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University College Dublin

Global Excellence Scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
Various benefits
Grant
Ireland
Location
Not specified
Application deadline

About

University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland is one of the world's top universities and is the most popular university for international students in Ireland.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

One

Grant

Tuition fee waiver

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

All successful applicants to eligible full time programs are invited to apply to the prestigious Global Excellence Scholarship. The Global Excellence Scholarship is funded by UCD and aims to attract excellent candidates. Applications are open to applicants who already have an offer or conditional offer to study at UCD.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

An annual competition will be run to select a limited number of students per region. Successful applicants will be awarded either a 100% or a 50% tuition fee scholarship.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must meet the citizenship and residence requirements given in the Regional Information section of this document.
  • Scholarships are only open to self-funding candidates who are classified as non-EU for tuition fee purposes.
  • Eligible programmes are limited to undergraduate and graduate taught programmes, where the student must be based in Dublin and no part of the programme is awarded by another institution. The following programmes are excluded from the Global Excellence Scholarship scheme:
  • Online programmes;
  • Part-time programmes;
  • Clinical programmes;
  • Off-shore campus programmes.
  • Students progressing from the UCD International Foundation Year (IFY) to a UCD programme are ineligible for the Global Excellence Scholarship.
  • Applicants to the Global Excellence Scholarship will have already obtained one of the following statuses on an application for an eligible programme:
  • Offer;
  • Conditional Offer;
  • Accept;
  • Conditional Accept.
  • Applications for the Global Excellence Scholarship should be submitted in accordance with the instructions given in the Global Excellence Scholarship Application document.
  • The Global Excellence Scholarship cannot be combined with any other tuitionscholarship.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

Ireland

Nationality

226 nationalities

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

Not specified

Applications for Global Excellence Scholarships will open on 7 November.

To apply for the Global Excellence Scholarship, students must first have received an offer (or conditional offer) to study in an eligible UCD course.

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