Access Programme

Carlow Access Programme

For QQI-FE Award Holders and Mature applicants

Please note: Leaving Certificate applicants should apply to the HEAR Programme to be considered for reduced points’ entry.

The SETU Carlow Access Programme targets QQI-FE Award Holders and mature applicants who have the ability to benefit from and succeed in third level education but who, for a variety of reasons, encounter barriers which impacted on their education.

Carlow Access Programme/Sanctuary Scholarship Programme available for QQI-FE Award Holders, Mature Students and Sanctuary Scholarship Applicants.

The SETU Carlow Access Programme offers an annual undergraduate scholarship to applicants from the following groups:

  • Mature Applicants
  • QQI-FE Applicants
  • Applicants with a disability
  • Lone or teen parents
  • Care Leavers
  • Carers
  • Homeless
  • Members of Ethnic Minority Groups
  • Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Application Form

Download here

Closing Date

Closing Date for receipt of completed applications (either by post or scanned copies by email to access.cw@setu.ie) is the 1st March 2024, with supporting documents by 1st April 2024.