First year medical enrolments for the latest available academic year - 2020/21 - are in the table below. This data is taken from the HEA's Student Records System (SRS). Please note that first year enrolments do not capture all new entrants to medicine, as in some circumstances new students progress directly to second year, and these students cannot be differentiated from other second year students on the SRS.
Domicile
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First Year Students
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Ireland
|
721
|
Northern Ireland
|
8
|
Great Britain
|
12
|
(Other) EU
|
13
|
Non-EU
|
649
|
Total
|
1403
|
My officials are engaging on an ongoing basis with the medical schools and the Department of Health on creating a significant number of additional places for EU students in the medical schools for 2022 and beyond.
At present, the medical schools receive €12,500 per year in respect of pre-Fottrell undergraduate places and €18,077 per year in respect of Fottrell undergraduate places. The undergraduate figures are inclusive of the €3,000 student contribution and €5,900 free fees.
The fees of participating CAO/EU students in Graduate Entry Medicine are partly subsidised by the State via the Higher Education Authority (HEA). In the academic year 20/21 the state contribution was €11,524 per student with the balance of the fees - approximately €15,000 payable by the student.
The ongoing discussions about increasing places are also intended to address funding levels for medical education, with the aim of bringing funding in line with the cost of provision.