I’m thinking of studying to become a teacher – post-graduate options

If you already have a degree and want to be a primary teacher you can do a two-year Professional Master of Education (PME) (Primary Teaching) programme. A full list of accredited ITE programmes can be found here.

Minimum requirements in mathematics, English and Irish at Leaving Cert. level are required for primary teaching.

The procedures for application to Dublin City University, Mary Immaculate College (Limerick), Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education (Maynooth University), and Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and the entry requirements can be found here

Applications to Hibernia College can be made at www.hiberniacollege.ie.

In order to apply for post-primary teaching at postgraduate level you should have studied at degree-level at least one subject from the post-primary schools’ curriculum, which you can find here.

After the degree, you will need to complete a postgraduate Master of Education (PME). A full list of accredited PME programmes can be found here.

The Teaching Council provides details of the individual subject requirements (subject criteria) for all post-primary curricular subjects.

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The main financial support available for eligible students attending full-time further and higher education courses is the student grant, which may include a maintenance grant or a fee grant, depending on eligibility.

Further information on bursaries and other financial supports and the criteria for the Free Fees Scheme are available at studentfinance.ie.

Other useful links:

• gov.ie/dfheris: information on other scholarship and bursary programmes not included on studentfinance.ie.
• SUSI website for Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), Ireland’s national awarding authority for all higher and further education grants.

For students undertaking PME programmes through the medium of Irish, An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) provide bursaries of €2,000 per annum. These include the Máistir Gairmiúil san Oideachas (MGO) programme for post-primary teaching in the University of Galway and the Conair lán-Ghaeilge (Irish-medium pathway) on the MGO for primary teaching in Marino Institute of Education. Further details are available from COGG.