Expansion of Student Grant Schemes

7th April 2025

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Budget 2025 provided significant improvements to existing Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) supports under the Student Grant Scheme and the Student Part-Time Scheme for Specified Undergraduate Courses.

Improvements from September 2025 for eligible students will include:

An increase in the income threshold to the special rate of grant from €26,200 to €27,400 in line with increases in social welfare rates;
An increase in all other income thresholds by at least 15%;
An increase to the income deduction for student earnings outside of term time from €7,925 to €8,424 effective for the 2025/26 academic year;
An expansion of the eligibility criteria to allow students who have certain immigration permissions to apply for grants. This will include those who received permission to remain under Strand 1 of the Department of Justice’s Regularisation Scheme for Undocumented Migrants and those who are the Parent of an Irish Citizen Child.

SUSI is open for new applications from today, 3 April 2025, for both the Student Grant Scheme and the Part-Time Student Grant Scheme. Students should check out SUSI’s website to make an application www.susi.ie .

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