Students either accrue six-figure debt or work three jobs to pursue medical degree

The four-year Graduate Entry to Medicine course in UCD costs €18,880 per year for EU/Irish students, while non-EU students pay €63,810 per year. In UCC, it is €15,500 and €56,000, respectively. File picture

University students are either in six-figure debt or working three full-time jobs in order to pursue a medical degree, according to a new report.

Students doing the Graduate Entry to Medicine (GEM) course offered at four universities in Ireland, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Cork (UCC), University of Limerick (UL) and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have said they are facing “wider financial pressures, workload demands and uncertainty surrounding career progression”.