· Experts from Top 15 Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) of Ireland engaged with Indian Students on May 4th 2016 from 3-5 pm IST responding real-time
· Live Q&A saw participation of over 700 aspiring Indian students participating in live chat
Bengaluru, 12th May 2016: Education in Ireland, the national brand responsible for the international development and growth of Ireland's education sector, organized a Live Q & A session for Indian students to interact with Irish institutions. It was aimed to give the aspirant students a chance to engage with 15 coveted institutes from Ireland, interacting in real time, ensuring clarification and guidance on attaining quality education in Ireland HEI’s.
The live Q & A was a huge success and saw a great participation of over 700 aspirant students and parents interacting with representatives and exploring various courses offered by Irish Institutes and opportunities of pursuing higher education in Ireland.
The students who were registered for the Live Chat Q & A session logged onto the homepage where they were given the choice to interact with representatives of each institution online. The most prominent queries revolved around job placements, Visa process, application process, information on PhD courses, scholarship options available for Indian students, and cost of studying. Students were also keen in knowing more about various courses like Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, PhD Programme in Climate Science, Master’s in Biomedical Engineering and Master’s degree in Climate Change were most enquired courses.
“Speaking post the chat session, Barry O’Driscoll - Senior Market Adviser - Education in Ireland, said, “Live Q&A is the best platform to reach out to our audiences. We have been receiving lot of enquiries from India in the recent past and as exams have recently got over in India, we thought of conducting this session, which would help students take an informed decision before applying for their course of choice. .”
Following 15 higher education institutions from Ireland participated in this chat session:
· Carlow Institute of Technology
· Cork Institute of Technology
· Waterford Institute of Technology
· University of Limerick
· University College Cork
· University College Dublin
· Trinity College Dublin
· National University of Ireland Galway
· National College of Ireland
· National University of Ireland Maynooth
· Dublin City University
· Dublin Business School
· Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
· IBAT College Dublin
· Uversity
About Education in Ireland:
Enterprise Ireland is the government body, which manages the Education in Ireland brand, under which Irish higher education institutes are promoted overseas.