University College Dublin

Tuition: EUR 30,095 (about ₹31.9 lakh) · Living: EUR 29,340 (about ₹31.1 lakh) · Other: EUR 990 (about ₹1.1 lakh) per year. Tuition = non-EU MSc Computer Science (Conversion) per year, September 2027. Living = UCD Global's median monthly estimate EUR 2,445 (April 2026) x 12 (our multiplication; lowest EUR 1,735/month). Other = residence permit EUR 300 + health insurance up to EUR 690 a year, as listed by UCD Global.

Rupee figures at ₹106.08 per EUR (2026-10-30). Living costs: see Study in Ireland.

After Class 12 (UG)

Standard XII (CBSE, CISCE, state boards); average on best 5 recognised subjects. 2027 examples: Computer Science 80% average with Maths XII 80% or X 85%; Commerce 80%; Economics & Finance 90%; Engineering 80% average with Maths XII 85%.

After a degree (PG)

Recognised bachelor's at second class honours, grade one (2:1) or equivalent; some programmes ask more. MSc Computer Science (Conversion): upper second class honours in a discipline other than computer science.

IELTS

6.5 overall, minimum 6.0 in each band (single sitting)

TOEFL

iBT 90 (writing 21, other sections 19); tests from January 2026 on the 1-6 scale: 4.5 overall, no section below 4.5

PTE

Academic: 63, at least 59 in each Communicative Skills item

WAIVER

UG: CBSE/AISSCE/ISC English Language 80% accepted instead of IELTS/TOEFL

• BSc Computer Science (DN201 / CSSA)UG · 4 years full-time · Intake: September
• MSc Computer Science (Conversion), T195PG · 16 months full-time · Intake: September 2027
• MSc Business Analytics & AI (Smurfit)PG · Intake: September
• MSc Management (Smurfit), B429PG · 1 year full-time · Intake: September 2027

• UCD Global Excellence Scholarship50% or 100% of tuition fees · international (incl. Indian) offer holders; application required
• International Student Scholarship (ISS)assessed automatically at point of offer for international applicants; some programmes excluded

Ireland's Third Level Graduate Programme (Stamp 1G): 12 months after a Level 8 (bachelor's honours) degree; Level 9+ (master's) graduates get 12 months renewable for a further 12 (up to 24 months), within overall time limits.

UCD's main campus is a 133-hectare parkland estate in south Dublin. UCD Global estimates monthly living costs in Dublin at EUR 1,735 (lowest) to EUR 2,445 (median) per student, and says most students spend closer to the median.

• Did you know? Dublin has been a UNESCO City of Literature since 2010, home to Nobel writers Heaney, Beckett, Shaw and Yeats.
• Did you know? Dublin Bay is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that includes North Bull Island and parts of Ireland's capital city.
• Did you know? UCD's first rector in 1854 was John Henry Newman, whose Catholic University opened to make higher education accessible to a broad sweep of Irish people.