Written answers

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Department of Education and Skills

Third Level Education

Photo of Barry HeneghanBarry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Photo of James LawlessJames Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The 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/.

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