Cork University Business School, in association with the 30% Club, has established this scholarship to help promote women in taking on leadership roles within companies and organisations 30% Club Scholarships.

The scholarship consists of 100% tuition fees for the UCC CUBS Executive MBA 2025/2027 programme for one successful female applicant.

As this course runs every two years the scholarship available is for the 2025/2027 UCC CUBS Executive MBA. Applications for the Scholarship are made to the UCC CUBS Executive MBA Academic Directors.

For general information on the Executive MBA, click here. For more information on the scholarship application process contact [email protected]

Applications for this programme open September 2024. Contact [email protected] for more information.

As one of the earliest supporters of the 30% Club Scholarship programme, the IMI is delighted to offer two scholarships (each valued at €10,000), the Professional Diploma courses are accredited by UCC at level 9 and are part of the MBS pathway, 30% Club Scholarship.


Digital Leadership
Executive Coaching
Leadership Management Strategy & Innovation

Applicants must submit a 500 word submission for the scholarship, outlining how the Professional Diploma in one of the Diploma Courses awarded by UCC, will help them achieve both their individual career goals and success for their organization.

Applications should be submitted to [email protected]. Closing date 3 May, 2024

Value: varies You must be a graduate of UCC to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed Dr Aine Merwick, School of Medicine [email protected] Submissions to [email protected]

Two scholarships are awarded annually to Irish traditional musicians who wish to study music in the first year of the BA (Hons) Arts-Music Degree at University College Cork.

Ten BEdGaeilge scholarships of €2,000 each are offered for competition on the basis of results in the Irish Leaving Certificate Examination or equivalent. The Scholarships are tenable only in University College Cork, for the First Year of the BEdGaeilge, in the session following the Leaving Certificate Examination on which the award is based.

• Value: €2,000
• You must be a current UCC Student (BEdGaeilge) to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]
• No application required - Successful students will be notified directly

Mrs. Ita Kirwan, daughter of the late Professor Connell Boyle, formerly Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the Faculty of Dairy Science in UCC, and Professor Mary Boyle, formerly Professor of German in UCC, has donated a substantial sum of money to perpetuate the memory of her parents by endowing The Boyle Postgraduate Scholarship in German.

Value Winners: student contribution and capitation fee Runner/s up: half of the student contribution and capitation fee You must be a registered UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

Value: Winners: student contribution and capitation fee Runner/s up: half of the student contribution and capitation fee You must be a registered UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

Value: Winners: student contribution and capitation fee Runner/s up: half of the student contribution and capitation fee You must be a registered UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences’ International Scholarship will be awarded to registered second year BA International and BA World Languages students who are studying outside the EU for their study year abroad and are not eligible for the Erasmus grant. The value of the International Scholarship is €500

The Graduate School in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the PhD Excellence Scholarship, offering up to 10 scholarships to PhD/MPhil/PhD Track students in any School or Department in CACSSS. The scholarship will take the form of the EU PhD fee and will be awarded for one year initially. It may be extended to a maximum of 3 years at the discretion of the Graduate Studies Committee subject to certain conditions being met.

Value: €10,630 towards fees and a € 2,500 stipend This scholarship will also include a work placement You must apply for the MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives to be eligible for this scholarship Questions on this scholarship should be directed to Olive McCarthy and Noreen Byrne, Programme Directors of the MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives Applications should be submitted using the application form below to Ms Rachel Cotter Programme Administrator [email protected]

Value: varies To be awarded this scholarship, you must have an accepted offer in your UCC Application Portal (CRM) Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected] for CUBS, or [email protected] for Law. Note: This is an automatically awarded scholarship, based on previous academic results. No application required. This scholarship cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other scholarship offering of UCC.

Value: varies To be awarded this scholarship, you must have an accepted offer in your UCC Application Portal (CRM) Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected] for CUBS, or [email protected] for Law.

Value: €5,770 You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected] Masters by Research: Research can be undertaken in any of the main disciplines of the Commerce Faculty and involves writing a thesis of approximately 40,000 words under academic supervision in the relevant discipline. Value of Fellowship: The Scholarship will be valued at €5,770, which will cover the student’s fees for the Masters by Research. It will be tenable for one year and is non-renewable.

Title of College Scholar will be awarded to all first class honours recipients, in each degree programme within the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, without any financial award. The qualifying standard for the award of any of the above scholarships/titles is First Class Honours.

Value: Title You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for the College Scholar Title Questions about this award can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €2,000 You must apply for the LLM Childrens Rights and Family Law to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this bursary can be directed to Professor Louise Crowley at [email protected] Applications should be submitted to postgraduate programme administrator, Dympna O’Donovan [email protected]

Confucius Institute Scholarships For International Chinese Language Teachers.

In order to support development of Confucius Institutes, facilitate Chinese language promotion and Chinese cultural transmission in the world, cultivate qualified Chinese language teachers and talented students of Chinese language, Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) (hereinafter referred to as Hanban) launches the Confucius Institute Scholarships program for providing sponsorship to students, scholars and Chinese language teachers of other countries for pursuing a study in relevant universities in China (hereinafter referred to as host institutions).

Value: €27,260 (tuition fees for the two-year MBA programme) You must have applied to and accepted an offer of a place on the UCC CUBS Executive MBA Executive MBA to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

Value: Tuition Fees You must be applying for MSc Human Resource Management, Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management, or Postgraduate Certificate in Project Management course at UCC to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €27,260 You must must have received an offer and accepted a place on the UCC CUBS Executive MBA to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

To celebrate and mark the commencement of the BAgrSc Degree in September 2019, Dairygold will award two annual undergraduate bursaries for students undertaking the BAgrSc degree at University College Cork (UCC).

• Value: €3,000
• You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

In considering students for these awards, account will be taken of the financial circumstances of those who apply for them as well as their level of instrumental proficiency where "Instrumental" may be interpreted to include the notion of solo singing and singing lessons. The selection of students for the award shall be made by the Head of the Music Department and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (or his/her nominee). Selection shall be based on the student's end of year recital.

• Value: €315 per student
• You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this award

Value: €10,000 You must be a full time postgraduate student at NUI Cork in the area of official statistics to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to the Department of Statistics or email [email protected]

UCC is pleased to announce the creation of the new Dr. Séamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship thanks to a generous philanthropic gift from The Liffey Trust.

The scholarship will be awarded annually to promote the concepts of entrepreneurship, job creation, entrepreneurial development and education for life in the minds of undergraduate student entrepreneurs. Ten first year students will receive this scholarship, worth up to €9,000 in total per individual and disbursed in equal sums over a maximum period of three years per recipient. One of the 10 scholarships will be awarded each year.

Value: €3,000 per annum for three years You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to Fiona O’Shea [email protected]

Value: €3,000 per annum for three years You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to Fiona O’Shea [email protected]

Value: €3,000 per annum for three years You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to Fiona O’Shea [email protected]

Value: €2,500 You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €12,500 You must have received an offer and have accepted a place for the MSc in Management and Marketing to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to David Alton: [email protected]

Value: €12,500 You must have received an offer and have accepted a place for the MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to Rachel Cotter [email protected]

Value: €12,500 You must apply for the Master of Accounting (MAcc) programme to be eligible for this scholarship This scholarship is open to students that have not otherwise secured funding to pursue the programme Questions on this scholarship should be directed to [email protected]

• Value: €750
• You must be applying to become a UCC Student to be eligible for this bursary
• Questions about this bursary can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €750 You must be applying to become a UCC Student to be eligible for this bursary Questions about this bursary can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €750 You must be applying to become a UCC Student to be eligible for this bursary Questions about this bursary can be directed to [email protected]

Value: €750 You must be applying to become a UCC Student to be eligible for this bursary Questions about this bursary can be directed to [email protected]

Value: full fees, accomodation & board from University of Maine You must be a current UCC student to be eligible for this scholarship Students studying abroad are required to pay their full UCC fees To apply for this scholarship, please click https://www.ucc.ie/en/international/goabroadwithucc/ Questions about this scholarship can be directed to the International Office, UCC, [email protected]

In recognition of the historic role of George J. Mitchell in advancing the security, hope and opportunity for generations in Ireland and Northern Ireland, the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship has been established. The purpose of the Scholarship is to create opportunities for the exchange of university students between Ireland and the State of Maine. University College Cork has been nominated by the Minister for Education and Science to send suitably qualified students under the Scholarship to an institution in the University of Maine System.

In recognition of the historic role of George J. Mitchell in advancing the security, hope and opportunity for generations in Ireland and Northern Ireland, the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship has been established. The purpose of the Scholarship is to create opportunities for the exchange of university students between Ireland and the State of Maine.

Value: full fees, accomodation & board from University of Maine You must be a current UCC student to be eligible for this scholarship Students studying abroad are required to pay their full UCC fees To apply for this scholarship, please click https://www.ucc.ie/en/international/goabroadwithucc/ Questions about this scholarship can be directed to the International Office, UCC, [email protected]

Value: €10,630 per student You must apply for the MSc Food Business and Innovation to be eligible for this scholarship Questions on this scholarship should be directed to Prof. Joe Bogue, Food Business and Development [email protected] or Ms Rachel Cotter, Administrator [email protected]

The Google Insight Scholarship programme is the largest scholarship programme of its kind in Ireland. With a funding package of 1.5 million euro, more than 60 undergraduate students will receive scholarship support between 2024-2029.

The scholarship will support 3rd level students from underrepresented and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and communities, with a particular focus placed on students studying courses related to artificial intelligence (AI) and digital safety.

The fields of AI and digital safety are rapidly evolving, and there is a growing need for scholarships to support students from underserved and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and communities. The programme aims to assist underrepresented students in completing their undergraduate degree, through scholarship funding and wrap-around support.

To qualify for the scholarship programme applicants must be from an under-represented socioeconomically disadvantaged background. Applicants will need to be registered with their university access office. Applicants will need to fall under one or more of the following categories, including but not limited to:​

HEAR Students​
DARE Students​
Members of the Traveller community​ and members of the Roma community
Lone Parents​ and Care leavers
Women in STEM

Successful applicants will be awarded €5,000 per year, up to a maximum duration of 5 years. Students must be registered with University College Cork Access Office, and also registered to one of the eligible courses.

For queries and more information on the scholarship programme, please email: [email protected]

UCC Sport provides sports scholarships to talented dual career athletes to support them to progress in their studies and education.

The UCC Sport Scholarship programme aims to support athletes achieve their full potential and is divided into two main strands UCC Team Sport Scholarships and UCC Individual Sport Scholarship. 

UCC Sport Scholarship Applications open online	February
Closing date: Individual applications	April
Closing date: Teamsport applications	April
Confirm 23.24 Sports Scholarships	August
Athlete Induction, Performance Planning Completed (2nd, 3rd, 4th years)	September
Athlete Induction, Performance Planning Completed (new students)	September

For more information on all UCC Sports Scholarships contact [email protected] 
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Value: €6,000 You must be a Registered Full-Time Research Student in 2023/24 to be eligible for this scholarship Questions about this scholarship can be directed to [email protected]

The aim of this scholarship is to address the shortage of women in STEM2D careers in Ireland and increase undergraduate women perusing degrees in these fields. It shall be open to competition annually only among registered female BSc Computer Science and BSc Data Science and Analytics undergraduates who have completed the 1st year of their degree and who have achieved a mark of at least a 60%, at the first attempt.

• Value: €3,000
• You must be a current UCC Student enrolled in BSc Computer Science or BSc Data Science & Analytics to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to John O’Mullane [email protected] 

A stipend of €19,000 per annum; A contribution to fees, including non-EU fees, up to A maximum of €5,750 per annum; and eligible direct research expenses of €3,250 per annum.

The Scholarship is offered to one 2nd Year student, which would involve a €2,500 bursary for their 2nd, 3rd and Final years in the programme; Work Placement (no obligation) and Graduate Employment (no obligation).

• Value:  €2,500
• You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to Prof Edmond Byrne [email protected] or Dr Denis Ring at [email protected]