GPA/WGPA graduate business scholarships

Scholarship Overview

South East Technological University (SETU) together with the Gaelic Players Association (GPA)  are delighted to offer several scholarship opportunities to GPA members. Opportunities are available at SETU campuses in Waterford and Carlow. GPA members first need to be accepted on to the qualifying courses before then applying for scholarship support.

Opportunities at SETU's Waterford campus

SETU in Waterford provides a number annual scholarships in partnership with the GPA. There are scholarships available through the facility of Business, Sport and Exercise Science Department. The designated programmes include scholarships for:

• Master of Business Studies (MBS)
• Master of Science in Digital Marketing and the Executive MBA programme
• Master’s by Research (considered on a case-by-case basis)
• Master of Science in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
• MA in Management in Education

The designated programmes include scholarships for any full-time or part-time, postgraduate or master’s courses available.

Opportunities at SETU's Carlow campus

SETU in Carlow provides postgraduate scholarships across 34 postgraduate programmes of study at SETU in Carlow: from higher certificate to master’s level, across six academic departments. These include engineering; science; computing and data science; business; digital marketing and design; humanities and social sciences. 

Events took place recently at both campuses to mark the opening of the application process with both student athletes, GPA personnel, and SETU representatives in attendance. Players across the four codes took part including Paudie Casey (Hurling), Niamh Farrelly (Ladies Football), Colm Hulton (Football) and Sofia Kerr (Camogie) in Carlow and Aoife Doyle (Camogie), Tommy Martin (Football), Reuben Halloran (Hurling), and Aoibhe Waring (Ladies Football) in Waterford.