All at Student Sport Ireland are saddened to hear of the passing of our former colleague, and dear friend Kieran Dowd. A pioneering sports administrator and a passionate advocate for student sport Kieran held senior and leadership roles at various national sports organisations over a near five decade career. Originally from Belfast Kieran was in […]
Student Sport Ireland (SSI), in conjunction with the Snowsports Association of Ireland, is pleased to announce the Irish team to compete at the 32nd FISU Winter University Games being held in Torino Italy. 3 student athletes, Elle Murphy, Ethan Bouchard, and Aidan Olsson will all be competing in various Alpine disciplines; Elle and Ethan in […]
Trinity College Dublin is seeking to appoint an experienced Media and Communications manager, to cover maternity leave, who as part of the Department of Sport senior management team will have primary responsibility for ensuring that the strategic objectives linked specifically to profile, performance and participation are realised by ensuring that a regular, consistent, and positive […]
Trinity College Dublin is seeking to appoint an experienced finance and administration manager, who as part of the Department of Sport senior management team will have primary responsibility for strategic and operational financial planning, projections, budgeting and administrative and office duties. The role is responsible for financial plans, reports and forecasts for a number of […]
Student Sport Ireland (SSI) is the representative body for higher education sport on the island of Ireland. We have 30 affiliated HEIs representing over 240,000 full time students and over 800 HEI sports clubs.
SSI is recognised by both Sport Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland and is affiliated to the Federation of Irish Sport, the European University Sports Association (EUSA), and the International University Sports Federation (FISU).
Our vision is to lead and influence the potential of student sport in Ireland and our mission is to grow quality student sport competition, enhance wellbeing, and lead the sector.
Registering your team for our competitions is very straight forward. Simply go to the SSI Competitions web page above, select your sport, download and complete the entry form for signing by your Sports Office. Once signed submit via the email address provided.
For the 2023/2024 academic year we’ll be coordinating league and cup competitions across 8 sports with over 130 student teams and 1,800 students participating.
Via the Competitions Calendar above. All competitions are listed in chronological order.
If your competition is not listed it is probably because the details have yet to be finalised or have yet to be logged by the host HEI with SSI. In this event email us at competitions@studentsport.ie and we’ll try and assist you as best we can.
While general queries can be submitted to SSI (via info@studentsport.ie) performance students hoping to compete at a FISU WUC are encouraged to first contact their sport’s NGB Performance Director.
In 2024 FISU (the International University Sports Federation) will organise over 20 WUCs listed here. As FISU’s national university sports federation Student Sport Ireland registers all Irish student athletes for the WUCs. We expect that Irish performance student athletes will compete in 5 or more FISU WUCS in 2024. For the latest information click here (FISU Competitions page).
Contact your Sports Office to ask how you can be nominated to represent your HEI on the SSI Student Commission.
The commission is a network of student sports leaders from across SSI’s 23 affiliated HEI and is an opportunity for the student body (via their student representative) to input and influence SSI and its work. The network also offers the student sports leaders the opportunity to meet and get to know, learn from, and share information with their peers from across the island.
The Commission is chaired by SSI Vice President, the student representative elected annually to SSI Board. The chair is supported by other student representatives on the board and/or SSI staff.
Yes. The deadline for applications for the 2024/2025 academic year was August 7th; the successful applicants will be announced in September. Check out the WSCA section above.
Now in its 4th year, the Women’s Student Coaching Academy (WSCA) is a collaborative programme between Student Sport Ireland, Sport Ireland, HEIs and national governing bodies of sport.
The aim of the programme is to build a female student coach support system to enable the student to develop and reach their coaching potential, to increase the number and visibility of female coaches in student sport, and create female role models to inspire and encourage other female students to become a coach.
