Student Life Office
About
The aim of Student Life is to enhance your experience while you are part of the MIC community. The ultimate goal is to provide services, activities, and resources that maintain the College's educational enterprise while also supporting you personally as you learn, grow, and change while at MIC.
The journey to and through college is unique to every individual student. We are very proud of our alternative access pathways and tradition of lifelong learning so the College community comprises of people of many ages, backgrounds and cultures; this diversity is a huge part of the experience at our two campuses and perhaps the most enriching. We look forward to getting to know you as we work together to ensure that your student experience at MIC is deeply rewarding and empowering.
The Student Portal is where you will find forms, information and handbooks as well as the means to register and access exam results electronically. It is extremely important that you check your student email regularly because the College communicates through this medium frequently, as well as via the electronic screens on campus, mail and text message.
Please take the time to read the Course Handbooks, School Placement Handbook, the Handbook of Academic Regulations and Procedures and the Student Handbook (which are updated regularly throughout the academic year). These policies and the expectations we have to support and respect each other are core components of our educational community. We are committed to supporting and working with you.
Staff
Student Supports
The ALC was established in 1997 under the department title of the Learner Support Unit. Its aim is to provide academic support to all undergraduate students undertaking a degree programme at MIC. Indeed, its focus is on helping undergraduate students adapt to the academic demands of a third-level institution. This is primarily achieved through the provision of one-to-one appointments with one of the ALC staff, whereby any aspect of learning can be addressed.
The ALC offers the following services:
- One-to-one academic support and tutoring
- Pre-exam planning
- Foundation studies
- The study skills handbook
Gaeilge and Mathematics support is also available on the MIC Thurles Campus.
The Careers Service provides information and guidance to current undergraduate students in respect of subject choice, postgraduate study, employability and career planning matters.
The College has a full-time Chaplaincy Service, which works in close cooperation with other student support services on the college campus. The chaplaincy team is here to help any member of the College community to thrive, develop their full potential, and enjoy their years in college. The chaplaincy service is available to and welcomes all students and staff of all faiths and none.
MIC is the first third-level institution in Ireland to be designated a ‘Health Promoting College’ and has had this service in place since 1996. The service aims to promote the health and well-being of all members of the College community through policy development, the provision of programmes and activities and the implementation of specific health promotion strategies. The team includes a student Health Promotion Officer who works together with many of the other services and departments to highlight health-related issues and events.
The Medical Centre provides an emergency triage service for MIC students on-campus. The service offers a private and confidential service weekdays during term time. It is a triage service for acute illnesses only. Students are advised to register with a local GP for the duration of their stay in Limerick.
MIC runs an orientation week for all new first year students before the start of each academic year with an opportunity to hear college talks, learn about academic and personal supports, take campus and library tours, receive timetables and attend social events.
We know the transition to College can be both exciting and daunting, so we have developed a Peer Mentoring Programme for all incoming first year students. We hope that meeting your peer mentor and fellow mentees will help you settle into MIC and make your student experience a positive one.
Mary Immaculate College has a part-time Student Parent Support Coordinator (SPSC) who is the first and coordinating point of contact for student parents, expectant students and students experiencing an unintended pregnancy.
For more about the Student Parent Support Coordinator, click here.
Access & Disability
Mary Immaculate College is committed to widening participation and achieving equity of access to higher education for students from under-represented groups in third level, including socio-economically disadvantaged students, students with a disability, students from minority backgrounds and mature students.
Awards & Bursaries
Mary Immaculate College celebrates the efforts of its students every year whether their achievements lie in the academic, sporting or cultural arena, the voluntary sector or the high Leaving Certificate results to gain entry to MIC. Some of these awards carry with them a financial reward or scholarship sum. Due to its strong participation in Gaelic Games, the College also has a Bursary Scheme in conjunction with Munster GAA. The Mary Immaculate Students' Union (MISU) also has an end-of-year awards ceremony.
Student Charter
The Student Learning and Partnership Dialogue Charter is a bipartite agreement between MIC and the Mary Immaculate College Students’ Union (MISU), the representative body for the students of MIC.
Launched in January 2021, it aims to outline the commitments, expectations, responsibilities and underpinning dialogue processes between the College and its students. The overarching objective of this pioneering new charter is to facilitate student success.
The charter, which replaces the current Student Charter, also acknowledges that the landscape of higher education is never static; rather it is dynamic and ever changing for students and the College.
Download the Student Learning & Partnership Dialogue Charter here.
Mature Students
Mary Immaculate College is committed to improving access to higher education for mature students and the College provides a friendly, relaxed environment with specialised supports to make the third level experience beneficial and enjoyable. If you are at least 23 years old on the 1 January of the year of entry to college, you are considered a mature applicant and can apply for MIC’s undergraduate programmes, or alternatively you can use a part-time programme to get a taste of, or prepare for, a course of study.
- About
- Staff
- Student Supports
- Access & Disability
- Awards & Bursaries
- Student Charter
- Mature Students
