Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships

Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible for a Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship, applicants must have a domiciliary of origin outside the EU/EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Candidates will first need to apply for admission to a relevant master’s, postgraduate diploma or PhD programme offered by an eligible higher education institution as per that institution’s admission procedures. Applicants must have a conditional or final offer of admission to that higher education institution at the time of applying for the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship and will be required to submit a copy of same. Prospective candidates who have previously held a GOI-IES scholarship are not eligible to apply. In the context of the continued aggression of Russia in Ukraine, Russian and Belarussian nationals are not eligible to apply.