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New Biomedical Sciences Facility
The Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute was officially opened on June 17th, 2011 by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute is one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by the College, both in scale and strategy. The €131 million eleven storey building (35,000 m²) will bring 700 researchers together in one building with the common goal of addressing major challenges in health and disease through leading edge scientific research.The facility will also house the School of Medicine, where all its undergraduate pre-clinical medical education, training and research will be conducted. In total, almost 900 undergraduate students will have the unique opportunity of benefiting from the creation of a multidisciplinary educational environment embedded in a world-class research institute. |
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The Trinity Long Room Hub
A new state-of-the-art building which houses the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College’s Arts and Humanities Research Institute, was officially opened by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Conor Lenihan in September 8th 2010. The new building is designed to facilitate all aspects of research in the arts and the humanities, from planning to innovation and the training of future researchers. New technologies will also be applied to the arts and humanities research with the specific aim of making it publicly accessible. More than 300 postgraduate researchers and 150 academics are affiliated with the arts and humanities institute that builds on the strengths of seven of the university’s academic schools and the Trinity College Library. |
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The Innovation Academy
The Innovation Academy, the educational centrepiece of the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance was officially opened in November 2010. The Innovation Alliance was formed by Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, as part of the national drive to realise Ireland’s ambition to create a Smart Economy. The Innovation Academy accepted its first intake of 33 PhD students from TCD and UCD in its new city-centre location at Foster Place in September 2010. Three cohorts of students drawn from diverse disciplines studied for ECTS-accredited modules towards the joint Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the throughout the year. The Academy’s mission is to transform the PhD experience by imbuing graduate research and education with creative thinking and innovation. The Academy will develop a new breed of graduate, where a disciplinary and technical expertise is fused with an ambition to create new enterprises, enhance public service and further harness Ireland’s cultural heritage.
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Sports Centre
Trinity College's Sports Centre is a €30 million building which houses a 25-metre, 6-lane swimming pool, with a moveable floor, two sports halls as well as other top class indoor sports facilities. A striking element of the building is the spectacular climbing wall which is visible for almost the entire height of the building from Westland Row. The Sports Centre was officially opened in April 2008. |
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Go to the Director of Buildings Office site |
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The University of Dublin Calendar is the definitive source of information about the University. |
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