University College Dublin
Description:
University College Dublin is the largest university, with more than 1,300 teachers and 17,000 students. It is located in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.Descended from the body founded in 1854 as the Catholic University of Ireland with John Henry Newman, as the first president, re-formed in 1880 and rented his own in 1908, today the university campus is a component of the National University of Ireland. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the university as “National University of Ireland, Dublin, and a ministerial decree of 1998 renamed the university as University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin.
Originally located in the center of Dublin, most of the faculties of the universities have been transferred to a 148 acre campus in Belfield Park, four miles south of downtown Dublin.The University has five schools, their associated schools (35 in total) and eighteen research institutes and centers. Each school has its own Graduate School for graduate students. Among the most important is triple accredited School of Smurfit Business School and note electrical, electronic and Mechanical Engineering. The colleges and schools are as follows:
College of Arts & Celtic Studies:
-School of Archaeology
-School of Art History and Culture Policy
-School of Classics
-School of English, Drama & Film
-School of History and Archives
-School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics
-School of Foreign Languages and Literatures
-School of Music
College of Business & Law:
-School of Business
-Faculty of Law
College of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences:
-Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering
-School of Chemical Engineering and bioprocess
-School of Computer Science & Informatics
-School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
-Department of Geological Sciences
-Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
-School of Physics
College of Human Sciences:
-Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
-Faculty of Economics
-School of Education and Lifelong Learning
-Department of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy
-School of Information and Library Studies
-Faculty of Philosophy
-School of Politics and International Relations
-Faculty of Psychology
-School of Social Justice
-Faculty of Sociology
College of Life Sciences:
-School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine
-Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences
-Faculty of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences
-Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
-Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences
-School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems
-School of Physiotherapy & Performance Science
-School of Public Health & Population Science