Ireland has become a Central pole for International students in the past few years. There
are many reasons why students choose Ireland over other countries for their higher education.
Some of the reasons are that the country has a wealthy cultural heritage, the people are very
friendly and welcoming, there is a high standard of living, and it has a very high-quality
education. However, International students may face some difficulties when related to money
matters. This Research was conducted to understand and explore the patterns of students’
Financial lives in Ireland, the motivation for this study comes from the interest of the author to
discover if International students are prepared or have been educated to manage their finances
among everything that being a student abroad brings. the language barrier, different cultures
and being apart from their family has a direct influence on it.
In order to support the main goals of this paper, a Literature review has been conducted
on existing studies about Financial Education, demonstrating how can it help students if teach
from early stages in their life, also, literature about Ireland's situation has been researched and
authors thoughts about financial management and planning. In addition, this study conducts a
survey in order to a real experience of students about the themes.
Findings and discussion bring the results for the questionnaire, using descriptive
analysis to comprehend the results and compare with the literature review, highlighting
supportive and contrastive points presented by authors in comparison with students and
demonstrating how important financial education is for students and how it should be discussed
in a more widely view