:

• Total household reckonable income must not exceed €24,500; and
• Reckonable income must include one of the long term Department of Social Protection eligible payments which qualify you for Special Rate as prescribed under the Student Grant Scheme. See Special Rate awards for a list of eligible payments

Postgraduate Income Thresholds and Grant Award Rates