What's not published yet
Figures are as of 1 Oct 2026, before Budget 2027 (6 Oct). They will be updated after the Budget.
CAO has published its 2027 dates sheet. The 2027 Leaving Cert results date and the Round One date are not on it yet.
Non-EEA students (Immigration Service Delivery, ISD)
- Programme: ISD: students must enrol in "a full-time day time programme" on the Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP).
- Proof of funds (from 30 June 2025): EUR 10,000 for a one-year course; EUR 833 a month for 6-8 month courses (EUR 4,998 for 6 months, EUR 6,665 for 8 months). Same for visa-required and non-visa-required nationals.
- Medical insurance: private medical insurance required before registration.
- Registration: all non-EEA students, including those who do not need a visa, must register for the first time to remain in Ireland for more than 90 days. Fee EUR 300. From 13 January 2025 all nationwide first-time registrations are handled by ISD at the Registration Office, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 (previously Garda stations outside Dublin): create or log into your account on the Digital Contact Centre and book an appointment. Those with Garda appointments confirmed up to 31 January 2025 could keep them.
- Work (Stamp 2): 20 hours a week in term time, 40 hours a week in the vacation periods (June to September and mid-December to mid-January) (ISD).
- Changing degree programme in the first year is possible only "in very exceptional circumstances" (ISD). The total permitted time as a student is seven years, including any previous Irish study.
- After registration you receive an Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card; Citizens Information covers online renewal through the ISD portal once you have fewer than 12 weeks left on your permission.
EU/EEA students
The ISD registration rules above apply to non-EEA nationals. SUSI (separate from immigration): you must be "an Irish, EU, EEA, UK or Swiss national or have a specific immigration status or leave to remain permission from the Department of Justice", and resident in the State, EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland for three of the last five years.
Housing for international students
- The RTB rules in file 04 apply to everyone renting in Ireland: deposit cap of 1 month's rent, 1 month's advance rent in SSA (2 months' rent upfront in total for tenancies created from 9 August 2021), registration.
- Guarantors: none of the official sources read (RTB, Citizens Information, ISD, SUSI) sets a rule on guarantors or says how common they are. The current site's claim that "many" landlords ask for an Irish-based guarantor or several months' rent upfront has no official source and is not repeated. Whatever a landlord asks for, upfront payments above the deposit plus one month's rent are outside the caps the RTB states. Ask the college accommodation office what it requires of international students.
- Threshold's Scamwatch 2026 toolkit (6 May 2026) includes Spanish and Portuguese versions to support international students. Freephone 1800 454 454; international +353 91 563080.
- ICOS partnered with Threshold and AMLE on the toolkit.
- Student Leap Card: full-time international students who meet the criteria can apply by uploading their acceptance letter (Leap Card).
Erasmus and exchange
- SUSI can recalculate the distance for compulsory study abroad of up to one year and for compulsory off-campus placements of at least one semester; it may ask for documents (SUSI adjacency page).
- Erasmus grant rates are not stated on the pages read, so none are given.
Official sources
- https://www.irishimmigration.ie/transfer-of-responsibility-for-irish-immigration-residence-permission-for-all-remaining-counties-to-immigration-service-delivery-isd-of-the-department-of-justice/
- https://www.irishimmigration.ie/reminder-on-student-finance-requirements-from-30-june-2025/
- https://www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-study-in-ireland/frequently-asked-questions-for-students/
- https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/moving-to-ireland/studying-in-ireland/immigration-nonEEA-students/
- https://www.susi.ie/eligibility-criteria/
- https://www.susi.ie/eligibility-criteria/income/adjacency/
- https://about.leapcard.ie/about/tfi-leap-card-types/student
- https://threshold.ie/threshold-icos-and-amle-launch-scamwatch-2026-toolkit-to-help-student-unions-and-accommodation-officers-tackle-rental-scams/
National accommodation guides
Campus accommodation guides
- TU Dublin (all campuses)
- Atlantic Technological University (ATU) (all campuses)
- Munster Technological University (MTU) (all campuses)
- Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) (all campuses)
- South East Technological University (SETU) (all campuses)
- Dublin City University (DCU) (all campuses)
- Griffith College (all campuses)
- Mary Immaculate College (MIC) (all campuses)
- American College Dublin
- BIMM Institute Dublin (TU Dublin TU961, Francis Street)
- CCT College Dublin
- Dorset College Dublin
- Dublin Business School (DBS)
- Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)
- Galway Business School
- IADT (Dún Laoghaire)
- IBAT College Dublin
- ICD Business School Dublin
- Marino Institute of Education
- Maynooth University
- National College of Ireland (NCI)
- NCAD (Dublin)
- Portobello Institute Dublin
- RCSI Dublin
- Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM)
- Shannon College of Hotel Management
- St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth
- Trinity College Dublin
- University College Cork - Main Campus (Gaol Walk / Western Road)
- University College Dublin
- University of Galway
- University of Limerick
Last verified 1 Oct 2026 · data year rules effective 30 June 2025 (financial requirements); ISD registration since 13 January 2025 Report an error