EU Rate of Fees

brilliantboy

Does anyone know what the EU rate of fees is at DIT?
(ie. what any EU national (including Irish) not entitled to free fees has to pay)

On the Fee's and Funding page on the DIT website where you would expect to find this info all it has is this:

http://www.dit.ie/study/undergraduate/feesfunding/

EU Nationals who are first-time undergraduates and resident in an EU state for at least three of the five years preceeding entry to the Institute are normally not required to pay tuition fees

Naikon

Variable.

G_R

It depends on the course, however every Irish and EU Citizen is entitled to Free Fees, subject to the payment of the Student Contribution (Formerly the Registration Fee) which is €2000. If you go to the page of the course you want to do on www.dit.ie it will have a list of the fee's on the side. It will normally say Irish/EU Students - €2000, then under it Outside EU - €xxxx.

As the last poster said, the rate for each course is variable, however it's usually in or around the 7 or 8 thousand mark.

The only time when an Irish/EU Student wouldn't be entitled to "Free Fees" is if they are not progressing, i.e., doing a second degree, or repeating first year etc. If this applies to you, you pay the same as a Non-EU Citizen

BC

The capitation charge is 2000 for next year (1500 this year). Details for the current year charges are here: http://dit.ie/media/documents/campuslife/FeeRates201011.pdf

If you qualify for the EU rate but not for the free fees scheme then the tuition charges vary by type of programme. They used to be listed here: http://dit.ie/registration but it looks like they've been taken down. Maybe they aren't available for next year yet.

From what I remember it ranges from around 2K to 6K per year depending on the programme (in addition to the 2K capitation).

BC

Grand_Rajnah wrote: »

It depends on the course, however every Irish and EU Citizen is entitled to Free Fees,

Not true.
There are a few rules, e.g. you have to be living here 3 out of the last 5 years. So if you are irish but you've lived in america for the last 4 years then you are not entitled to free fees.

BC

BC wrote: »

The capitation charge is 2000 for next year (1500 this year). Details for the current year charges are here: http://dit.ie/media/documents/campuslife/FeeRates201011.pdf

If you qualify for the EU rate but not for the free fees scheme then the tuition charges vary by type of programme. They used to be listed here: http://dit.ie/registration but it looks like they've been taken down. Maybe they aren't available for next year yet.

From what I remember it ranges from around 2K to 6K per year depending on the programme (in addition to the 2K capitation).

EU rate of fees are here : http://www.dit.ie/study/mature/support/finance/taxrelief/

OP - for example, if you're studying a level 6 course it's cheapest: €1,368 plus registration fee of €2000 = €3,368 per year.

Or - a level 8 programme it's more expensive - €2,319 + 2000 = €4,319 per year. Some level 8 courses are even more expensive than e.g. Architecture, just check that link I gave you for more details.
As Naikon said in one word - variable.

G_R

BC wrote: »

Not true.
There are a few rules, e.g. you have to be living here 3 out of the last 5 years. So if you are irish but you've lived in america for the last 4 years then you are not entitled to free fees.

Oh ok, I didn't know that. Thanks

brilliantboy

Deleted User wrote: »

EU rate of fees are here : http://www.dit.ie/study/mature/support/finance/taxrelief/

OP - for example, if you're studying a level 6 course it's cheapest: €1,368 plus registration fee of €2000 = €3,368 per year.

Or - a level 8 programme it's more expensive - €2,319 + 2000 = €4,319 per year. Some level 8 courses are even more expensive than e.g. Architecture, just check that link I gave you for more details.
As Naikon said in one word - variable.

Perfect, that's exactly what I was looking for.
It's (pleasantly) suprising though as I had expected the tuition fee alone to be in the 5-6k range like some other colleges I've looked at

Naikon

The Non EU fees rate looks quite lucrative I must say.

brilliantboy

brilliantboy wrote: »

Perfect, that's exactly what I was looking for.
It's (pleasantly) suprising though as I had expected the tuition fee alone to be in the 5-6k range like some other colleges I've looked at

I totally agree - I was looking at UCD/TCD/university fees in general and they work out at nearly twice that per year It would be very hard for anybody to afford them, unless they have a lot of savings, or perhaps have family members in a position to give them a loan.

I know people going on to study Graduate Entry Medicine who are getting loans of nearly €100k to persue the course, but the banks have schemes running to give it to them since they're in a way guaranteed to be able to pay it back when they qualify as doctors. Students not elegible for free fees for other courses, with perhaps the odd exception, wouldn't get a loan for fees as easily since the banks wouldn't be sure they can guarantee to pay it back afterwards. I was surprised in a good way that the DIT fees aren't too expensive, that's where I'm heading this September (all bar a catastrophe !!) and can (just about !!) afford it

BTW, the non-eu fees for DIT work out between €10,000-€12000, in case anybody's wondering.
http://www.dit.ie/study/internationaloffice/internationalfees2011/undergraduate/

Pigwidgeon

I've done a year of a course in UCD, but am going into DIT this year starting again. I know that I'm going to have to pay fees for what I've done, but what I was wondering is does anyone know if you can pay the fees in instalments or do I have to pay it all in one go at the start of the year?