Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1071. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average fee level in institutes of technology, technological universities and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31719/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, fee levels vary across the institutions, disciplines and mode of delivery. Individual fee schedules are available on the individual institutions websites.

The Higher Education Authority advise that the undergraduate EU fee levels for the technology sector are as follows:

- NFQ Level 6 programmes – €3,250

- NFQ Level 7 programmes – €3,250

- NFQ Level 8 Engineering/Architecture programmes – €4,450

- NFQ All Other Level 8 programmes – €3,819

- NFQ Level 8 Nursing programmes – €7,106

The fee levels for the universities and colleges vary across the institutions. The attached table reflects internal HEA calculations based on 2020/21 fee schedules to indicate the average undergraduate EU fee rates across different disciplines in the University sector.