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/Sanctuary Scholarship Programme available for QQI-FE Award Holders, Mature Students and Sanctuary Scholarship Applicants.
The SETU Carlow Access Programme offers an annual scholarship to full-time students on the Carlow or 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
Application Form
Closing Date
Closing date for receipt of completed applications (with correct documents) is Sunday 31 August 2025. Scholarship Offers will be made at the start of the academic year.