The Global Excellence Postgraduate Scholarships are Trinity College Dublin’s own awards for international students starting a full-time taught postgraduate course in Dublin. Each award takes €2,000 to €5,000 off the tuition bill once, and the exact figure is set by the region the student applies from. Trinity selects on academic achievement and on the applicant’s potential to contribute to the Trinity community, and allocates awards with regional and programme diversity in mind.
Applicants must already hold a course offer and be billed at the non-EU tuition rate. Courses in business, engineering, natural sciences, and computer science and statistics run their own separate scholarship schemes and sit outside this one. Applicants from China apply to the parallel China Claddagh Postgraduate Scholarship at the same university.
Benefits & funding
- One-time tuition fee reduction of €2,000 to €5,000, with the amount set by the applicant’s region.
- Applied directly to the tuition bill. There is no cash payment and no living stipend.
- The remaining tuition and all living costs in Dublin are funded from other sources.
- The award is released once the recipient fully accepts the course offer.
Eligibility
- Holds an offer for a full-time postgraduate taught programme at Trinity commencing in the advertised academic year.
- Classified at non-EU fee status, with tuition billed at the non-EU rate.
- Courses in business, engineering, natural sciences, and computer science and statistics are excluded; those schools run separate scholarship schemes.
- Applicants from China are outside this scheme and are directed to the China Claddagh Postgraduate Scholarship.
- Open to all fields within the eligible faculties. No age, work-experience, or gender conditions are published.
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Application process
- 1Apply to Trinity and secure an offer on an eligible full-time postgraduate taught course.
- 2Complete the online Global Excellence scholarship form, which asks for personal details and a statement on how the applicant will contribute to the Trinity community.
- 3Submit before the closing date for the applicant’s own region. Applicants who cannot reach the online form contact their Trinity Regional Manager or Advisor for an alternative route.
- 4Await the outcome, which is sent after the regional closing date.
- 5Fully accept the course offer to receive the award.
Program timeline
Application deadline — Central, North and South America (2026/27 cycle)
Apr 1, 2026
Application deadline — Africa (2026/27 cycle)
May 1, 2026
Application deadline — all other regions (2026/27 cycle)
Jun 15, 2026
Application deadline — South East Asia and Oceania (2026/27 cycle)
Jul 15, 2026
After each regional deadline
successful applicants are contacted
studies begin at Trinity College Dublin
2026/27 academic year