Visiting & Erasmus Students
Congratulations on your acceptance to Trinity College Dublin as a Visiting Student, an Exchange Student or as an Erasmus Student We are delighted to welcome you to Trinity and we hope that you will have an exciting and enriching educational experience here with us.
Orientation introduces you to life at Trinity and is key to facilitating a smooth transition and to preparing you to get the most from your year or semester. You will have two orientation meetings, a welcome reception, a campus tour and much more. Non-EU students will also have a visa/immigration information session and further information on all of these meetings will be included in your Freshers’ Week Programme which will be sent to you in early September.
Finally, we would very much encourage you to come and see us in the International Office (on the ground floor of the East Theatre, Front Square) when you arrive. The office is open Monday to Friday, between 9.30 am and 12.45 pm and between 2.00 pm and 4.45 pm and is open through lunchtime during Freshers’ Week. We would be very happy to meet you and answer any questions you may have so please feel free to come as often as you like. Our door is always open to you!
Please Attend your Orientation Sessions at the times below:
| Orientation 1 General Orientation (For Erasmus/Visiting Students only) This Orientation introduces you to the university facilities and the services available to you as a student of the university, and many other topics. |
Monday 17 September 11.30 to 13.00
Edmund Burke Theatre (Arts Block) Followed by a college tour |
| Orientation 2 Culture Orientation (for Erasmus/Visiting students, and Non-EU full degree new entrants) In this Orientation session we discuss cross-cultural adjustment, settling into life in Trinity College and Dublin etc. |
Tuesday 18 September 14.30 to 16.00 Erasmus and Visting Students: Emmet, Synge and Davis Theatres, Arts Building (students will be allocated to the lecture theatres alphabetically by family name. The International Office will send details to each student) Non-EU Full Degree undergraduate new entrants: Swift Theatre |
| Visa / Immigration Information Session (Non-EU international students) Guidance is provided relating to some of the additional tasks Non-EU students face on arrival such as registration with the Garda National Immigraton Bureau (GNIB), opening a bank account etc. |
Tuesday 18 September 16.00 to 16.30 Emmet Theatre, Arts Building |
Additional information for International Students
- Postgraduate VISA/Immigration info (For non-EU only)
- GNIB Map (For non-EU only)
- English for Academic Purposes Course
- Health Insurance
- Working in Ireland
- Meet & Greet