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