Ireland 2016/17 - values of student fees

National student fee

Full-time first cycle students pay a 'student contribution' of EUR 3 000 per academic year. First-time undergraduates who are EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and have been resident in EU/EEA/Switzerland for at least three of the five years are exempt from full tuition fees. Those who do not meet the 'free fees' criteria must pay a consolidated fee covering both tuition fee and student contribution – the average EU consolidated fee is EUR 6 000.

For the second cycle, the majority of students pay tuition fees that are set by higher education institutions, and that may reach EUR 30 000 per year.

Fees for short cycle higher education programmes are set by individual higher education institutions. No information is available on the fee range.

Part-time fees are generally half of full tuition fees for full-time programmes.

International student fees are generally two to three times higher than those of full EU fees and are set by the higher education institutions.