17 private colleges in Ireland closed between April 2014 and May 2015. Below is a round-up of the legal position of the companies behind each college at 5 August 2017.
Where there has been no liquidation – i.e. the majority of the closed colleges – there is no possibility of a refund (Read why). Only two liquidations are complete (English in Dublin and Cogan International). 6 colleges remain in liquidation and, in almost all cases, we do not expect any money to be available for return to students at the end of the process (Read why).
Any future updates after the date of this post can be accessed by clicking the links below:
- Kavanagh College – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- Eden College – In Liquidation
- Irish Business School – In Liquidation
- Millennium College – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- Allied Irish College – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- BCT Institute – In Liquidation
- English in Dublin – Dissolved after Liquidation
- Cogan International – Dissolved after Liquidation
- National Media College – In Liquidation
- Leinster College – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- Shelbourne College – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- A2Z Dublin – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- Learning Institute – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
- Carlyle Institute – In Liquidation
- National College of Business Administration (NCBA) – In Liquidation
- Modern Educational Centre (MEC) – Not in Liquidation
- International Education Academy (IEA) – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
Further colleges which were not part of the 2014/15 closures have also ceased operations more recently:
- McQueens International College – orderly wind down of Irish activities
- Dublin School of English – Students transferred (more) / In Liquidation
- Central College Dublin – Struck off and Dissolved (no liquidation)
