Dublin City Council processes Higher Education Grant applications in accordance with the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act, 1968 to 1992 and the current Department of Education and Science Higher Education Grants Scheme. Grants are payable to candidates who were ordinarily resident in the Dublin City Council administrative area on 1st October of the previous year.
Click here for the Higher Education Grants scheme, 2009. This is the relevant Scheme for the 2009/2010 academic year.
The Scheme applies to students undertaking a full-time approved courses in an approved institution at the following levels.
- Honours Bachelor Degree (Level 8)
- Higher or Post Graduate Diploma (Level 8)
- Masters Degree (Level 9)
- Doctoral Degree (Level 10)
Please refer to the Clause 1 of the Scheme for definitions.
Students undertaking Post Leaving Certificate, Higher Certificate or Ordinary Bachelor Degree courses (Levels 5-7) should apply to the City of Dublin VEC
Private colleges or part-time courses do not come within the scope of the Higher Education Grants Scheme.
Note: If a candidate's failure to provide full and complete information is the result of a deliberate material omission or inaccuracy, the candidate shall be liable to prosecution, loss of grant and repayment, with interest, of any portion of a grant already received