JUST like anywhere else in the world, there is virtually any undergraduate college program available in Ireland. Let’s enumerate those categories one by one. Let’s start off with the very basic one, agriculture. Agriculture is essential because it talks about the food we eat so we can survive and live. About 1.3 million hectares or 19.5 percent of the total land area in the country is dedicated to agriculture. So there are lots of Irish colleges offering different agriculture programs. Take note that agriculture is not just dedicated to crops. Of course, there are such programs as dedicating a student in the field of agronomy so he or she may be adept in the field. Agronomy is essential if one has very huge tracts of farm. Then comes agribusiness. This is the beauty of Irish education as it does not encourage students to find a job after graduation. Instead, it encourages students to be self-reliant. So in agribusiness, students are taught how to market their products in a very profitable way. Students are taught to organize farm days either in their farms or at the county proper.

Other youngsters in Ireland meanwhile would like to take up food technology and nutrition. This is to ensure that whatever crops are grown in Ireland be delivered to their countrymen first instead of being exported. Crops grown in Ireland included potatoes, wheat and oats.

Ireland is a country whose rural areas are very serene, beautiful and ideal places to live in. So there are lots of manors and mansions in these rural areas which are really wonderful yet are not accessible to the Internet, cable television or even a home phone. There are even some places which cannot be accessed by mobile phones. In these areas, young high school graduates are usually enticed to take up electronics and communications engineering. These kids want to study on how DSL can be had wirelessly without necessarily extending its central office. Oftentimes, Irish youngsters read the news and they have known that even Ukraine and China have now entered the space race. These ideal Irish kids are now having dreams of becoming an astronomer or an astronaut someday. But first, they need to finish at least one relevant engineering degree in any undergraduate college here in Ireland. So they may be enticed to take up electrical engineering or physics.

Other Irish kids meanwhile have grown accustomed to playing rugby or soccer. These kids are lucky if they are determined in their passion. All they need to do is apply for varsity scholarships in any college and you can graduate with any degree. Just be diligent in your studies so the scholarship won’t be taken from you. And the scholarship cannot be taken from you unless you will do well with all the subjects that are taught in the college, including the electives and the prerequisite ones. These programs are all undertaken by the college admissions staff so any high school graduate in Ireland can surely apply.

Ireland is also a great place for learning English, with an attractive accent and character! It’s popularity means that there are plenty of job opportunities available in the teaching sector and so those lucky enough to have studied a TEFL or a TESOL course will be able to enjoy the country whilst working with some of the most inspirational and enthusiastic teachers and students in the beautiful Ireland!

JUST like in any country all over the world, there is primary, secondary and tertiary education in Ireland. The responsibility of education in the country falls heavily under the Department of Education and Science, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, Higher Education Authority and several vocational educational committees in the local governments in Ireland. There is one vocational educational committee in each of the five counties in Ireland – Dublin, Connacht, Munster, Leinster and Ulster.

An Irish student who goes to a vocational college takes the program seriously because the two-academic year course leads the student to an associate degree. Once the student has that degree, he or she is automatically accepted into college without the hassle of confronting college admissions staff. Typical vocational colleges in Ireland works just like a community college in the United States. Programs offered there reflect the industry of a particular community.

For example, if a particular county has an immense mining industry, then the vocational college existing there must offer mining education programs. Because vocational colleges in Ireland are community-based, they usually conduct school fairs throughout the school year aimed at senior and junior high school students. In these school fairs, vocational college admissions staffs who are mostly psychology graduates in the field of student guidance counseling scout for prospective enrollees for the subsequent academic year.

Aside from the school fairs, vocational colleges in the country in coordination with the respective county governments also open so called Youthreach centers to provide conduits between prospective employers and vocational graduates. In these Youthreach centers, companies in a certain locality will conduct interviews to graduates of vocational colleges who are applying for technical jobs. There are 90 Youthreach centers all over the country. In a related development, the Department of Education and Science has even released 2 million euros to accommodate hundreds, possibly thousands, of special youth as job applicants to be entertained in these Youth centers.

And with the growing trend of medical programs elsewhere in the world, the Irish Vocational Educational Association has proposed to include numerous short courses in medical-related fields to be offered in vocational colleges across the country. Some of these courses are in the fields of reflexology, caregiving, midwifery and medical transcription.

Because Ireland is a member of the European Union, all high school students must learn a second language. That stems from a European Union directive. That means Irish students can already know how to use a total of three languages. (They have two native tongues already – English and Irish). There are three types of high schools in Ireland – public schools, private schools and gaelscoileanna or a purely Irish-speaking school. Because of the growing demand for English, some subjects in a gaelscoil are now taught in English. There are 31,000 gaelscoileanna students in Ireland in 158 elementary schools and 36 high schools. They are found not just in Ireland but in nearby Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, a school that is offering two media of instruction – English and Irish – at the same time is called a bunscoil for the elementary level and meanscoil for the high school level.

Aside from the third largest island in Europe, Ireland has boast off their naturalness of being hospitable among the folks and wealthy of their greenish breathtaking view. If you are one of the vivid fan or visitors of Ireland, you have a great taste of choosing the best place to settle down your vacation. Though the place has been known to its cold temperature, more and more tourists are still rushing to come here to witness the beauty it takes. Accordingly, the island itself is disconnected to Great Britain in the Irish Sea, and the Ire had been known from the Greek term meaning wintry. No doubt the place has a cold temperature than the other part of Europe.

The place doesn’t only good for tourists; it is also a good place for students coming from the different countries. Students who chose this country to submit themselves in some Ireland’s schools would be their best idea. Ireland is rich with their culture that will surely be the reason why students love to mingle themselves here. And the institutions they have are prestigious enough to convince not only the student’s likeness but so with their parents. Most of the institutions here offer courses that are in demand nowadays and of course suits their minds ability.

If you are one of those students coming from the other country, but then you wanted to venture your higher education here in Ireland. There are options you should consider first. It would be your responsibility to take an upper secondary education or you may take the country’s public examination. But you have to make sure that the score you garnered from the exam are high enough from the Irish’s highest equivalent score so that you can freely enroll yourself from whatever courses you wanted to join up. Just a little bit reminders, as an out of the country student you cannot process your application to the Central Application Office but you should have to keep in touch with the Admission’s Office of the higher Education Institute so that you will undoubtedly process your documents well.

There are other reasons why students are eager to venture their studies here, because the place is definitely lovely and the structures of their school buildings are world class, not to mention the brilliant teachers who will possibly be your instructor if you will be lucky enough to have the scholarships. Oh by the way, maybe you were about to ask where should this information culled? How will you know that there are universities in Ireland who have this kind of program? Before I forget, you can have it on the internet websites. There are many sites in the internet that gives data about overseas students. You can surely have all the information needed in applying the program. Just follow whatever requirements it imposed, and if you think you are suitable with their requirements pass all the documents they needed. And you will never regret choosing Ireland as the basis of your studies.