Postgraduate Fees & Finances
Trinity endeavours to ensure that the fees for all courses are provided in a clear, understandable way. Below is a breakdown of what each element of our fee profile refers to, as well as information which will allow you to determine if you are considered an EU or a Non-EU student by the University. This will have a bearing on both your application method and the fee level you are eligible for.
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Fees & Finances - An Overview
The fees you will be expected to pay to attend Trinity College Dublin are determined by two main factors:
What course are you applying for?
Fees vary from course to course. Once you've decided on the course(s) you'll be applying for, you can move to the next step in determining your fees.
Are you considered an EU or a Non-EU applicant by Trinity College Dublin?
Fees differ for applicants based on their "EU or Non-EU status" as assessed by Trinity Academic Registry. This status is based on agreed Trinity rules and regulations and is not based simply on your nationality, your passport or your country of birth. For more information on your status, please see the assessment rules in the below sections
Applicants may be requested to provide additional documentation to support their claim for a given fee status e.g. An Irish / EU passport; letter from the Irish Immigration Service granting Refugee Status in Ireland, P21 tax certificates, Social Welfare documentation or similar as indicated by Academic Registry.
Now you know your course(s) and your status - what next?
Now you have these two pieces of information you can use it in our detailed fees guide to determine what cost your intended course will be.
If you are an EU status undergraduate applicant you may also be eligible for further financial support from the Irish "Free Fees Initiative" More information on this is available in the "What is your personal fee status?" section.
What are the fees at Trinity?
The overall fees at Trinity College Dublin are made up of different components. Depending on your fee status and other eligibility you may be personally liable to pay for different parts of the overall fee.
Tuition fee
This is the core fee for your academic course, teaching, and associated facilities.
If you have sponsorship, grants, or employer funding you may not be required to pay this personally.
Annual Fees
Students are liable to pay Tuition fees and/or Student Contribution. Registered students are also liable to pay an SLC fee (Student Levies & Charges). This replaces the USI levy, Sports Centre levy & Graduation charge from 19/20 onwards. Where sponsors elect to cover the SLC the full charge must be covered. No partial waivers are permitted.
SLC Rates
Rate 1: UG Degree, Doctorates, UG & PG Certificate/Diploma - €196.75
Rate 2: PGT Degree (part-time) - €230.50
Rate 3: PGT Degree (full-time) - €298.00
Rate 4: Visiting students’ rate - €163
NB An additional year required for example five year programmes, repeat year, extension of studies incur a rate 1 charge.
What is your personal fee status?
Please note the following throughout:
1) "The EU" as defined here includes EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein) or Switzerland.
2) "Ordinarily resident" is defined as having principle residence for the purposes of taxation. Where an applicant can show that they have been in receipt of social welfare payments this may be taken in lieu of full-time employment.
Postgraduate Fee Status
EU postgraduate applicants are defined as someone who fulfills one or more of the following...
Ordinarily resident in the EU and has received full-time further or higher education in the EU for three of the five years immediately preceding admission
OR
ordinarily resident in the EU and has worked full-time in the EU for three of the five years immediately preceding admission
OR
holding an EU passport and has received full-time further or higher education in the EU for three of the five years immediately preceding admission.
Additional Notes and Restrictions
Applications from children of the following are treated as EU applications:
a) EU government officials living abroad,
b) Semi-state officials who are on assignment in countries outside the EU
c) Volunteer development workers, and
d) Certain EU officials as approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs
All postgraduate applicants who do not meet this criteria are defined as Non-EU.
What does your fee status mean?
Non-EU Status
If you are classified as a Non-EU student under the EU/Non-EU criteria you must pay the full Non-EU fees listed in the fee catalogue for the course into which you have been accepted.
EU Status
Postgraduate are required to pay the full EU fees listed in the fee catalogue for the course into which you have been accepted.
Supporting Documentation for your fee status
Applicants may be requested to provide additional documentation to support their claim for EU Fees – e.g. An Irish / EU passport; letter from the Irish Immigration Service granting Refugee Status in Ireland, P21 tax certificates, Social Welfare documentation or similar as defined by Academic Registry
Terms and Conditions
The detailed statutes in respect of fee status and charges are available in the College Calendar here
Please see the Academic Registry website for detailed terms and conditions in respect of fees