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As Ireland's university on the world stage, Trinity is recognised for academic excellence and a transformative student experience. The historic campus is located in the heart of Dublin city centre at the meeting place of the retail and cultural districts. With a tradition of scholarship spanning more than four centuries, Trinity is home to talented and inquiring minds, a liberal education, and research conducted at the frontiers of disciplines.

Latest News and Events

The students dreaming of a Red Christmas

Two undergraduate teams are keeping a close eye on developments at the Mars Desert Research Station, where their Red Planet-themed research projects are up and running.

The common path that governed the evolution of human societies across the globe

Scientific historians say a single dimension of ‘social complexity’ measures the development of around 400 past societies that existed over the last 10,000 years.

waytoB -- giving people with an intellectual disability greater independence

The tech solution, named waytoB, was invented by Talita Holzer Saad and Robbie Fryers, two recent engineering graduates from Trinity.

TILDA report gives unique insight into end of life experiences of older people

A new study released today by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin provides a deep and important understanding of the end-of-life experience of older adults in Ireland. The report examines issues such as where TILDA participants died, which services and care they received and their quality of life, health and disability leading up to their death.

New report on how the ocean can help satisfy global demand for food

‘Business as usual’ is not a sustainable option when it comes to developing policies on extracting food from the oceans, according to a new evidence review report developed for the European Commission with contributions from a Trinity environmental history expert.

BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition winners secure Trinity scholarships

Four winners of the BTYSTE 2017 competition will continue their studies at Trinity.

What’s on

In Case of Emergency
The free exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin explores why the disastrous can be devilishly entertaining, and whether there’s any truth to these dismal predictions.

Christmas Closure
The University will be closed from the end of business hours on Thursday, December 21st 2017 to the start of normal business hours on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018.

Honorary Degrees 2017 - Winter Commencements

View the honorary degree candidates, Irish rugby player, Brian O’Driscoll, journalist, Olivia O’Leary, archivist, Caitriona Crowe, neuroscientist, Gero Miesenböck and astronomer, George Miley, receiving their awards and hear what they have to say about what it means to them.