GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS 2025

HELP DOCUMENT FOR GOI-IES APPLICATION

Step 1:

To begin, click the ‘Sign Up’ button under ‘Need an Account?’.

Enter your email and desired password, click the box confirming that you agree with the Data
Collection Notice, then click ‘Sign Up’ at the bottom of the page.

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Step 2:

Once you have logged in to the GOI-IES home page, you will be asked to create a profile. This includes
your first and last name.

Step 3:

After you have entered your profile information, click the ‘Create Profile’ button to progress.

When you are ready, you can begin work on your application. Click the box on the left that reads ‘Get
Started’.

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 Step 4:

After clicking “Get started”, you will see the first two sections of the application form.

• Primary (Personal Detail). This section is where you will enter details such as your name,
contact details, gender, and nationality. These details are separate from your Profile and
cannot be edited after the application has been submitted.

• Application eligibility. This section contains three questions regarding the main eligibility
criteria.

Click “Open” to answer the questions in these two sections.

When completing the sections, you can save your work by clicking “Save draft”. The “Close” button
will take you back to the list of sections in “Personal Details and Eligibility Check”, without saving
your work.

When you have finished a section, click “Mark Complete” to return to the list of sections.

You can still edit your answers in these sections by clicking the “Edit” button.

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Step 5: When both sections are complete, the “Submit” button will become active and you will be
able to submit this part of the application.

Only click “Submit” when you are fully satisfied with your answers. Once you have submitted
these two sections, you will not be able to edit them anymore.

After clicking “Submit”, the “Submit” button will change to a “This has been submitted” message.
You will still be able to view your answers.

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Step 6: After submitting your responses to the first two sections, you can check the status of your
application (eligible or ineligible) on the home page by logging out and then logging back in, or by
clicking on “GOI-IES Home page” on the top left of the page. Immediately after submitting the first
two sections, the status bar of your application will read “Eligibility submitted”. This will change
after a few minutes and/or upon refreshing the page.

Your answers to the eligibility questions are automatically assessed in the system. If your answers
to the eligibility questions show that you are ineligible, the status bar of your application card will
read “Ineligible”. You will be unable to progress to the rest of the application form. You will also
receive an email notification confirming that your application is ineligible.

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 Step 7: If you are eligible, the status bar of your application will read “Eligible”. Click the status bar
of the application card to proceed to the next sections of the application form.

Step 8: The rest of the sections of the application form are now available for you to fill in.

• Details of Offer. This section is where you will enter the details of the course and higher
education institution in which you have been offered to study. The offer must be supported
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 by relevant documentation uploaded to the form.
• Academic/Work History. This section is where you will list your previous academic
qualifications, as well as any prior work experience, awards, or completed projects which
may be relevant to your scholarship application.
• Personal Statements and Referees. This section is where you will enter the details of
referees for your scholarship application and upload the references. You will also be
required to write brief explanations of why you are applying for a GOI-IES scholarship and
what your goals are in becoming a GOI-IES scholar.
• Declarations and Signature of Applicant. In this section you will be asked to confirm that
you agree to the relevant terms and conditions associated with applying for the GOI-IES
scholarship, and that the information you have provided in your application is accurate.

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When completing the sections, you can save your work by clicking “Save draft”. When you have
finished a section, click “Mark Complete” to return to the list of sections. You can still edit your
answers in these sections by clicking the “Edit” button.

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Step 9: When all sections are complete, the “Submit” button will become active and you will be able to
submit your application. Only click “Submit” when you are fully satisfied with your answers. Once you
have submitted your application, you will not be able to edit it anymore.

After you have submitted the application, the “Submit” button will be replaced by a “This has been
submitted” message. The application card on the home page will be updated and the status bar will read
“Submitted”. You will also receive an email notification confirming that your application has been
submitted. You will be able to view your answers, but not to edit them.

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Step 10 (optional): You can submit a maximum of three applications in an application cycle, if you have
more than one offer to study at an eligible higher education institution. To start your second (and third)
application, click the “Add another” button on the home page. You will not be able to submit more than
three applications, even if some of them are ineligible. Once there are three application cards on your
home page (both eligible and ineligible), the “Add another” button will become unavailable.

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Step 11: To log out, click the cogwheel icon on the top right of the page and then “Logout”.

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