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College grants?

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  • 22-01-2015 7:21pm
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    blackbird 49
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    Hi all, My son hopes to start college this September, the course he hope to do is in DCU,by the looks of it he seems to qualify for a partial fee grant which fall into the income of a 50% tuition fees & 100% student contribution, My question and I hope it is not a stupid one, but does this mean that his student contribution which I think is E2700 is paid and the fee of the particular course he hope to do which is about E5500 is half paid for. Thanking you for your time.


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    gauchesnell
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    Is your son an EU or Non EU student. Will he qualify for free tuition fees.


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    kaki
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    Did he maybe mean 100% fee and 50% maintenance? If he's Irish he should qualify for Free Fees (provided he hasn't already studied and withdrawn from a course at 3rd level)

    In my case for example, SUSI cover 100% of my student capitation fee (around 3k) and also pay me a maintenance grant.

    HTH


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    Sup08
    Registered Users Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭Sup08


    blackbird 49 wrote: »
    Hi all, My son hopes to start college this September, the course he hope to do is in DCU,by the looks of it he seems to qualify for a partial fee grant which fall into the income of a 50% tuition fees & 100% student contribution, My question and I hope it is not a stupid one, but does this mean that his student contribution which I think is E2700 is paid and the fee of the particular course he hope to do which is about E5500 is half paid for. Thanking you for your time.

    If the course fees are €5,500 euro and he qualifies for 50% fess or 100% contribution it AFAIK it means this:

    The course is €5,500 then you will have to pay half, as this is 50% of the fees but also it is equal to 100% of the student contribution (currently €2750).

    For example:

    If the course fees were €6000 then you would pay €3000 (50% fees) and the grant would pay the other 50%.

    If the fess were €3000 then you would only pay €250 euro as the student contribution (currently €2750) would be paid (100%) of the €3000 due.


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