University College Dublin
Scholarships & Awards

The UCD International Foundation Year Scholarship is awarded to students entering UCD through the International Foundation Year pathway programme.

UCD has been successful in securing funding through the Ellucian Foundation's PATH Scholarship Programme in both 2023 and 2024.

The Aryabhata Science Scholarship is a newly established competitive award offered by the College of Science to high-achieving students from India.

UCD's International Student Scholarship recognises and rewards talented students from around the world by offering tuition fee discounts to eligible candidates.

In recognition of the value of UCD's exchange and Study Abroad programmes, UCD Global offers a tuition fee scholarship for past students of these programmes.

All successful applicants to eligible full-time programmes are invited to apply to our prestigious Global Excellence Scholarship.

BECAL (Programa Nacional de Becas "Carlos Antonio López") is Paraguay's flagship scholarship initiative, launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

This Scholarship Programme, funded by the UCD School of Geography, supports academically exceptional students currently residing in India, China, or North America (the US and Canada).

The UCD Brian Mullins Ambassador Award for Gaelic Games, introduced in 2024, has been developed in honour of Brian's contributions to Gaelic Games and UCD.

Students starting a PhD within the UCD School of Politics and International Relations are invited to apply for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship.

Students at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School are invited to apply for a range of scholarships for international students.

The UCD School of Earth Sciences are offering up to two stipends, to the value of €20,000, as a contribution to living expenses for non-EU applicants.

As a member of the prestigious Universitas 21 Network, UCD offers alumni of Universitas 21 partner universities a tuition fee scholarship.

The Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA) runs an annual competition to select 60 Government of Ireland International Education Scholars across Ireland.

Irish Aid Fellowships are awarded to one-year Master's students in line with Ireland's Sustainable Development Goal strategies.

The Bolashaq Programme provides fully funded scholarships for high-achieving students from Kazakhstan to study masters or PhD courses at selected universities in other countries before returning to work in Kazakhstan.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. Awards are open to U.S. students interested in coming to UCD to pursue a one-year Master's programme.

FUNED (Fundación Mexicana para la Educación, la Tecnología y la Ciencia) offers scholarships and grants for high-achieving Mexican students to study postgraduate master's degree programmes.

The HRH Scholarship (HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand Scholarship Programme) aims to attract excellent Thai candidates to UCD, and to develop closer relations between Thailand and UCD.

The Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme offers candidates from Türkiye the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies in a university in an EU member state.

Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) and University College Dublin (UCD) Scholarship Programme is jointly funded by the Indonesian Government and UCD, designed to attract high-achieving Indonesian students to pursue Master's programmes at UCD.

The Naughton Fellowship for Master's students provides the opportunity for an aspiring graduate student from the University of Notre Dame to experience an immersive year abroad at University College Dublin.

UCD and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2007, renewed in 2011, for the purposes of providing high-quality research training to qualified Chinese students from Chinese universities/research institutions.