SUSI guides for 2026/27

SUSI grant rates & income thresholds →

Every 2026/27 rate and threshold in plain tables: special rate, Bands 1 to 4, fee tiers, monthly amounts, and how family size moves the limits.

Income thresholds by family size →

The full 2026/27 table, the increase per extra student in college, what counts as reckonable income, what is deducted, and three worked examples.

Worked examples: 8 households →

Band, yearly grant, monthly payment and fee support for eight typical families, computed with the same engine as the calculator.

The 30km rule: adjacent or non-adjacent →

Why 30km is worth up to €4,706 a year, exactly how SUSI measures the route, the campus Eircodes it uses, and when the distance can change.

SUSI special rate →

€7,936 a year for households under €28,600 on a long-term welfare payment. The three conditions, every qualifying payment, the 65-week jobseeker rule.

Student contribution fee →

The €2,500 charge on top of free fees: who pays it, the income limits where SUSI pays 100%, 50% or €500 of it, and the tax relief that applies.

SUSI for postgraduates →

The €4,500 fee contribution, the €6,270 special rate, income limits up to €64,315, which masters and PhD courses qualify and what is not covered.

SUSI for study in the UK, NI and Europe →

Maintenance follows you abroad, fees do not. What an undergraduate in the UK or EU can get, the Northern Ireland postgraduate exception, and the paperwork.

Budget 2027 and SUSI →

The permanent €150 cut to the student contribution, maintenance rates up 4.5% from January 2027, and the new grants for multi-student families.

Other student grants: SAF, 1916 Bursary, FSD →

The money that is not SUSI: Student Assistance Fund, the 1916 Bursary, the Fund for Students with Disabilities and accommodation assistance.

SUSI payment dates 2026/27 →

The full month-by-month calendar for higher education and PLC, what you get on each date for your band, and what must be in place first.

SUSI deadline & closing dates →

When applications opened, the priority closing dates that have passed, the final closing date, and what happens if you apply late.

Applying late for SUSI →

Priority date versus final closing date, what a late application costs you, back pay, and the fallbacks if you really are too late.

How to apply for SUSI →

Step by step: the portal account, the reference tax year, and the mistakes that delay first payments.

SUSI documents checklist →

Which documents SUSI asks for and why, what it accepts for income, residence and independence, what it refuses, and how to send them without delays.

Renewing your SUSI grant →

Renewal is a fresh means test every year. Who renews and who must apply new, the renewal dates, and the answers on the form that change your grant.

What your SUSI status means →

Submitted, documents requested, awarded, refused, cancelled: what each stage in the portal means, what to do next, and how long it takes.

SUSI appeal and review →

Refused or in the wrong band? The grounds SUSI accepts, the 30-day limit, the portal steps and the Student Grants Appeals Board.

Change of circumstances →

Job loss, a pay cut, retirement, a sibling starting college: when SUSI reassesses on 2026 income, from which month, and the evidence it wants.