Undergraduate Offer Holders

Types of Offers:

An Offer (sometimes called Unconditional or Full Offer):
-means that you have met all the entry requirements for the course.

A Conditional Offer:
-means that you will be accepted if you meet certain additional requirements as laid out in your offer letter. These conditions are typically graduating from your current school with an equivalent academic record as when you applied or achieving certain marks on AP/IB exams or other standardized tests in progress.

Acceptance Deadlines:

Undergraduate Students - Accept by May 1st

Graduate Students - Accept by June 1st

To Accept Your Offer:

Please log in to your application account (at www.ucd.ie/international/apply). Upon logging in, you will see that your application to MAJOR appears with the status of ‘Offer/Conditional Offer’. Click on ‘Accept or Reject’ and it will bring you to the page where you can either accept, and pay the deposit if appropriate, or decline the offer.

Your acceptance will not be complete until you successfully record your acceptance and, where appropriate, pay the deposit.

Deposits:

Most courses have a deposit of €500 and is required to secure your place. Deposits are non-refundable. The deposit amount will be deducted from your fees due in the fall.

Deferring Offers:

If you are considering deferring your offer, please contact a member of the NAGC.  Deferrals will not be available in all cases and require you to meet all conditions of your offer and submit a deposit (which will be applied to the fees for the subsequent year).

As an American student, you are eligible to use US Federal Loans to help cover the cost of study at UCD. The first step is to fill out a FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov and send it to us at code G10188.

You must submit an additional application for Federal Aid to UCD after you complete the FAFSA.

*Note: Foreign schools are not Pell-eligible at this time, so the only federal aid that is applicable are Direct Loans and PLUS Loans.

Please check your email after you accept your offer, as we will be sending regular updates. For more information please visit our Financial Aid page.

For further guidance, please view our US Federal Aid Webinar from Spring 2022. 

UCD offers exceptional, high quality on-campus accommodation to international students. On-campus living means single rooms in apartment style suites, with a variety of living options all right on campus!

UCD seeks to guarantee on-campus accommodation for all first-year undergraduate international students, and accommodation is also available for graduate students on a limited basis. Our Residences website with information on accommdation types and availabilities can be found at http://www.ucd.ie/residences/

Accommodation booking happens online in early summer. After accepting your offer, check the email you used when applying to UCD often, as we will be sending important information to that email.

Virtual tours of all residences can be seen online here.

*Please email all questions about accommodation booking to internationalaccommodation@ucd.ie

Many postgraduate students and some undergraduate students choose to live off-campus during their time at UCD. We suggest starting your search by visiting http://www.ucdaccommodationpad.ie/Home (more details here). UCD also advertises these websites as good for off-campus housing search:

www.daft.ie
www.independent.ie
www.let.ie
www.myhome2let.ie
More found here.

Areas close to campus to search:

DUBLIN 4: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount
DUBLIN 6: Ranelagh, Rathgar, Rathmines
DUBLIN 14: Clonskeagh, Dundrum, Goatstown
DUBLIN COUNTY: Blackrock, Booterstown, Mount Merrion, Stillorgan, Dun Laoghaire

Book your flights as soon as you can to avail of the best prices. Many international airlines fly to Dublin every day, so there are many options.

If you book a round-trip ticket to return home at the end of the fall semester, ensure that you will be on campus for the entirety of the Final Exam period. See Key Dates here: http://www.ucd.ie/students/keydates.htm

You can also get a jump start on packing with our recommended NAGC Packing List

Upon graduation, you must send us an official copy of your final high school and/or university transcripts. The transcripts can be sent:

Via email to northamerica@ucd.ie directly from a guidance counselor or university

Via mail to:

University College Dublin
12 E. 49th St.
11th Floor
New York, NY 10017

If you have a condition of receiving specific AP exam scores, please make sure to send a copy of your test scores to UCD when they become available. Our College Board AP exam code is 6675.

Non-EU students must obtain private health insurance. You can purchase insurance in your home country or use your current insurance plan, however you will need to ensure that it is valid in Ireland and in any other countries you plan to travel to. There are different levels of private health insurance available; students are advised to read their policy documents carefully and travel with a full printed copy of their insurance documents (not just the insurance card). The GNIB require that if you have health insurance from your own country it must cover you up to €25,000 for in-hospital treatment.

Basic medical insurance which satisfies the visa requirement for private health insurance can be obtained before students arrive in Ireland. UCD Global has more information including recommended providers at our Health Insurance site.

Throughout the summer, UCD will use the email address you applied with. If your email address changes at any time before starting at UCD, please log in to your application, click "Add/Edit Personal Details" and input your current email address.

Your UCDConnect email account will become available in August and will be used to send communications throughout your time as a student.  In August, please visit www.ucd.ie and click on “UCD Connect.” To log in:

Your username is your UCD student number.

Your password is your date of birth (ddmmyy) - you can change your password once you have logged in.

Fee payment is easy and can be done online. Fees are usually not due until September. Up-to-date fee payment deadlines can be found here.

You can pay in three different ways. Please visit here for details on all three methods. Problems paying your deposit? Please check our list of commonly found payment problems here.

If you are taking out Federal Loans from the US Department of Education, you can elect to have your fees and UCD Residences costs (if applicable) deducted from your loans before disbursement to your bank account. Refer to your Federal Loan Instruction Document for more information.

All students from outside the EU/EEA, whether you require a visa or not, must register with Irish Immigration Service after they have registered with UCD and before the expiry date stamped on their passport by immigration officials at the airport. 

Registration is mandatory and must be done in due time. If you are resident in Dublin city or county and wish to register a permission for the first time, please call Freephone 1800 741741 and attend the Burgh Quay Office which is located in Dublin City Centre. If you are residing outside Dublin, you will be registering with Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). 

Please be aware that your biometric data such as fingerprints and photo will be collected as part of your registration process.

You must have the following when you go to register:

• Your passport
• Certificate of Attendance (All students can access an electronic Certificate of Attendance online via SISWeb) 
• Proof that you have paid at least €6000 in course fees (an online copy of your Fee Receipt (known as a Fee Statement) is available through SISWeb)
• Proof of scholarship funding (if relevant)
• Proof that you have private medical insurance 
• If you did not need a visa to come to Ireland, you must also prove that you can support yourself financially while you are in the country. You can do this by showing you have direct access to:
• €3,000, if you are staying for more than 6 months
• €500 per month or €3,000 (in total) if you are staying 6 months or less
• Please see further information about evidence of finances on the Irish Immigration website.
• A credit/debit card for payment of €300 registration fee (or Bank Giro obtainable from INIS office)

You can check all requirements for first time registration on the Irish Immigration official website. If any of the documents are missing, your application will be rejected.

On successful completion of your ISD registration, you will be issued with an Irish Residency Permit  (IRP) card which is your registration certificate. This will be sent to you by post/mail within 10 working days. This is valid for one year, or for single semester students, until the end of their course. Your IRP is a very important document and you must carry it with you at all times.

If you do not receive the card within 10 working days, contact ISD at burghquayregoffice@justice.ie with your full name, registration number (if available), nationality and date of birth.