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International Students and grants/fee exemptions

  • 28-06-2013 12:22pm
    #1
    Ronomono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭


    Hello, everyone!

    So, I have a German friend who wants to come over to study here,
    she meets all the qualifications - matriculation, TOEFL, etc,
    but she would need some financial assistance.

    Rather than me running all over the place and probably sending unecessary emails, I was wondering if any of you know if it's possible for her to get a grant or something similar to come and study here?

    Thanks in advance!
    Ronan.
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  • #2
    Anita Blow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭Anita Blow


    Nope, unless she could get any grants in her home country. You have to be living in Ireland for 3 of the last 5 years to qualify for a grant.


  • #3
    Ronomono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Ronomono


    Anita Blow wrote: »
    Nope, unless she could get any grants in her home country. You have to be living in Ireland for 3 of the last 5 years to qualify for a grant.

    I thought it was you have to be in an EU member country for the past 5 years....


  • #4
    Ziphius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Ziphius


    Try the DAAD https://www.daad.de/en/index.html

    They provide scholarships for foreign students studying in Germany and for Germans studying abroad.


  • #5
    Anita Blow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭Anita Blow


    Ronomono wrote: »
    I thought it was you have to be in an EU member country for the past 5 years....
    No, to qualify for a student grant she would have to satisfy all the relevant criteria which are:
    1) Be an Irish/EU Citizen
    2) Be resident within Ireland for 3 of the last 5 years
    3) Demonstrate that she falls below the income threshold to qualify for a grant.
    If she also already has a degree then she would not qualify either.


  • #6
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    Ronomono wrote: »
    I thought it was you have to be in an EU member country for the past 5 years....

    That's for "free" fees, no?
    If she's been resident of an EU country for 3 of the last 5 years, she'll have to pay the contribution €2500 (or whatever it goes up to this year) but not the rest of the fees.

    I don't think she'll get a grant from the Irish authorities though.


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