International

Opportunities at UCD for International Students

As part of UCD’s role as Ireland’s global university, our School provides significant opportunities for students from around the world to come to UCD to study Economics.

Undergraduate

There are a number of ways for international students to do part of their undergraduate study at UCD. 

• Erasmus and International Exchanges: UCD School of Economics has Erasmus exchange agreements with Namur, Tilburg, Utrecht, Mannheim, Montpellier, Bologna and Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".  UCD has also exchange agreements with universities from around the world.  See here for a list of universities which can send students to UCD to study Economics.
• Occasional Fee-Paying Student: If you are studying at a European Union Institution which doesn't have an Erasmus agreement with UCD, you can apply to study as an Occasional Fee-Paying student.
• Study Abroad Programme: Non-EU students can register for UCD’s Study Abroad programme for either a semester of a full year.

For international undergraduate students considering studying Economics at UCD as part of their degree, here is a list of recommended modules along with descriptions of the module content.

Graduate

We offer a range of MSc-level programmes and also a PhD programme.  Details are here. For non-EU students, a wide range of potential scholarships are available.

Details of funding opportunities for our PhD programme are available here.

Opportunities to Study Abroad for UCD Students

UCD Economics provides significant opportunities for our students to study abroad as part of their degree. We have exchange agreements with over 50 universities around the world, via Erasmus and other exchange programmes. This means it is possible for you to study in countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. Information on studying abroad is available here.

Over the past three years, UCD Economics students have gone to the following universities: 

Existing Erasmus agreements:

• Belgium, Université de Namur
• France, Université de Montpellier
• France, Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne
• France, Universite de Rennes 1
• Germany, Universität zu Köln
• Germany, Universität Mannheim

• Germany, Julius Maximilians Universitaet Wuerzburg
• Italy, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

• Netherlands, Tilburg Universiteit 
• Netherlands, Universiteit Utrecht
• Spain, Universitat de Barcelona
• Spain, Universitat de Valencia
• Switzerland, Universität Luzern

Outside of Europe:

• Australia, Australian National University

• Australia, University of Melbourne

• Australia, University of New South Wales

• Australia, University of Queensland

• Australia, University of Western Australia

• Australia, University of Sydney

• New Zealand, University of Auckland

• New Zealand, University of Otago

• Chile, PUC Chile (Spanish needed, U21 funding available)
• Mexico, Tec de Monterrey (U21 funding available) 
• Uruguay, Universidad de Montevideo (Spanish needed)

• Canada, McGill University

• Canada, Queen's University Kingston

• Canada, Simon Fraser University

• Canada, University of British Columbia

• Canada, University of Toronto

• Canada, University of Montreal (French speaking) 
• Canada, Concordia University (Irish Studies only)

• China, University of Nottingham Ningbo

• China, Beijing-Dublin International College (BDIC, only available for pure Economics students for Full Year) (Funding available)

• Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong (U21 funding available)

• Japan, Keio University

• Japan, Kyoto University

• Japan, University of Tokyo

• Japan, Waseda University (U21 funding available)

• Korea, Korea University (U21 funding available)

• Korea, Seoul National University

• Singapore, Nanyang Technological University

• Singapore, National University of Singapore (U21 funding available)

• USA, American University

• USA, Boston College

• USA, George Washington University 

• USA, Purdue University

• USA, San José State University

• USA, University of California

• USA, University of Colorado at Boulder

• USA, University of Connecticut

• USA, University of Maryland

• USA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• USA, University of Miami

• USA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• USA, University of Richmond

• USA, University of Tampa

• USA, University of Texas at Austin

• USA, University of Vermont

• USA, University of Virginia

• USA, University of Washington

Further information for international students can be found at UCD Global