Scholarships and Funding Opportunities
There are a number of Scholarships available for Postgraduate Study in NCAD. We also encourage applicants to seek out funding opportunities that may be available 4to them. Details of MA scholarships in the Schools of Visual Culture and Fine Art and PhD studentships in all areas for 2024/25 appear below. These scholarships will recognise excellence, outstanding achievement and potential. The scholarships are awarded on academic merit and all applicants are eligible, including EU and non EU students.
NCAD Fees & Grants Office
If you have any questions on fee payment schedules or need to know the fee applicable to your chosen programme you can visit the Fees and Grants Section at the link below. The team there will be happy to help.
Funding & Grant Opportunities for Postgraduate Study
Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI)
Most NCAD students in receipt of a grant have applied to SUSI. More infomation including eligibility criteria can be found on the SUSI Wesbite. Please note: application queries should be sent directly to SUSI who operate independently of NCAD.
Tax Relief on Student Fees
Tax relief is available on postgraduate tuition fees. You can find more infomation available here
Where else can I find information?
Please visit studentfinance.ie the Higher Education Authority's website with information on Third Level Fees & Funding
Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in NCAD
School of Visual Culture
A tuition fee scholarship is available for a student on the School's MA programme Art in the Contemporary World to sudy either part time or full time. It will be awarded on the basis of prior academic achievement and future potential. The recipient of the Art in the Contemporary World award will act as a champion for the programme (sometimes for example by editing the programme website).
If you wish to be considered, you should apply for admission to the programme in the normal way. In addition you should submit a one page covering letter outlining your academic achievements and the reason why you should be considered for the scholarship.
The deadline for application in order to be considered for the Art in the Contemporary World MA scholarship is 31st May 2024, the programme commences in September 2024.
A tuition fee scholarship is available for a student on the School's MA programme Design History and Material Culture to sudy part time. It will be awarded on the basis of prior academic achievement and future potential.
If you wish to be considered, you should apply for admission to the programme in the normal way. In addition you should submit a one page covering letter outlining your academic achievements and the reason why you should be considered for the scholarship.
The deadline for application in order to be considered for the Design History and Material Culture MA scholarship is 31st May 2024, the programme commences in September 2024. Applications can be submitted and places on the MA can be offered before this deadline and so please do not delay the application process.
School of Fine Art
Continuing NCAD Graduates and NCAD Alumni are eligible for a reduced tuition fee of €4,400 per academic year. (The normal fee rate is €5,400 per academic year).
PhD Studentships
Each year NCAD offers a number of Research Student Scholarships to meet the cost of fees for PhD and MLitt students commending study in the autumn. (Living costs are not covered by the scheme).
Five scholarships will be available for students commencing study in 2024-5.
The Scholarships are intended to support new doctoral research in key fields where we have specialist interests and expertise. They are
- Sustainability, Circular Economies & Environmental Futures
- Healthcare, Wellbeing and Medtech Innovation
- Collaborative Practices
- Material Cultures, Physical & Digital Making: Heritage & Futures
- Future Teaching Practices, Student Culture/s and Pedagogies
- Critical Technologies, Human Interfaces & Hybrid Objects
- Structures, Systems & Power
- Gender, Identities & Cultures
More details on our research interests can be found here.
Students who are awarded Research Student Scholarships can be registered in any of the four Schools of the College. They can be registered as 'by practice' or 'by thesis' researchers.
Scholarships can be awarded to full and part time students and cover the full period of registration (up to a maximum of 4 full time years or the part time equivalent).
The Scholarships are offered after application and interview. Priority will be given to applications which are received by 31st May 2024. They are awarded on the basis of the quality of application, and the experience and skills of the candidate.
On the Research and Innovation at NCAD pages of this website, you will find information on: research topics of current and recently completed PhD students; the work of our teaching and research staff; directions in research; and examples of some of our research and innovation partners.
