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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND SCHOLARSHIPS
Details and Application Procedures

The Scholarship
The Government of Ireland has established a substantial scholarship fund for national government officials of new Member States and Applicant States of the European Union. The scholarship will pay the complete tuition fee for the Master of Economic Science in European Economic and Public Affairs (MEconSc) in the UCD School of Politics and International Relations: the Dublin European Institute. The scholarship will also pay for 12 months on-campus accommodation in purpose-built postgraduate residences (single room with shared facilities). It is not, however, able to fund per diem expenses, or provide a stipend to the scholarship students.

The Programme
This intensive interdisciplinary 12-month programme focuses on the political, economic,legal and business aspects of European integration and the European Union. It is designed to provide graduates with strong analytical and research tools for working in a high-level European environment. Students take custom-designed courses from the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, the UCD School of Economics, the UCD School of Law and the UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business. Students will submit a specialised 10-12,000 word research dissertation and participate actively in each of two 14 day research visits to Brussels and Florence (flight and accommodation costs included in tuition fee).

European Studies at UCD
The Dublin European Institute, established in 1999, is part of the UCD School of Politics and International Relations and is an interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research centre for European Studies. The Institute draws together research and teaching skills from across the University, including a number of Jean Monnet Professors. The Institute’s research centres upon the Europeanisation of national public policies, the politics of European integration, and the adaptation of smaller European states to EU membership.

Selection Criteria
Basic criteria and selection procedures for award of the scholarship are the same for admission to the MEconSc programme. Applicants must also, however, be employed as national government officials of one of the 15 specified states. They may be employed on a permanent or contract basis. Scholarships will be awarded on merit. In the event that no applications meeting basic admission criteria are received from officials of one or more states, any remaining scholarships will be redistributed among the highestranking candidates – regardless of nationality – from the fifteen selected countries. In the event that a scholarship is awarded but the candidate, for whatever reason, either declines the offer or fails to take up their place, the scholarship will be offered to the next highest ranked candidate, regardless of nationality. 
These states are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYROM, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. 

APPLICATION DETAILS
Entry Criteria
Applicants would normally be expected to have a primary degree in a relevant subject and have attained at least Upper Second Class Honours or equivalent. Applicants with relevant professional experience may also be considered from time to time. In addition, students whose first language is not English should have met TOEFL, IELTs, or computer-based TOEFL requirements (600, 7, or 250 respectively), or the Cambridge English Test (Certificate in Advanced English at a minimum of grade B, or Certificate of Proficiency in English at Grade C).
Offers may be conditional. All provisional offers are subject to the approval of the SPIRe Graduate Studies Committee and ratification by Academic Council.

Application Procedure
Applications must be submitted on an individual basis. Full application details, together with application forms, can be downloaded from http://www.ucd.ie/spire/postgraduate/applications.html .

Applicants should apply for the MEconSc following the normal procedures detailed there, with the following additions:

1) A covering letter should be attached, indicating an interest in applying for the Government of Ireland Scholarship Programme and demonstrating eligibility.

2) One of the referees detailed in Section 10 of the application form should be your
current employer.

Completed application forms should reach UCD by Friday, 15 June 2007 and be sent
to:
Graduate Admissions (GoI Scholarship), UCD School of Politics and International
Relations, University College Dublin, Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND

We intend to inform applicants of the outcome of their applications by early July 2007.

Further Information
 Further information on the School of Politics and International Relations can be
found at www.ucd.ie/spire .
 Further information on the Dublin European Institute in SPIRe can be obtained
from www.ucd.ie/spire/europeanstudies.html . Queries should be addressed to
de i@ucd.ie  (Tel: +353 (0)1 716 7634).

Materials

Mecon-Scholarships Info Leaflet (256 kb)
Graduate Application Form (85 kb)