National College of Art and Design
Specialist college · Dublin · ncad.ie
Students, 2024/25
1,520
From outside Ireland
6.3%
95 students
From outside the EU
3.3%
50 students
Postgraduate
14.1%
215 students
Where students come from
By the student's home address when they applied (domicile), 2024/25. Students from outside the EU/EEA generally pay the higher non-EU fees.
- Ireland1,425 · 93.8%
- Northern Ireland5 · 0.3%
- Rest of the EU40 · 2.6%
- Outside the EU50 · 3.3%
Students by field
| Arts and humanities | 1,325 | 87.2% |
| Education | 155 | 10.2% |
| Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) | 40 | 2.6% |
Enrolment over time
| 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,200 | 1,265 | 1,300 | 1,295 | 1,355 | 1,400 | 1,520 |
Tuition fees, visas and living costs for Ireland are in our Ireland study guide. Fees aren't published per institution as open data; check the institution's own site for the course you want.
Source: Higher Education Authority (HEA), student enrolment data 2018/19–2024/25, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Counts are rounded by the HEA to the nearest 5.
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