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ATU Global Excellence Scholarship

The ATU Global Excellence Scholarship is the top tier of Atlantic Technological University's non-EU scholarship ladder: a EUR 6,000 fee discount, awarded competitively and in limited numbers to undergraduate applicants with a minimum CGPA above 85 per cent and IELTS 7.0 with no component below 6.5. Those are demanding thresholds, and they are the whole story — this is not an award you receive for being international, it is one you receive for being near the top of the applicant field. ATU spans campuses across the west and north-west of Ireland, in Galway, Sligo, Letterkenny, Donegal, Mayo and Killybegs, with strengths in engineering, computing, science, business and hospitality. It is worth knowing the rest of ATU's ladder before you apply, because you may qualify automatically for something smaller: the ATU Global Entry Scholarship gives a EUR 3,000 fee discount to students whose country of origin has a GDP per capita of USD 12,500 or less, a band that comfortably includes Sri Lanka, and a EUR 2,000 discount to those between USD 12,500 and USD 25,000. There is also a EUR 4,000 Global Merit Entry Scholarship at a slightly lower academic threshold. Ask ATU's international office which awards can be combined and which are alternatives before you build your budget.

Assessed with your application for entry — ATU does not publish a fixed scholarship deadline, so apply for admission early in the cycle and ask the Global Office to confirm current award terms

Atlantic Technological University

University-funded

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Value

EUR 6,000 fee discount

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CGPA above 85%

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IELTS 7.0, no band below 6.5

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Who awards it

Atlantic Technological University — not Lanka Scholar. We are not the awarding body and cannot grant, reserve or guarantee this award.

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How you are considered

Through your admission application. Awards like this are usually assessed automatically from the application you already submit — there is typically no separate scholarship form to fill in.

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What it covers

EUR 6,000 Fee Discount. This is a reduction in tuition, not a full ride. You still fund the remainder, plus living costs and the balance your visa requires you to show.

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Where we come in

We make the admission application strong enough to be competitive — course choice, documents, references and deadlines. The funder makes the decision.

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Non-EU Applicant

The award sits on ATU's non-EU scholarship scheme. Sri Lankan citizens paying the international fee are eligible; there is no country shortlist for this particular tier.

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Minimum CGPA Above 85%

This is the highest academic bar on ATU's ladder. Sri Lankan applicants should get their transcript's grading scale documented so an 85 per cent equivalent can be established clearly — a First Class result generally maps into range.

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IELTS 7.0 With No Component Below 6.5

The English requirement for this tier is high and specific. Unlike ATU's general entry requirement, an MOI letter is unlikely to substitute here — plan to sit IELTS and aim above the minimum.

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Limited and Competitively Awarded

ATU states that a limited number of these awards are available and that they are competitively awarded. Apply early in the admissions cycle rather than close to the intake.

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Check the Lower Tiers Too

ATU also runs a EUR 4,000 Global Merit Entry Scholarship and a GDP-tiered Global Entry Scholarship worth EUR 3,000 for countries with GDP per capita of USD 12,500 or less — a band that includes Sri Lanka. Ask the Global Office which of these you qualify for and whether any can be combined.

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Apply for admission to an ATU undergraduate programme

Submit your international application with attested transcripts, A/L or degree certificates, passport copy and your IELTS result. Apply early — awards are limited.

Be assessed for the scholarship at application stage

ATU's Global Office decides which scholarships a non-EU applicant qualifies for. Make sure your CGPA equivalence and IELTS scores are clearly documented in the file.

Receive the fee discount decision

Successful applicants receive a EUR 6,000 discount against their tuition fee. Confirm in writing whether it applies for one year or the full programme.

Accept and apply for the Irish study visa

Accept your place, pay the discounted fee, and apply for the Irish D-type study visa with your offer, fee receipt, scholarship letter and evidence of the required maintenance funds.

Why Atlantic Technological University?

ATU is a multi-campus technological university across Ireland's west and north-west — Galway, Sligo, Letterkenny, Mayo, Donegal and Killybegs — with applied programmes in engineering, computing, science, business and hospitality. Fees and living costs outside Dublin are markedly lower, and post-study work rights are the same.

EUR 6,000

Top-tier fee discount

85%

Minimum CGPA

6

Campus locations in the west and north-west

Looking for a scholarship because of the cost?

Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.

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