The Cost Of Student Living
CAO CHANGE OF MIND DEADLINE – SATURDAY, JULY 1ST AT 5: 15PM Students and their families can slash their education bills by thousands of euro a year by studying in Sligo. A survey shows accommodation, food, transport and entertainment are vastly cheaper in
Accommodation
Most third- level institutions will provide approximate living costs on their websites. And close analysis of these figures shows that the cost of attending a course in different Irish towns and cities varies wildly. And the biggest variant? - accommodation costs. While student accommodation in Sligo will cost, on average € 320 per month, costs in cities such as Dublin and Galway, where there’s a severe shortage of supply in rental properties, are considerably higher.
Figures provided by University College Dublin ( UCD) for example quote on- campus rents which start at € 543 per month and run up to € 1,008.
They estimate that off- campus accommodation in Dublin will set the student back up to € 600 per month.
Dublin City University estimate the average cost of shared accommodation in Dublin for the academic year comes to € 3,046 while Trinity College Dublin estimate it to be considerably higher at € 5,500 just in one college year ( that’s almost double the average cost in Sligo).
At IT Sligo, six purpose- built accommodation areas house students - Ard Nua Village, Yeats Village Student Accommodation, The Grove Student Complex, Milligan Court Student Accommodation, Clarion Village Student Accommodation and Gateway Apartments. All of them are within walking distance of the college campus. Individual apartments cater for between two to seven people. These purpose- built housing options include a laundrette and Wi- Fi and electricity charges are included in the rental charge.
In addition, the IT Sligo Students Union operate a free bus service to assist students buy their weekly shop at discount supermarkets. The shuttle contributes to keeping the weekly shop costs low.
As in Dublin students in Galway compete with working professionals, families and tourists for basic rental properties.
While the Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology ( GMIT) say monthly rents cost, on average, € 400, figures provided by the National University of Ireland Galway ( NUIG) put that figure at € 440 each month – or € 3,960 per year.