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Can you get a SUSI grand doing a postgraduate masters course?

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  • 14-07-2016 8:19pm
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    iiHyPeRize
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    Okay, so I'm 22, just finished by BA a few months ago and am thinking of doing a masters in September.

    I don't know much about Postgraduate studies and how finances work etc.. SO I'm wondering can you get a SUSI grant like the one during my undergraduate studies? Or can you get the fees paid for?

    Me doing a masters would very much depend on getting a student loan from a bank or credit union so all financial aid would help.

    If someone could help me, that would be great. Thanks


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    Sup08
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    iiHyPeRize wrote: »
    Okay, so I'm 22, just finished by BA a few months ago and am thinking of doing a masters in September.

    I don't know much about Postgraduate studies and how finances work etc.. SO I'm wondering can you get a SUSI grant like the one during my undergraduate studies? Or can you get the fees paid for?

    Me doing a masters would very much depend on getting a student loan from a bank or credit union so all financial aid would help.

    If someone could help me, that would be great. Thanks

    You may only qualify for a student contribution of €2000 if your household reckonable income is less that €31500 or you may qualify for the special rate of €6270 if your household reckonable income is less than €22,703 and in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment.


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    jackinthemix94
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    Plus you've left it extremely late. I'm not graduating til next year and I've already got my GRE scheduled and started to prepare statements of motivation for grad schools etc.


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    tayto lover
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    If you are living outside the family home i.e. in a flat can you qualify for the grant on your own steam or do they still take parents income into it?


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    jackinthemix94
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    If you're under 25 I think it's parents income irregardless. I stand to be corrected though.


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


    jackinthemix94 wrote: »
    If you're under 25 I think it's parents income irregardless. I stand to be corrected though.

    You must be 23 or over from the 1st January of the relevant year and living independently since the 31st October the previous year and have if you were dependent as an Undergraduate student, you must have a break of 3 years since your undergraduate course attending Postgraduate.


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