President’s Scholarship Award

The award consists of an annually renewable reduction of €1,500 in fees for the duration of the programme of study.

If an MIC student achieves a First Class Honours in one of the undergraduate degrees listed above, they receive a letter about the President’s Scholarship Award outlining the next steps.

The duration of the scholarship is the programme registration period which is one or two years for a taught programme and two years for a research programme.

Since 2012, awards have been made to students who have received a First Class Honours in their Undergraduate Degree.

The following Undergraduate Degree programmes have been listed: 

• BA in Liberal Arts
• BA in Contemporary and Applied Theatre Studies
• Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching)
• B Ed in Education and Psychology
• BA in Early Childhood Care and Education
• BA in Education, Business Studies and Accounting
• BA in Education, Business Studies and Religious Studies
• BA in Education, Gaeilge and Religious Studies
• BA in Education, Gaeilge and Business Studies
• BA in Education, Mathematics and Gaeilge
• BA in Education, Mathematics and Business Studies

• Letter of offer
• MIC Research & Graduate School website pages
• Application forms

The relevant programme co-ordinators and course leaders are best positioned to assist you in making a decision about programme selection. In addition, the Research and Graduate School will be able to advise on applying for research postgraduate programmes (rgso@mic.ul.ie).

Details for programme co-ordinators and course leaders are available on the Postgraduates page on the MIC website.

Email is the best way to contact a programme co-ordinator or course leader or the Research and Graduate School. Please remember that a number of co-ordinators and course leaders will be on annual leave in the coming weeks and you are requested to kindly allow for delays in responses to your queries. You are also requested to frame any queries that you may have as clearly and concisely as possible.

Class sizes vary from 10 to 15 students normally.

Programme co-ordinators and course leaders are best positioned to answer when modules are scheduled for the Taught MA and MEd. Some programmes take place on weekday evenings and others take place at weekends. Lectures are not a feature of the MA by Research.