UCD U N DERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2018 DERGRADUATE UCD 2018 UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS For further information on your University College Dublin Register with myUCD application please contact us. An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath We will be happy to deal with your Tel +353 1 716 1507 enquiry or direct you to the best facebook.com/MyUCD person to answer your questions. @askUCD University College Dublin UCD is No.1 in Ireland for 40 Subjects www.ucd.ie/myucd IRELAND’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY - QS World University Rankings 2017 UCD Experience Important Dates for Applicants Circa 6 November 2017* Circa 3 February 2018* Early July 2018 CAO applications for 2018 open Exceptional late closing date for HPAT Round of offers for mature students registration and deferrals 4 November 2017 UCD Open Day Circa 8 February 2018* Early August 2018 Normal closing date for MSAP registration Round of offers for mature students, 20 January 2018 Graduate Entry Medicine and FETAC offers - Final date for CAO online discounted 11 February 2018* application fee of €25* Late closing date for GAMSAT registration 20 August 2018* CAO First Round Offers - Normal closing date for HPAT Circa 19 February 2018* registration* 27 August 2018* Late closing date for MSAP registration Reply date for CAO First Round Offers 1 February 2018 24 February 2018*: HPAT Test - Normal CAO closing date at application 4 September 2018: fee of €40* TBC*: MSAP Test www.ucd.ie/ Orientation Week maturestudents - Final date for CAO application for restricted application courses and for 24 March 2018*: GAMSAT Test application on grounds of mature years 1 May 2018: CAO late closing date for many courses Circa 5 May 2018* - Normal closing date for GAMSAT CAO Change of Mind opens registration* 1 July 2018 - Late closing date for HPAT registration* Closing date for CAO change of mind Closing date for transfer applications and most non-EU applications (via www.ucd.ie/apply) Useful Contacts Main UCD switchboard For information on matriculation, contact For information on UCD Access & Lifelong Tel: +353 1 716 7777 National University of Ireland Learning, including Higher Education Web: www.ucd.ie 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Access Route (HEAR), Disability Access Tel: +353 1 439 2424 Route to Education (DARE) and mature To obtain further information Web: www.nui.ie student post-entry support, please on admissions procedures or fees contact the following and grants, contact Student Desk, For CAO application forms, contact UCD Belfield, Dublin 4 Central Applications Office Email: [email protected] Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway Web: www.ucd.ie/openingworlds Tel: +353 1 716 1555 Tel: +353 91 509 800 Web: For students with a disability, contact Web: www.cao.ie www.ucd.ie/studentdesk/contact Email: [email protected] www.ucd.ie/studentdesk For information on UCD Schools Liaison, For details on Access to Arts & Human www.ucd.ie/registry/admissions/CAO_ contact the UCD Schools Liaison Officer Apply.html Sciences; Flexible Learning opportunities Email: [email protected] www.ucd.ie/fees (for fees information) and mature student post-entry support Tel: +353 1 716 1504 www.ucd.ie/maturestudents (for mature queries, contact To arrange a UCD Campus Visit, contact student admissions information) Email: [email protected] the UCD Campus Visit Co-ordinator For details on accommodation, contact Tel: +353 1 716 7123 Email: [email protected] UCD Residences Web: www.ucd.ie/adulted Tel: +353 1 716 1504 UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 716 7542 Tel: +353 1 716 5772 Web: www.ucd.ie/adulted Web: www.ucd.ie/residences *Please note that the examination and registration rooneymedia.com dates, as well as the CAO application fees and offer dates listed above, are provisional at the time of going to print. Please check the websites for the relevant organisations The O’Reilly Hall is UCD’s ceremonial hall (www.cao.ie, www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au, www. where first year students are “scarfed” at This publication is printed on paper sourced from managed, gamsat-ie.org, msap-ie.acer.edu.au). A more detailed the President’s Welcome Ceremony upon sustainable forests and is printed using technology that list of useful dates is available at www.ucd.ie/registry/ accords to the ISO14001 environmental standard. admissions/dates.html. first entering UCD, and where final year Prospectus design by students are conferred and become alumni. UCD Experience Welcome from the President Whether you are planning your life after school Cibé acu ag pleanáil an méid atá amach romhat tar éis na or embarking on a new direction by returning to scoile nó ag tabhairt chosán an oideachais lánaimseartha ort full-time education, you will spend considerable féin an athuair atá tú, caithfidh tú go leor ama ag déanamh time researching your options. Choosing the right taighde ar do chuid roghanna. Is cinneadh mór é an chéim undergraduate degree, the right university and the cheart, an ollscoil cheart agus an t-am ceart a roghnú le right time to dedicate at least three years to study are dul i mbun staidéir ar feadh trí bliana agus tá súil agam go big decisions and I hope that this prospectus, and the gcuirfidh an réamheolaire seo, agus a bhfuil d’eolas ann ar a range of engagements we offer through MyUCD, will dtairgtear in MyUCD, ag machnamh thú ar an ollscoil iontach encourage you to come to this great university. seo agus go meallfaidh sé thú. Our ethos is all about giving our students the best educational and Is é a chuirimid romhainn anseo sároideachas a chur ar dhaoine a life-preparing experience. We strive to give our students a holistic sheasfaidh dóibh ina saol. Déanaimid ár seacht ndícheall oideachas education, instilling in them a desire to learn and create, to question iomlánaíoch a thabhairt dár mic léinn, ag spreagadh iontu fonn láidir and reason, to contribute to society at all levels, nationally and globally. a bheith ag foghlaim agus ag cruthú, ag ceistiú agus ag smaoineamh agus ar deireadh, ag cur leis an tsochaí ag gach leibhéal, sa tír seo At UCD the educational environment is designed to stimulate students agus ar fud an domhain. through flexible teaching and learning practices. Our faculty bring their research and their scholarship into the classroom so that our Tá an timpeallacht oideachais anseo múnlaithe sa chaoi is go spreagfar undergraduates can engage with the most up-to-date knowledge. mic léinn trí chur chuige múinte agus cleachtais foghlama atá solúbtha. Recognising the pace of change in the world in which we live, we are Déanann an fhoireann teagaisc an t-eolas reatha, ábhartha atá acu constantly updating our curriculum content and structures so that de bharr a gcuid taighde agus scoláireachta a roinnt leis na mic léinn our students get the best education. sa seomra ranga. Tuigimid go mbíonn an saol de shíor ag athrú agus cuirimid ábhar agus struchtúir an churaclaim in oiriúint don méid sin go This year, the QS World University Subject Rankings place UCD at rialta i dtreo is go gcuirfear oideachas den scoth ar ár gcuid mac léinn. number 1 in Ireland in 40 out of 43 subjects. This achievement is a reflection on the quality of the staff and faculty and means that our I mbliana, tá UCD ag uimhir a haon in Éirinn i 40 as 43 ábhar ar Rangú students take with them a recognised badge of quality when they Ábhar Domhanda Ollscoile an QS. Is léiriú é an méid seo ar fheabhas graduate and set off on their own career journeys. na foirne agus na dáimhe agus ciallaíonn sé go mbeidh stádas ar leith ag cáilíocht na mac léinn nuair a bhainfidh siad a gcéim amach agus UCD is Ireland’s global university. We are the university-of-first-choice aghaidh a thabhairt ar a ngairm bheatha. among Irish students coming through the CAO (Central Applications Office) as well as the university-of-destination for the largest number Is í UCD ollscoil dhomhanda na hÉireann. Is í an ollscoil seo an chéad of international students coming to Ireland. There are now over 7,000 rogha ag mic léinn as Éirinn tríd an CAO (Lár-Oifig Iontrála) agus an international students on campus, making this a very cosmopolitan ollscoil ceann scríbe ag an gcuid is mó de na mic léinn idirnáisiúnta a environment. Additionally, UCD sends the largest number of thagann go hÉirinn. Tá níos mó ná 7,000 mac léinn idirnáisiúnta ar an undergraduate students on Erasmus or study abroad to some of the gcampas anois agus cruthaíonn sin timpeallacht an-ilnáisiúnach. Ina world’s top universities. So, our students can take advantage of an theannta sin, is í UCD is mó a sheolann mic léinn fochéime ar Erasmus international experience that prepares them to take their place in the nó ag staidéar thar lear i gcuid de na hollscoileanna is fearr ar domhan. global society. Sa dóigh sin, is féidir le mic léinn na hollscoile leas a bhaint as taithí idirnáisiúnta a ullmhóidh iad lena n-áit a thógáil i sochaí an domhain. Your university experience is a journey of academic and personal discovery. I invite you to learn as much as you can about the UCD Aistear acadúil agus aistear ina gcuirfidh mic léinn aithne orthu féin experience: the societies and sports, the events, the facilities and the atá i gceist leis an saol ar an ollscoil. Tugaim cuireadh duit eolas a chur great campus. And, I look forward to welcoming you to Belfield and ar an saol anseo i UCD: na cumainn agus an spórt, na himeachtaí, na into our vibrant and embracing community.