Civil Engineering has been taught at Trinity College Dublin since 1841 and has played a prominent role in the development of civil engineering as an academic subject since then.
The core of our teaching is the BAI undergraduate course, but we also offer several post-graduate taught courses, as well as post-graduate research degrees. Following two years of a common engineering programme, students select which engineering stream they wish to follow at the end of the second year. At the moment there are 80-100 civil engineering students in each of the JS and SS classes. In addition, there are 230-240 post-graduate taught and research students working in the Department.
There are currently 14 full-time academic staff, 8 part-time academic staff, 7 technical, 3 administrative, and 2 attendant staff, along with several external experts who deliver specialist lectures throughout the year.
The Department has a wide and diverse range of research interests. There are five research groups – Environmental, Geotechnical, Transport, Structures and Materials (see the research pages on the website). It is also home to the PRTLI Centre for Transport Research.