Small country.
Global classroom.
Ireland combines an English-speaking environment, a distinctive culture and an established international education sector — creating opportunities to learn far beyond the classroom.
Ireland in numbers
English-language education already brings learners from around the world to Ireland.
The figures below are deliberately sourced and scoped: some describe the English-language sector, while broader economic figures cover international education as a whole.
Sources: English Education Ireland; Government of Ireland — International Education Strategy Review; Global Citizens 2030. Figures are presented with their scope and reference period.
English is part of everyday life.
For a language learner, Ireland offers something fundamental: English is not confined to a lesson. It is the language of daily interactions, activities, travel, culture and community.
The Irish Government's Global Citizens 2030 strategy highlights Ireland's offer as a native English-speaking society, an EU member and a culturally rich learning environment.
That setting creates the conditions for immersion — but a good programme still has to make purposeful use of them.
In Ireland, English does not end when the lesson does.
Understand the Irish experience.
A destination is more than a classroom.
EPIC exists to help schools and international partners understand, create and represent the kind of immersion that makes studying in Ireland genuinely different.