Marita Foster m.foster@ucc.ie | (021) 4904722
International Education Officer (Acting), UCC

Full Degree Postgraduate Programmes
Sources of Information:
• International Education Office, UCC www.ucc.ie/international
• Careers Service, UCC www.ucc.ie/careers
• Academic Staff, UCC
• Fulbright Commission – Education USA http://www.fulbright.ie/educationusa

Full Degree Postgraduate Programmes
Web:
• www.petersons.com/graduate/
• www.educationUSA.state.gov/home/find-a- school
• www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/
• www.usjournal.com/
• www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/

Deadlines: Usually January/February of the year of entry
• Application Form – many universities now use an on-line application
• Academic Transcript(s)
• Academic References
• GRE/GMAT Scores
• Statement of Purpose
• Evidence of Funding

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
GRE is a computer-adaptive test.
General Test:
• Multiple-choice test that most graduate schools use for admission to their graduate programmes.
• Three areas: Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning,
Quantitative Reasoning.
http://www.fulbright.ie/study-in-the us/postgraduatestudy/admissions-exams/gre http://www.ets.org/

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
IRELAND
To Register:
• Region 12 - EUROPE/NEW INDEPENDENT
STATES
Call: 31-320-239-540(The Netherlands)
Fax: 31-320-239-541
• DUBLIN
Test Center Number: 8044
Ground Floor, Block 2 Grand Mill Quay,
Barrow Street, Dublin. Phone: 01.667.8635
• Cost: $175

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Subject Test:
• GRE offers 8 subject tests, each of which measures achievements in specific fields. Some universities request a subject test. This can only be done on paper. Please contact GRE for details of the nearest test centre.
•
– Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
– Biology
– Chemistry
– Computer Science
– Literature in English
– Mathematics
– Physics
– Psychology

Usually three times a year

Graduate Management Admission Test
(GMAT)
• The GMAT (Graduate Management
Admission Test) measures verbal, quantitative and analytical writing skills.
• Used by graduate schools of business to assess the qualifications of applicants to graduate management programmes.
• Available only as a computeradaptive test.

Graduate Management Admission Test
(GMAT)
Information about registering for the GMAT is available at: http://www.gmat.org/gmatregstr_frames.html
or
GMAT
Educational Testing Service
PO Box 6103
Princeton NJ 08541-6103
Tel: 609 771 7330
Fax: 609 883 4349
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Dublin
Ireland New Horizons Ireland, Dublin

• Personal funds
• Loans
• Scholarships available through US institutions
• Teaching Assistantship
• Research Assistantship

Scholarships sourced in Ireland
• Fulbright
• NUI Travelling Studentships

• 6 – 12 months of post-graduate study or research in the US in all disciplines
• Awards worth maximum $20,000 plus insurance, J-1 visa and programming

• Fulbright Awards for specific subject areas including:
• Environmental Protection Agency Award in
Water, Climate Change and Sustainable
Environment
• Enterprise Ireland Award in Innovation
• Marine Institute Award in any science/business related topic for PhD research only
• Notre Dame LLM in International Human
Rights Law (50% tuition waiver)
• Teagasc Award in Agricuture, Food and
Forestry

• Niamh Daly is a PhD candidate in the
Archaeology Department at UCC. Niamh will investigate female kinship ties in early medieval non-ecclesiastical populations from Ireland using archaeological bone chemistry in the School of
Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona
State University.

• Niamh O'Mahony is a PhD candidate in English at UCC. Niamh will pursue research on avant-garde poetry and literary criticism at Miami University,
Ohio.

• The 2013/14 competition is open to applicants from 24th August 2012 - 15:00
Wednesday 14th November 2012
• Successful applicants will be eligible to study/research in the US between August
2013 - August 2014.

• FLTA Programme for Irish language teaching assistants at US colleges and universities.
• Successful candidates are required to have formal academic qualifications / training and / or professional experience in the teaching of the Irish language.

• Approximately $20,000 plus insurance, J-1 visa and programming
• 10 months of post-graduate study and
Irish language teaching in US colleges

• This round opened on August 24th 2012 for the 2013/14 competition with a deadline of 14th November 2012 at 15:00.

Further Information
• Visit: www.fulbright.ie
• Ring: 01.660.7670
• Tweet: @Fulbright_Eire
• Facebook: Fulbright Ireland

NUI Travelling Studentships
Details of the above National University awards may be obtained from:
The Registrar
National University of Ireland
49 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 676 7246
Fax: (01) 661 9665
Email: registrar@nui.ie
www.nui.ie/awards/grdaward.asp#travstud

• In existence since 1910. Main objectives:
• to encourage the most able students in the
NUI federal system to pursue research
• to enable these students to undertake postgraduate research abroad towards a doctoral degree
• to attract these scholars back eventually to enrich the learning community within NUI

• Four in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(€64,000, i.e., €16,000 per annum up to 4 years)
• Two in the Sciences (€64,000, i.e., €16,000 per annum up to 4 years)

• http://www.fundingusstudy.org/
• http://www.fundingusstudy.org/StateSearch.asp
• http://www.internationalscholarships.com/
• http://www.iefa.org/
• http://www.internationalstudent.com/study_usa/fi nancing/scholarships.shtml

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
• Limited number of exchange opportunities available to UCC students who wish to pursue a period of study at an American university.

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
University of California
Visiting Scholar Programme www.berkeley.edu (Berkeley) www.ucdavis.edu (Davis) www.uci.edu (Irvine) www.ucla.edu (Los Angeles) www.ucr.edu (Riverside) www.ucsb.edu (Santa Barbara) www.ucsc.edu (Santa Cruz) www.ucsd.edu (San Diego)

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
University of California
Visiting Scholar Programme
• Open to post first year PhD students
• Minimum three months and maximum one year
• Invitation required from Faculty member at University of California

• Open to post-first year PhD student in Irish
Studies
• Two round-trip tickets per academic year
• A stipend of $12,000 (US) will be provided to each exchange student from the Murphy
Irish Exchange Program Endowment at the
University of Notre Dame
• Tuition Fee Waiver

• For further information see http://www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/grads/funding/
TheMurphyIrishExchangeProgram/

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
• Boston College Exchange - fee waiver. Open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
www.bc.edu/
• Illinois Institute of Technology – fee waiver. Open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
www.iit.edu
• University of Oklahoma www.ou.edu

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
• George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship - University of
Maine System - fee waiver plus room and board. Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students and recent graduates of UCC.
www.umt.edu/ www.usm.maine.edu/
• University of Montana - fee waiver. Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students www.umt.edu/

Exchange Opportunities in the United States
• State University of New York at Cortland
(SUNY)
Open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students www.cortland.edu/

MAUI-UTRECHT Exchange Programme
• Baylor University (www.baylor.edu/)
• University of Missouri, St. Louis (www.umsl.edu/)
• University of Missouri, Rolla (www.umr.edu/)
• University of Missouri, Kansas City (www.missouri.edu/)
• University of Missouri, Columbia (www.umkc.edu/)
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (www.siuc.edu/)
• Kansas State University (www.k-state.edu/)
• University of Oklahoma (www.ou.edu/)
• Oklahoma State University (osu.okstate.edu/)
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln (www.unl.edu/)
• University of Nebraska, Kearney (www.unk.edu/)
• University of Nebraska, Omaha (www.unomaha.edu/)
• Texas Tech University (www.ttu.edu/)

MAUI-UTRECHT Exchange Programme
• Students have the opportunity to spend a semester or year in one of the partner universities.
• All subject areas are covered.

International Education Office
University College Cork
Roseleigh, Western Road.
Tel: 4904722
Fax: 4904735
Email: m.foster@ucc.ie
http://www.ucc.ie/international/