Awarding Body : Trinity College Dublin
Founded in 1592, Trinity College Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland. It is Ireland's oldest university. It is also the highest ranked university in the country and one of the world’s top 100.
Overview
Trinity College’s campus is in Dublin city centre, opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament. The university has three faculties comprising 25 schools. These offer degree and diploma courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Trinity has approximately 17,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The university has Past students include the writers Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett, the scientists William Rowan Hamilton and Ernest Walton, the political thinker Edmund Burke, and the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson.
The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit library for Ireland and the United Kingdom. It contains over 4.5 million printed volumes, in addition to significant quantities of maps, music and manuscripts. One of the most noteworthy of these is the world-famous Book of Kells.
History
Founded by royal charter, Trinity College helped to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland. Because of this, Trinity was the university of the Protestant Ascendancy for much of its history. Because of this, from 1871 to 1970, the Catholic Church in Ireland forbade its adherents from attending Trinity without permission. From January 1904, the university accepted female students.
Rankings
Trinity has the following international rankings:
- 98th in top 100 world universities
- 31st in the world in Nursing
- 32nd in the world for English Language and Literature
- 39th in the world for Modern Languages
- 43rd in the world for Politics and International Studies
Colleges that run Trinity College Dublin courses in Ireland
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The Lir Academy – Young Actors’ Programme (Two Weeks)
Practical, Acting Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
The Lir Academy’s Young Actors’ Two Week Programme is designed to give young performers a taste of what it is like to study at conservatoire level, replicating two weeks in the life of a full-time acting degree. Designed for young […]
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The Lir Academy – Youth Ensemble
Practical, Acting Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
A tailored acting programme for talented young actors aged 15-17. Junior Academy is ideal for any teenager with a passion for all things theatre and interested in developing this passion into further training or a career. The course curriculum includes […]
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The Lir Academy at Work – Impact and Influence for Women in Business
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Communications Skills Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
This business skills workshop is ideal for women professionals working at, or aspiring to reach, management level. It is designed to empower you with communication skills, tools and techniques that will allow you to to stand out from the crowd […]
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Themes in Irish Art I
Seminar, Art History Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
This course presents a thematic introduction to Irish art, architecture and design in its broader international context. Subjects will be connected across periods and styles – the focus not on presenting summarised histories but rather considering how aspects of Irish […]
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Themes in Irish Art II
Seminar, Art History Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
This module presents a thematic overview of the global intersections and relationships of Western visual and material culture across a range of historically located examples. Topics are explored in this module under the broad themes of appropriations and the ‘other’ […]
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War and Peace in Modern Europe
Seminar, History Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
In this module, we discuss how Europe was defined and redefined through war, military occupation, civil conflicts, and peace agreements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on examples of various—through often interrelated—conflicts, we discuss several major questions: How did […]
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Young Actors’ Programme (4 weeks) – Summer
Practical, Acting Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
The Lir Academy’s Young Actors’ Four Week Programme is designed to give young performers a taste of what it is like to study at conservatoire level. It combines our two-week Young Actors’ Programme with our two-week Musical Theatre Intensive Programme, […]
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Micro-credential in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Humanitarian Emergencies
Online Learning, Counselling & Psychotherapy Course by Trinity College Dublin - Dublin City South, Co. Dublin
This Micro-credential is for researchers, humanitarian aid workers, volunteers, professionals, or anyone with a keen interest the international development sector. Through taking this micro-credential you will learn critical skills for the development, management, and monitoring of mental health and psychosocial […]
