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Postgraduate Admissions Office
Making an Application
•Application Process
•Personal Statements
•Available Funding
Stephen O’Dea, Admissions Officer
P O S T G R A D U A T E O P E N D A Y
31st October 2012
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: Key Functions
• Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC)
• Postgraduate Admissions Office (NUIG)
• College Office and Programme Director/Supervisor
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: Choosing a Programme
• Prospectus
• NUIG Website
– www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad
– www.nuigalway.ie/courses
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: Key Dates
• PAC Opening Date – 1st November 2012
• Closing Dates for Applications– www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/closingdates
• Please Refer to Programme Entries for Specific Information regarding Deadlines
Offer Round Offer Date Apply by
Round 1 Mid-January 2013 15 December 2012Round 2 Mid-March 2013 15 February 2013Round 3 Late-April 2013 31 March 2013Round 4 Early-June 2013 01 May 2013Round 5 Early-July 2013 01 June 2013
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: Apply Online
• FAQs
• Three applications
• Two-stage process—online & post/ upload
• Supporting documents
• Valid e-mail
• €50 application fee
• Assigned PAC number
• Save (and submit)
www.pac.ie/nuigalway
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: Supporting Documentation
• Check website
• Requirements vary
• Post or Scan
• Write your PAC numberon each page and post to:PAC, 1 Courthouse Square,Galway.
www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/pac_supp_docs.html
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Application Process: General Information
• Once application made online, you’ll receive confirmation email.
• You’ll continue to get emails to advise of updates to your application.
• Log in to check your updated status.
• Onus is on you to supply missing documents—“completeness”.
• If successful, you’ll be made an offer via the system; can accept or decline the offer online.
• IMPORTANT: non-refundable deposit required to secure course-place, deducted from your course fee … can be transferred to another NUIG course if you receive a subsequent offer.
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Funding: Resources
• Research Programmes
• Taught Programmeso Financing a course is the responsibility of the student.
• Grantso SUSIo www.studentfinance.ie
• NUI Galway funding website (including PG Scholarships)www.nuigalway.ie/courses/fees-and-funding/funding.html
• Tax relief on feeso You may qualify for tax relief on fees paid see www.revenue.ie and enter ‘tuition fees’
into the search box
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Funding: Resources
• NUI Galway Hardiman Scholarshipswww.nuigalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/
• NUI Galway Research FellowshipsContact your College Office www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/
• Research Officewww.nuigalway.ie/research/vp_research/seminars.html
• Research Accountswww.nuigalway.ie/research_accounting/funders.html
• International Officewww.nuigalway.ie/international/
• Fees Officewww.nuigalway.ie/student_fees/
Postgraduate Admissions Office
Funding: Resources
• Graduate Studies Office www.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudies/Research_Degrees/funding_sources.html
• Career Development Centrewww.nuigalway.ie/careers/students/funding_ireland.html (Ireland)
www.nuigalway.ie/careers/students/funding_research.html#NUI_Galway (Abroad)
• HEA, Graduate Skills Funding “reduced course fees” (taught programmes) www.hea.ie/en/skills+funding (watch for updates ref. 2012/13)
Other possible sources
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Health Research Board (HRB) • Higher Education Authority (HEA)• National University of Ireland (NUI) • Royal Irish Academy (RIA) • Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) • Teagasc