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Fees for Nursing 2013

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  • 24-02-2013 6:38pm
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    sue kelly
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    Hi guys, does anyone know how much the fees are for a mature student? I've just turned 29, single with no kids. I applied for nursing this year, registered for the accessment test this week, if I am lucky and get offered a place for nursing as a mature student I'll be giving up a full time job like many others and am worried about how I'll cope with money. How much does the course cost? Is there a grant? Would be thankful for any feed back please!!!


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    paperclip2
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    If you have never been in college before the course tuition fees are covered under the governments free fees initiative.

    You will be liable for the course contribution which will be €2500 (I think) in September 2013. However you can apply to SUSI for a fee grant to cover this charge. If your gross income for all of 2012 was under €49,800 (approx) you should be eligible for the fee grant. Details on http://www.studentfinance.ie

    Most colleges have a student charge of between €100 and €300 annually. There is no formal support available to cover this.

    Once you are a fully registered student in the college you can apply to the Student Assistance fund. This fund is there to help students with exceptional needs payments and once-off expenses although childcare, for example, can be covered on an on-going basis.

    SUSI also offer a maintenance grant. To be eligible for this your gross income needs to be less than €39,900 (approx). The rate of maintenance varies from €315 to €5,915 depending on your income, distance from the college and social welfare status. Again look at http://www.studentfinance.ie for general information on this.

    Social welfare have a BTEA payment for adults in fulltime education however to be eligible for this you need to be getting a social welfare payment for 234 days or 9 months before the course starts. You can get more information on the DSP website http://www.welfare.ie

    If you are not eligible for any fee support at all, the fees for nursing, including the registration charge can be between €6,500 to €7,100 per annum for EU students.

    NB: the reckonable income rates for the grant listed on student finance have not been updated to take account of the changes made in last Decembers budget. There was a reckonable income decrease of 3% across the board.I made a rough 3% reduction on last years figures to give the amounts above


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