Trinity College Dublin or TCD the University of Dublin, founded in 1592, is Ireland’s premiere university and ranks consistently as one of the world’s leading universities. For over 400 years, this historic university has been a world leader in high quality, internationally recognised education. The university brings together a vibrant international community of over 18,000 students and 3,500 members of staff.
At Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin we provide a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and all are encouraged to achieve their potential. We promote a diverse, interdisciplinary, inclusive environment which nurtures ground-breaking research, innovation, and creativity through engaging with issues of global significance.
Located in a beautiful campus in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, Trinity is Ireland’s highest ranked university. It is home to 17,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all the major disciplines in the arts and humanities, and in business, law, engineering, science, and health sciences.
Trinity’s tradition of independent intellectual inquiry has produced some of the world’s finest, most original minds including the writers Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett (Nobel laureate), the scientists William Rowan Hamilton and Ernest Walton (Nobel laureate), the political thinker Edmund Burke, and the former President of Ireland and UNHCR Mary Robinson. This tradition finds expression today in a campus culture of scholarship, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and dedication to societal reform.
Location
Dublin, Ireland
The university’s stunning campus of historic buildings and cobblestoned walkways juxtaposes with its state-of-the-art facilities and world-renowned centres of excellence, where cutting-edge research takes place. With 24 academic schools, Trinity offers courses in disciplines ranging from languages and literature to nanoscience and biomedical engineering. Trinity’s bustling 47-acre campus is an oasis in the very heart of Dublin, a vibrant and safe European capital city. The university’s city-centre location offers students a unique opportunity to blend a rigorous academic programme with an unparalleled array of cultural, social and professional experiences.
Award Winning
- 1st in Europe for Producing Entrepreneurs 5 Year in a row by Pitchbook Universities Report 2019
- Ireland’s most Innovative university by Reuters Most Innovative European Universities 2018
School & Faculty
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Business
- Creative Arts
- Drama and Theatre Studies
- Film Studies
- Music
- Education
- English
- Histories and Humanities
- Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies
- Classics
- History of Art
- History
- Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies
- Centre for European Studies
- French
- Germanic Studies
- Hispanic Studies
- Irish and Celtic Languages
- Italian
- Russian and Slavonic Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Law
- Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences
- Centre for Deaf Studies
- Centre for Language and Communications Studies
- Clinical Speech and Language Studies
- Psychology
- Social Sciences and Philosophy
- Economics
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Social Work and Social Policy
- School of Religion
- Irish School of Ecumenics
- Loyola Institute
Engineering, Mathematics and Science
- Biochemistry and Immunology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science and Statistics
- Computer Science
- Statistics
- Engineering
- Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Genetics and Microbiology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Mathematics
- Natural Sciences
- Trinity Centre for the Environment
- Botany
- Geography
- Geology
- Zoology
- Centre for Biodiversity Research
- Physics
Health Sciences
- Dental Science
- Medicine
- Centre for Global Health
- Centre for Health Policy and Management
- Anatomy
- Clinical Medicine
- Clinical Microbiology
- Haematology
- Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy
- Immunology
- Medical Gerontology
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Occupational Therapy
- Paediatrics
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Physiology
- Physiotherapy
- Psychiatry
- Public Health and Primary Care
- Radiation Therapy
- Surgery
- Unit of Nutrition and Dietetic Studies
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences