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Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath
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Image:Dublin City Universitypng
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1975
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Dublin , Republic Of Ireland
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25,000 (alumni)<br>309 (faculty)<br>10,000 (students)
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President
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Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski
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Chancellor
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(vacant)
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Glasnevin<br/>Dublin 9
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+353-1-700 5000
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http://wwwdcuie
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AMBA , ESB Reutlingen , EUA , IUA
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('''DCU''') is a in Citywest Business Campus.
The founding president of the institution was Dr Danny O'Hare, who retired in 1999. The current president is Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski.
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The university has a particularly strong research record, it is a research led university, and has regularly been recorded as bringing in more research income per members of faculty - or indeed as a percentage of total income - than any other university in Ireland. Its research team working on sensors at the ''National Centre for Sensor Research'' is considered one of the best in the world.
The university is also famous for its , it is entitled legally to a copy of every book published in the
Republic Of Ireland . Library users can avail of photocopying/printing/scanning facilities, read microforms, watch videos/DVDs and access the internet. Dedicated laptop network points and wireless network access are available on three floors of the library. The library was designed by the
Scott, Tallon, Walker architecture firm.
The university prides itself on its modern facilities and often leads to the comment that building never stops on the campus. DCU students enjoy exceptional teaching and research facilities. These include television and sound studios, computer laboratories and networking facilities, language and interpreting laboratories, a video-conferencing suite and print and graphical laboratories. These are in addition to modern research and teaching laboratories in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and computing. There is an
InterFaith Centre located on the campus, a
Crèche ,
Dublin City University Language Services (DCU•LS) , a
medical centre , ,
Cecil King ,
Patrick Scott ,
Michael Warren ,
Brian Bourke ,
Victor Sloan ,
Barrie Cooke and
William Crozier to name but a few.
The DCU Ryan Academy is home to the Entrepreneurs' Organisation. It also hosts the Irish arm of the US based National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (
NFTE ), which helps young people from less well-off backgrounds to build skills and unlock creativity.
The university was named
"Irish University of the Year 2004-2005" by the
Sunday Times ,
UK . It was also ranked
No 2 in the league table of Irish universities in the same newspaper.
DCU allows students to "de-register" and switch courses, this causes an artificially high non-completion rate (among the highest for the university sector), as the movement of these students (mainly first year undergraduates) into other courses within the university is not taken into account by university league tables.
The university recently completed an agreement with the
Postgraduate Applications Centre in
Galway .
The universities current
corporate identity dates from 2001 when the university decided to rebrand as it considered the "three castles" logo out of date and not representative of the universities vision.
See Also: Albert College (Dublin)
In 1975 the institution was created, on a
Ad-hoc basis, and on June 18 that year Dr Danny O'Hare was made acting director of the institution and a day later the first governing body met. It was intended at this stage that the institution become the unified structure under which the colleges of what later became
Dublin Institute Of Technology would unite, but by 1978 it became apparent that this would not be the case and instead an independent institution developed.
In 1979 the institution was located on an 85
Acre (344,000 m&
2) site 3
Mile s (5 km) from the city centre, just north of Albert College Park; the ''
Albert College Building '' is the only significant remaining building from before this period. The
Henry Grattan building was the first new building completed in 1981 along with the adjoining restaurant, many buildings have been added since forming a modern university campus.
The total area of the main campus is approximately 50 acres (202,000 m&
2) and is bordered by Collins Avenue, Albert College Park, Ballymun Road, Hillside Farm and St. Aidan's School. There are another 35 acres (142,000 m&
2) at St. Clare's Sports Grounds on the west side of Ballymun Road. This part of the campus also includes the Sports Pavilion. A further 10 acres (40,000 m&
2) (including Elmhurst House) situated along Griffith Avenue have been acquired recently. Entrances to the main campus are from Ballymun Road, to the west, and Collins Avenue, to the north.
The early focus of the institution was, in particular, on science and technology although it has also had a large business school. It has recently developed a presence also in the performing arts and in the humanities. The university is also famous for its work placement or
''INTRA'' (INtegrated TRAining) programme, the first such programme in Ireland.
The Computer Applications course in DCU was the first degree offered by the college and is Ireland's oldest
Computer Science degree. The degree is more in demand than any other computer degree in Ireland and is the most highly regarded computer degree in the country, it has three times more first preferences through the
Central Applications Office system than the next most sought after computer course in Ireland, Computer Science in
Trinity College, Dublin . With 300 places per year, it also has the largest student intake of any computer science degree in Ireland (compared to 64 places per year in the computer science degree in
TCD or 50 places per year in the computer science degree in
UCD ).
Note: Dublin City University uses the term "computer applications" very liberally. Computer Applications is normally a subset of computer science, but the subjects covered in the Computer Applications course DCU effectively make it a computer science course with a more practical, workplace-ready slant including an INTRA placement. DCU can afford to include the practical side of computer science because its courses are Semester ized, unlike the majority of Irish Universities , effectively allowing the college to cram more subject modules into a smaller time period.
The academic organisation of the university is arranged into faculties and schools, a number of independent colleges are also associated with the university.
The university has recently undergone some reorganisation on the faculty level, with the school of education studies being incorporated into humanities & social science and the school of computing being incorporated into the engineering faculty. There are currently
four faculties :
The university also hosts
Oscail , the National Distance Education Centre.
All professional
Actuarial Exams in the Republic of Ireland are held at the University.
Ireland's first purpose-built university nursing school was opened on DCU's campus in June 2004.
The University has a .
The university started its first link with an external college in 1993 with an agreement St Patrick's in nearby Drumcondra. Since then it has continued to confer degrees at several colleges, primarily in the north Dublin area. There are currently
five linked colleges :
The university collaborates with a number of national and international organisations and universities on technology and research projects.
The
AIC Adaptive Information Cluster with ,
National University Of Ireland, Galway ,
University Of Wollongong , Australia,
Georgia Institute Of Technology , Atlanta.
Plasma and Vacuum Technology with , National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Dublin,
HEAnet ,
Met Éireann ,
Armagh Observatory and
Grid Ireland . Development of research under the PRTLI Cycle 1 funded Institute for Advanced Materials Science, additional funding is now being sought to further research in the area of nanomaterials and nanotechnology with
Trinity College, Dublin . The university also collaborates with the Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain-Driven Research (
CTVR ) and with Bell Labs Research Ireland (
BLRI )
The university also has agreements with organisations and universities outside of Ireland. For instance the to develop an
Irish Language terminology database online. The
Catholic University Of Lublin has a partnership with the university to deliver and accredit a
Master Of Business Administration in
Poland .
The university also hosts many public events such as monthly lectures in the areas of physics and astronomy in collaboration with
Astronomy Ireland , held in "The Venue" complex in
The Hub (DCU Student Centre) and
Irish Inventor Association seminars held at the
Invent Centre . DCU is also a participant in the
Irish Centre for High-End Computing .
The composition of the student body represents every county on the island of Ireland and over 60 countries worldwide, spread across all six continents. The college has educated students from Australia to Brazil and Japan to Iceland. International students currently make up just over 10% of the student body. The university is strongly committed to international education and internationalising its campus. Apart from the large number of exchanges the university also welcomes international students as part of its Study Abroad Programme and offers programmes jointly with institutions based outside Ireland and is rapidly expanding a wide range of international activities.
The university is headed, titularly, by the
Chancellor , until her recent death the Hon Ms Justice
Mella Carroll , the
President , currently Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, is the "chief officer" of the university, comparable to that of a
Chief Executive Officer . The functions of the
Governing Body of the university is outlined in the
National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin, Act, 1980 and was later amended in the
Dublin City University Act, 1989 which raised the institution's status to that of a university and provided for related matters.
There are several other important acts concerning the college include the
Universities Act, 1997 , which allows the creation of
University Statutes . The
Copyright Act, 1963 , as amended by the act of 1989, states that every university in the Republic of Ireland is entitled to one copy of every publication published within the state.
See Also: DCU Students' Union
There are a broad variety of clubs and societies, representing a wide range of interests such as
Culture ,
Music and
Sport - as well as
Academic interests:
There are several publications by and for students including:
In addition DCU's Style Society also presents a
fashion show every year.
In
Ireland , unlike other industrialised nations, on campus accommodation in universities is a relatively new innovation. Since the mid 1990s all Irish universities have built up a stock of quality campus accommodation although still on campus living is still uncommon for students. Most accommodation is of
Apartment rather than
Halls Of Residence type and is managed by
DCU Campus Residences .
The university has built several modern apartment and residences. Larkfield Apartments have 127 units, each with two study bedrooms and a shared living, kitchen and dining area within each unit. The Postgraduate Residences have 37 apartments, each with two, three or four en-suite bedrooms. the Hampstead Apartments consist of 57 units, each with three or five en-suite bedrooms and a shared living, kitchen and dining area. The College Park Apartments consist of 450 units, each with four or five en-suite bedrooms and a shared living, kitchen and dining area.
Sports facilities on the campus include a
sports complex and fitness centre which incorporates: An aerobics studio, spinning studio, quiet studio, four sports halls, two squash courts, a glass-backed handball/racquetball court, a gallery that accommodates table tennis and a body conditioning arena, a floodlit astroturf hockey pitch and seven grass pitches for a variety of sports, eight indoor five-a-side astroturf soccer pitches, a rock climbing hall, a four-lane 75 metre indoor sprint track and a fully equipped gym outfitted with cardiovascular machines, free weights and resistance machines. Highly-skilled specialist sports trainers are always on hand in the Sports Complex to advise on fitness regimes. The university sports club holds 37
classes per week, these classes cover everything from aerobics to weight training. The sports complex also includes a twenty-five metre, five-lane deck level swimming pool with tepidarium, footbaths, spa pool, steam room, wellness spa, ice fountain, laconium, multi-jet pulse showers, super shower and sauna. It opened in January 2005 and has Ireland's largest elite sports performance gym.
The main sports hall can be divided into three full size volleyball, badminton or basketball courts. The facilities at St. Clare's Sports Ground include the Sports Pavilion, three
GAA pitches, two soccer pitches, one rugby pitch and one floodlit astroturf pitch for hockey or soccer.
There are twelve tennis courts in Albert College Park
(National Tennis Training Centre) and a further five tennis courts are situated at Glasnevin Lawn Tennis Club adjacent to St. Clare's Sports Grounds. There is also a
GAA pitch, a grass athletic track and four or six soccer pitches (depending on configuration) in the Albert College Park.
There are four
Licensed Premises on the campus, they also sell a wide selection of food; the "old bar" (aka alpha
the "new bar" (aka beta [β ),
The Helix and Spar (off-license) also sells a large selection of wines.
There are several
restaurants and cafes; the Main Restaurant and the first located in the Sports Complex, the third in Ireland after
Microsoft Ireland.
Note: these lists are incomplete.
