Approved Institutions and Courses
Postgraduate Students

Approved Institutions and Courses
Postgraduate Students

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