Cork

Ireland's south coast plays live.

Choose how you want to live it.

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Cork at a glance.

Part-time earnings can help with living costs, depending on hours, rent and current wage rates.

4°C – 19°C

Average temperature year-round

700–1100 €

Weekly housing + food

WHERE TO LIVE

City, campus, or coast?

Cork has three broad zones for international students. Where you land depends on your budget and what kind of life you want.

City Centre

Patrick Street · MacCurtain Street · Oliver Plunkett Street. From €600/month. Walking distance to the English Market, the pubs, and most language schools.

UCC Neighbourhood

Western Road · Sundays Well · Wilton. From €550/month. The university zone: student-heavy, walkable to UCC, cheaper than the centre

Coastal commute

Cobh · Carrigaline · Kinsale-adjacent. From €500/month. Coastal villages, 25-minute train into Cork, beaches and harbour walks at the door.

Your next destination is waiting for you

Study, work, or both: we guide you every step of the way, from your visa and throughout your stay.

TESTIMONIALS

Hear it from those who are already there

What are you going to do here?

Work

Irish wages without Dublin's rent.

Cork has the same Irish minimum wage as Dublin but rents are noticeably lower. For international students: hospitality, retail, and customer support are the main routes, with less competition than Dublin for the same kind of jobs

LIFESTYLE

Pubs, festivals, and Kinsale beaches.

Cork has a festival almost every month: Jazz in October, Film in November and Folk in summer. Live music in the pubs every night, the English Market for food and a chat, and the beaches of Kinsale 30 minutes south.

Community

You'll feel local fast.

Cork is about a quarter the size of Dublin, small enough that you'll have your café by week one and know your neighbourhood by month two. Cork people are famously chatty and locally proud.

You'll be able to do it all...

READ OUR GUIDES

Everything you need to know before you go

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