Welcome to the website and homepage for the School of Natural Sciences. The School, comprising the disciplines of Botany, Geography, Geology and Zoology, the Centre for the Environment and the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research is the largest school in the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science and hosts biological, physical and social scientists. We currently accommodate ca. 40 academic staff, 20 postdoctoral research fellows and 140 graduate research students, have an annual research income in excess of €4 million and produce an average of about 150 publications per year.

Undergraduate programme

Our School’s undergraduate taught programme is varied, offering eight moderatorships (undergraduate degrees) which are listed below.  We also contribute to degrees in Neurosciences and the Two Subject Moderatorship (TSM) programme. 

Research tradition

The School has a long and proud research tradition. We are exceptionally conscious of how important research students are and how much they can foster the intellectual drive that we wish to maintain. We are also proud that post-graduate students come to work with us in significant numbers from outside of Ireland - particularly from Europe, America, and Asia. I therefore encourage well-qualified applicants from anywhere in the world to consider applying here.

Professor Celia Holland