The Welcome Meeting is a session where you will meet with International Peer Mentors, current NCI students or graduates, allowing you to ask them questions, meet with other new NCI students, and take a campus tour.

Your Welcome Meeting is scheduled upon the completion of the Registration Form. Up to three days before the meeting, we sent you the meeting's time, date and location to your personal email address.

The last in-person welcome meeting in the next intake is 21st January. For students who arrive after the date, to help you get started, we recommend that you review the ‘Getting Started as a new International Student at NCI’ article.

Student Letters

• Immigration letter: your immigration letter will be sent to you within 3 working days of the welcome meeting via your student email. Please note your student email address should look like this x1234567@student.ncirl.ie.
• Other letters: from 18th January 2023, you can request other student letters from the NCI360 app. Please note access to this app is based on whether you have submitted your Registration Form and paid your fees in full. Learn more about how to request a letter.

There are three highly recommended meetings we suggest every student attend:

1. Essentials: at this meeting, you will receive information on registering with immigration, opening a bank account, getting your tax number (PPSN) and working in Ireland. There will be two essentials meetings this in-coming intake:

You can view the Essentials presentation slides here. 

2. Student Life: at this meeting, you will receive information on how to succeed in your studies, the support systems available at NCI, and how to adjust to student life.

Date: Wednesday, 18th January 2023

Time: 2pm (Irish time UTC/GMT +1)

Location: 3.19 (third floor)

Registration: Not needed

You can view the Student Life presentation Slides here.

3. Orientation: is organised by Student Services for all new students and is held the week before classes start. Students can expect an email from orientation@ncirl.ie with an invitation to join orientation. Orientation Information is also available on Full-time Registration and Orientation.

Optional meetings are events designed to help connect with new students and explore Dublin and Ireland. Join as many events as possible to meet new people and settle in. Optional meetings are:

• Know-How sessions to understand how things work in Ireland
• Out & About sessions to get to know more about Dublin
• Meet-Up sessions to meet your Peer Mentors and other NCI students