Scholarship Overview

• The School of Business Entrepreneurial Scholarship programme encourages and rewards an inspiring School of Business undergraduate student who demonstrates an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit

Applicable course, university and country

This scholarship is applicable for Bachelors Degree

This scholarship is applicable for the following courses in South East Technological University- Waterford in Ireland

• Bachelor of Business Honors(Accounting)
  Bachelor of Business (Honours) Business Information Systems
• Higher Certificate in Business
  Bachelor of Business Honors(Human Resource Management)
• Higher Certificate in Business Tourism
  BA (Hons) in Marketing & Digital Media
• Bachelor of Business Honors(Economics and Finance)
  BA (Hons) in International Business
• Bachelor of Business Honors(Management)
  Bachelor of Arts Honors(Accounting)
• Bachelor of Business (Hons)
  Bachelor of Business Honors(Marketing)

• UG courses of School of Business

Scholarship amount details

Max scholarship per student: Euro 2,000 => Rs 2,16,599

Conversion rate used: 1 Euro = Rs. 108.90 (last updated 29th July 2026)

Scholarship amount will be given: Yearly

Scholarship amount can be used for

Type of Expense	Indicates if scholarship can be used for this type of expense
Tuition & Fees	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Living Expense	×Not covered in scholarship
Accommodation	×Not covered in scholarship
Air Fare/Travel Expenses	×Not covered in scholarship
Spouse/Child Care	×Not covered in scholarship
Health Cover	×Not covered in scholarship
Application	×Not covered in scholarship
Others	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this

• The successful student will receive a bursary of €2,000 per year of study (to be paid in two instalments per programme year) along with €1,000 per year for student services

Student Awards

Number of students to be awarded: 1

• Number of places: 1

Scholarship Eligibility

Special Restrictions

• No Special Restriction applicable

Exams Details

Exam name	Indicates if exam is required and cutoff (if any)
12	Required
Interview	Required

Eligibility

• Any student who can demonstrate active involvement in:
  • Their own entrepreneurial start-up. This can be a new or existing enterprise which they have founded (or are in the process of founding) on their own or as part of a team
  • Entrepreneurial activity in the cultural, social or commercial domain. This includes social and community based entrepreneurial initiatives
  • Extra-curricular entrepreneurial engagement e.g. a proven track record demonstrating opportunity seeking and action with respect to student entrepreneurship societies, Enactus or other entrepreneurship initiatives / networks
• The successful student will be notified within one week of the interview

Application Process for this scholarship

Application Documents

Type of documents	Indicates if this type of document is required to be submitted
Essays	Required
Official transcripts	Required

• Summary statement: A 500-word submission stating why you meet the criteria to be a SETU entrepreneurial scholar. Submissions must NOT exceed 500 words
• Support documentation: Applicants must submit documentation to support statement with the online application. This could be a project, a poster, video, webpage, essay, presentation, an app etc.
• Applicants can upload or link to this information through our online application form

Scholarship Application

Students will be auto-considered for this scholarship when they apply for the courses on which this scholarship is applicable. No separate application is needed.

Important Dates

	Date	Additional Details
Application final end date	Not Available	Closing date for applications is Monday, 4 November at 5pm.

Please note that these dates could be in local country times and may not be IST (Indian standard time).

Contact email

jenny.devereux@setu.ie