Colleges squeeze foreign students for more cash

Five third-level institutions have hiked international fees for non-EU undergraduates in the last three years, The Sunday Business Post has learned.

Five third-level institutions have hiked international fees for non-EU undergraduates in the last three years, The Sunday Business Post has learned.

Dundalk Institute of Technology saw the highest fee increase for international students at 17 per cent in 2013, with fees set at €8,600 prior to 2013 and being subsequently raised to €10,100.

Trinity College Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology show increases of up to 4 per cent, ...