FAQs
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Your SUSI payment is not applied to your account until after your application has been approved by SUSI. This will mean the balance on your account will not reflect any SUSI payment until the application is fully approved by SUSI.
Please also note there may be a delay between your application being approved by SUSI and it being applied to your account.
SUSI can choose to reassess your application and the amount you are awarded may be adjusted/refused due to this reassessment, this decision is made by SUSI not by DCU, if your application is reassessed you may need to pay the balance on your account or be due a refund.
Students who apply for a SUSI grant/employer funding and are later refused are held fully liable for their relevant fee.
If you qualify for HEA Free Fees this will not be reflected in your balance until you have completed your registration in full. If your fees are not reflecting correctly, please ensure you have clicked Pay Now and Complete Enrolment.
If you are applying for SUSI please see “I have applied to SUSI but this isn’t reflected in my fee balance?” section above.
If your fees are still not appearing correctly please check FAQs for an answer or contact our fees team directly.
We have not received any official confirmation of any budget reduction for 25/26 - information will be updated here and on the fees notice board when it becomes available.
Everything Below this line is in Reference to 24/25
DCU will process the Budget reduction of €1000 to student’s accounts. Only students who are eligible for the HEA "Free Fees" Scheme are eligible for this budget reduction.
Where the student contribution is paid by SUSI, the SUSI contribution will be reduced by €1,000.
Where students have not paid the student contribution in full, the outstanding fee liability will be reduced by €1,000.
Students who have paid the student contribution in full at the time the reduction is applied will be refunded any amount due.
Where students have enrolled in a payment plan the payment plan will be updated accordingly when the reduction is applied to the fee account.
We will aim to have the refund processed within 6 weeks from the 1st of November 2024. In a situation where additional information is required from the student by DCU refunds make take additional time outside of proposed 6 week window above.
Any students who did not pay their fees online through our payment processing system during registrations will be required to upload their bank details. This can be done by going to DCU Key, clicking the option “My Profile” (Student Sign in Credentials will be required), then clicking the option “Your Bank Account Details”. Please ensure all bank details are correct before saving them to avoid delay in refunds being processed. Please note the bank account details you provide must be for an Irish bank account.
Undergraduate Students Entitled to Free Fees:
Instalment 1 – 50% of Student Contribution (€1,500) + Levy (€43) is due when registering online
Instalment 2 - 50% of Student Contribution (€1,500) is due by 31th January 2026 [1]
Undergraduate Students Not Entitled to Free Fees/ Postgraduate Students:
Instalment 1 - 60% of Tuition Fees plus Levy is due when registering online.
Instalment 2 - 40% of Tuitions Fees is due by the 31st of January 2026 [1]
Students looking alternative payment plans must contact Fees@dcu.ie directly to discuss options available to them.
[1] The corresponding date for Semester 2 start programmes is the 31st of May.
The student contribution charge is €3,000 together with Student Centre Levy of €43, which may be paid in two instalments covering examinations, registration and student services.
The student centre levy is as follows:
Full-Time Students: €43
Part-Time Students: €40
Please click here for more information on free fees
Students register online and will be advised at that point how much their fees are and how much they should pay.
You will be prompted to pay your fees after you have completed your registration and click "Pay Now and Complete Enrolment" button. Please these video instructions if you require assistance. To go back in to the payment system to pay your second instalment students can click "Pay Fees" in DCU Key. Students will need their DCU log in credentials to access DCU Key.
For information regarding additional payment methods please see here.
Students who are being funded by their employer can submit a request for an invoice by completing the Employer Invoice request form.
DCU will not discuss a students account with an employer/third party.
The fee liability remains with the student at all times. In the event an employer does not pay DCU after an invoice has been issued the student must pay fees in line with fee payment deadlines outlined "When do I need to pay fees" section above.
Yes. If you are an undergraduate student you must pay the student levy of €43 which is not covered by the grant.
All Full-Time Postgraduate students are liable to pay the student levy of €43 and all Part-Time students are liable to pay a levy of €40- this rule also applies to students awarded 100% SUSI Grant as this student levy is not covered by the grant.
If SUSI does not cover the full amount of fees for a student the student is liable to pay the balance.
Students are urged to apply early as late approvals will need to be paid by the students by the end of January (Semester 1 start programmes) or May (Semester 2 start programmes) at the latest if approval of the grant has not come through.
This will be refunded to the student once the grant is paid by SUSI.
Students maintenance grants awarded by SUSI will be paid on a monthly basis by (EFT) into their own bank account.
Continued payment will be contingent on verification of your attendance on the course to the University at regular intervals throughout the year.
Tuition fees/student contribution will be paid directly to DCU on your behalf.
DCU pay no role in the payment disbursement of maintenance grants from SUSI.
Please retain your online payment receipt in a safe place as it is a valuable document and may be required by you to claim Tax Relief on Tuition fees.
Tax Relief may be claimed only where students pay tuition fees.
The new Student Contribution will be allowable for tax relief only where families with two or more children are liable for the Student Contribution charge.
To request a Tax Compliant receipt please contact fees directly at fees@dcu.ie
Please refer to www.revenue.ie for all tax related queries.
No. Free Fees or grants are not available for repeat years. SUSI may accept some repeat students under exceptional circumstances but DCU plays no role in this process.
Full fee payment is due.
For more information on Repeat Fees please see here.
If you are entitled to the free fees scheme and you repeat a year, you will have to pay fees for the year that you repeat. Once you have passed that year, you revert back to the free fee scheme.
Repeat fees are charged at €57 per credit in addition to the full time levy of €43 + Registration Charge of €234 for all full time programmes and €40 Levy + €130 Registration charge for all part time programmes.
For more information regarding resit fees please see here.
If you are repeating because you had to defer during the year or were unable to sit the exam on medical grounds, you should contact celine.geraghty@dcu.ie
Depending on your medical circumstances, you may qualify for a medical repeat Click Here
For information regarding withdrawing from DCU please see here.
You will need to get your previous college to complete a 'Student Fee Declaration Form' which can be printed from here
Please return to the Student Fee Office or email fee.declaration@dcu.ie when fully completed.
Tax relief applies to full time and part time undergraduate/postgraduate students who are paying tuition fees.
For details of eligibility and amounts please see the information provided by Revenue here.
Families with two or more children liable for the new student contribution will qualify for tax relief on payments arising from second and subsequent sibling liability.
Student fee duplicate receipts can be printed online via the student portal page by entering the academic year required. For example, for the academic year 2024/25 the year 2025 must be entered.
Please see Revenue Information Leaflet IT31 http://www.revenue.ie/revsearch/search.jsp
To access all relevant fees forms available online please click here.
DCU Fees are the only department who can confirm if you are due a refund or not.
For more information regarding the DCU Refund Policy please click here.
To confirm you are due a refund/request a refund please contact fees directly at fees@dcu.ie