Brief Description:
The Government of Ireland’s Higher
Education Authority (HEA) has announced the winners of the Government
of Ireland Foreign Education Scholarships Scheme for 2022. (GOI-IES). The
Government of Ireland (GOI) provides 60 scholarships to qualifying candidates
who wish to earn a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Ireland.
Students who have been
offered a placement at a qualifying Irish higher education college. This is a
wonderful chance for Afghan students to apply and receive the opportunity to
study in Ireland.
Scholarship
Details:
Opportunity
Type: Fully
Funded, Partially Funded
Language
Requirement: Not
Required
Language
of Instruction: English
Application
deadline: 26
March 2022 (5 pm Irish time)
Location: Ireland
Institutions: Various
Irish universities (see below)
Duration: One year
Level of study:
·
Bachelor Degree
·
Master’s Degree
·
PhD Degree
Fields study:
All fields but subject to
the availability of a place
Benefits of Scholarship:
The
scholarship provides:
·
A €10,000 fund for one
year’s study that covers students’ living costs and study costs.
·
A full waiver of all
tuition and other registration costs at the higher education institution
·
The scholarship is
designed to be value-adding to the students’ subsequent life and career.
Eligible Higher Education Institutions
·
The following is a list of all
institutions eligible to offer GOI-IES 2022-23 programs:
·
Athlone Institute of
Technology
·
College of Computing
Technology, Dublin
·
Dublin Business School
·
Dublin City University
·
Dún Laoghaire Institute of
Art, Design and Technology
·
Dundalk Institute of
Technology
·
Galway Business School
·
Galway-Mayo Institute of
Technology
·
Griffith College, Dublin
·
ICD Business School, Dublin
·
Independent College, Dublin
·
Institute of Technology,
Carlow
·
Institute of Technology,
Sligo
·
Letterkenny Institute of
Technology
·
Limerick Institute of
Technology
·
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
·
Maynooth University
·
Munster Technological
University
·
National College of Art
and Design, Dublin
·
National College of
Ireland, Dublin
·
National University of
Ireland, Galway
·
Royal College of Surgeons
in Ireland
·
Technological University
Dublin
·
Trinity College Dublin
·
University College Cork
·
University College Dublin
·
University of Limerick
·
Waterford Institute of
Technology
Eligibility:
·
The scholarship is
available to highly deserving students from non-EU/EEA countries.
·
· Applicants must be originally citizens and
residents of a Non-EU country.
·
The
scholarship is open to:
·
· The last year of an undergraduate program;
·
· One year of a taught master’s degree program or;
·
· One year of a research program (meaning that one
year of a 2-year research master’s or a 3-4-year PhD program)
·
· Applications are welcome from underrepresented
cohorts to study in Ireland.
·
· The HEA will regard gender balance in the
selection of scholarship awardees.
Required documents
The applications must cover
the following, as requested in the online application tool:
·
· Academic qualifications, achievements, and/or
work experience
·
· Personal Statement (read the details through the
link below).
·
· Two reference letters
·
· Note: Any
questions regarding the scholarship announcement should be directed to GOI-IES@hea.ie no
later than the deadline.
·
· Visit the official link of
scholarship to learn more about it and better prepare yourselves for
application.
Candidates’ profile
Applicants should possess:
·
· Excellence (academically, personally,
professionally, creatively);
·
· Excellent communication skills;
·
· Extra curriculum achievements (such as
humanitarian work; politics local, national, international; arts; sports);
·
· Possess strong motivation for pursuing their
study in Ireland that indicates how a GOI-IES suits their longer-term goals.
Evaluation
Establishing an
independent International Assessment Panel, the HEA will evaluate the
applications received. The Assessment Panel will consider the extent to which
the applications satisfy the criteria of the 2022 Call as outlined above.
How to Apply?
Interested applicants
should fill out an online application and upload the relevant documentation to
the online acceptance portal.
Now is the time to apply
from link below:
https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/heagrantapplication
Deadline: 26 March 2022 (5 pm Irish time)
