Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program provides students with a comprehensive education in sociology, offering a wide range of career opportunities in the public, private, and non-profit/NGO sectors.

Fees and Funding

Student course fees are broken into three components: Student Contribution, Student Levy, and Tuition Fees. The fees for this course are as follows:

• EU Students with Free fees status in receipt of a SUSI grant:
  • HEA pays Tuition Fees: 3,058
  • SUSI pays Student contribution: 2,500
  • Student pays Student Levy: 104
  • Total: 5,662
• EU Students with Free fees status not in receipt of a grant:
  • HEA pays Tuition Fees: 3,058
  • Student pays Student contribution: 2,500
  • Student pays Student Levy: 104
  • Total: 5,662
• Students with EU fee status not in receipt of a grant:
  • Student pays Tuition Fees: 3,058
  • Student pays Student contribution: 2,500
  • Student pays Student Levy: 104
  • Total: 5,662
• Non-EU Students:
  • Student pays Tuition Fees: 17,396
  • Student pays Student Levy: 104
  • Total: 17,500

Fee Components

• Student Contribution: An annual charge set by the government for all full-time third-level students. The current student contribution is set at 2,500.
• Student Levy: All students are liable to pay the Student Levy of 104. Please note that the Student Levy is not covered by the SUSI Grant.
• Tuition Fees: These are based on Residency, Citizenship, and Course requirements.

Fee Status

The fee status is determined by the following criteria:

• Residency: The student must have been living in an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland for at least 3 of the 5 years before starting the course.
• Citizenship: The student must be a citizen of an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland or have official refugee status.
• Course Requirements: The student must be a first-time full-time undergraduate, undertaking a full-time undergraduate course of at least 2 years' duration, and not undertaking a repeat year of study at the same level unless evidence of exceptional circumstances is provided.

Scholarships

The following scholarships are available for this course:

• Johnson and Johnson WiSTEM2D Programme
• All Ireland Scholarships - sponsored by J.P. McManus: 6,750, 125 awards
• Bursary for my Future Scholarship: 2,750, one-off payment, 4 awards
• Civic Engagement Scholarship: 1,500, 1 award
• Cooperative Education Award: 1 medal per faculty
• Elaine Fagan Scholarship: 1,500
• Hegarty Family Access Scholarships: 5,000 for one year, 2 awards
• Higher Education Grants & VEC Grants
• Irish American Partnership Access Scholarships: 5,000, 2 awards
• Love Actually Charity (LAC) Scholarship: 1,000, 3 awards
• Paddy Dooley Rowing Scholarship: 2,500
• Plassey Campus Centre Scholarship Programme
• Provincial GAA Bursaries Scheme: 750
• Stuart Mangan Scholarship
• The Michael Hillery and Jacinta O'Brien Athletics Scholarship: Various benefits equating to over 7,000 in value
• UL Sports Scholarships: Varies depending on the level of scholarship, multiple awards

Career Opportunities

A wide range of career opportunities are open to graduates of this program, including:

• Journalism, media, communications, and public relations
• Teaching at Second Level
• Social, marketing, and media research
• Social policy analysis
• Urban planning
• Research consultancy
• Postgraduate Training to either Masters or PhD Levels
• Social work, youth, and community work
• Prison and probation services
• Community Development
• Voluntary organisations, national and international NGOs
• Statistician, demographer

Follow-on Study

Graduates of this program can pursue further study in:

• MA Sociology (Applied Social Research)
• MA Sociology (Youth, Community and Social Regeneration)