Government of Ireland 2025-2026 Scholarships (Fully-funded)

Applications for the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES) for 2025/26 are open!!!!

The Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship for non-EU/non-EEA students in Ireland. There are 60 places awarded across all Irish Higher Education Institutions each year.

• Table of Content
• About Government of Ireland
• Government of Ireland Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Government of Ireland Scholarships
• Requirements for Government of Ireland Scholarships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Government of Ireland Scholarships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Government of Ireland

The Programme enables students to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building whilst also profiling the best that Ireland has to offer in education. For information on studying in Ireland. The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government. ... The Government is also known as the cabinet.... continue reading

Government of Ireland Scholarships

Application Deadline	05 Mar 2025
Country to study	Ireland
School to study	University College Dublin
Type	Postgraduate
Sponsor	Government of Ireland
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Government of Ireland Scholarships

The Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship includes:

• Full fee waiver
• €10,000

 

Requirements for Government of Ireland Scholarships Qualification

Eligible students must be:

• On the non-EU fee rate;
• In the following for 2025-26:
  • 1-year taught Masters programme (full time)
  • 1 year of a PhD programme (full-time)
• From a non-EU/non-EEA country.
• Hold an offer to study at UCD. Scholarship applications without an active offer to study in an eligible program will not be considered.

 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Government of Ireland Scholarships

Application Deadline: Applications for 2025/26 will close on 5th March 2025 TBC

The results of the scholarship competition are normally released in June or July each year.

Application Deadline

March 5, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Government of Ireland on hub.ucd.ie to apply

An indicative application form has also been provided, so that prospective candidates might start preparing their application. Further information about the 2025 GOI-IES cycle will be published on this webpage, so please refer to it for updated information.

Note: The Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship is administered by the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA).

For more details visit: Government of Ireland website.