For QQI-FE Award Holders and Mature applicants
Please note: Leaving Certificate applicants should apply to the HEAR Programme to be considered for reduced points’ entry.
The SETU Carlow Access Programme targets QQI-FE Award Holders and mature applicants who have the ability to benefit from and succeed in third level education but who, for a variety of reasons, encounter barriers which impacted on their education.
Carlow Access Programme Scholarship is targeted at those on low incomes doing full time courses on the Carlow and Wexford campuses from the following groups:
- Mature Applicants
- QQI-FE Applicants
- Applicants with a disability
- Lone or teen parents
- Care Leavers
- Carers
- Homeless
- Members of Ethnic Minority Groups
- Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Opening and Closing Date
Applications are open from 1st March 2026 to 31st August 2026.
Scholarship offers will be made at the start of the academic year.