PDE fees

sg2011

Can anyone tell me what the fees are for the professional diploma in education in all the NUI colleges? The only one I can find is Galway's.
Also, I'm 24, I already have a masters degree and I am on the part-time dole, am I entiteled to any grants or funding at all??
Help!

Aoibheann

As of this year, from what I can tell:

UCC - 6,000.00
NUIM - 6,218.00
TCD (just in case you want it too!) - 5,835.00

I couldn't find a price for the UCD one, sorry! And as you have a Masters already (a higher qualification that the PDE), I don't think you'd be eligible for a grant or BTEA. I don't know much about the latter of those two though, so it might be worth checking.

Annasopra

There are no maintenance grants for postgrad courses from September

Aoibheann

Completely slipped my mind for that post, apparently! >.<

Just wondering if anybody knows when the PAC release information to the applicants on whether or not people got into the course... Like is it around Feb or march or when??

eod23

just wondering - im getting the maintenance grant as a mature student for my undergrad at the moment. if i do the pde next year, i presume i dont get the grant, but does anyone know if the fees would be covered? if the grant goes does that include the free fees too?

Aoibheann

Aoibheann wrote: »

As of this year, from what I can tell:

UCC - 6,000.00
NUIM - 6,218.00
TCD (just in case you want it too!) - 5,835.00

I couldn't find a price for the UCD one, sorry! And as you have a Masters already (a higher qualification that the PDE), I don't think you'd be eligible for a grant or BTEA. I don't know much about the latter of those two though, so it might be worth checking.

Almost sure the UCD fees are 6,218

Annasopra

eod23 wrote: »

just wondering - im getting the maintenance grant as a mature student for my undergrad at the moment. if i do the pde next year, i presume i dont get the grant, but does anyone know if the fees would be covered? if the grant goes does that include the free fees too?

Your fees might be covered. The government have said.

The postgraduate student grant scheme is being scaled back and there will be no maintenance grants for new entrants starting in 2012/13. However, over 2,000 students on the lowest incomes will continue to have their fees paid and another 4,000 students will receive a contribution towards the cost of their fees of €2,000.

eod23

thanks for that!