Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 November 2025
357. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of international students studying in Irish universities and institutes of technology in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66502/25]
View answerThe Higher Education Authority (HEA) publish a comprehensive data base of students registered in Irish publicly funded higher education institutions (HEIs). The table below sets out the numbers of students registered in Ireland's HEIs during the last two academic years, disaggreated into major domicile groups.
|
Students registered in publicly funded higher education institutions |
|
|
|
Domicile Group |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
|
EU |
7,620 |
8,610 |
|
Non-EU |
29,560 |
32,940 |
|
Great Britain |
1,440 |
1,365 |
|
Northern Ireland |
1,685 |
1,585 |
|
Ireland |
225,505 |
234,340 |
|
Unknown |
90 |
40 |
|
TOTAL |
265,905 |
278,880 |
Should the Deputy require further detail on student registrations across a range of classifications, this can be readily accessed from the HEA website at: hea.ie/statistics/data-for-download-and-visualisations/access-our-data/.
