Welcome to Trinity College Dublin's research webpages
How does a university change the world? Trinity College Dublin has been addressing this question through research activities which are derived from the breadth of over four centuries of academic excellence. Trinity is one of the world's leading research-intensive universities, with a holistic outlook encompassing all major academic disciplines, and is committed to world-class research activities in key areas across science, engineering, social sciences, medicine and the arts.
Our strategic focus is on five key areas – European & International Integration, Culture & Creative Arts, Materials & Intelligent Systems, Biosciences & Translational Research and Transport, Energy & Environment. In each of these areas Trinity has significant research activities, linked nationally and internationally, building on a cornerstone of interdisciplinarity to deliver research of global consequence.
Trinity spearheads several major national longitudinal studies including children's research and ageing, while our activities in nanoscience and telecommunications research supported by Science Foundation Ireland centres of excellence on campus. Trinity Health, our Academic Medical Centre combines best practice in patient care with cutting edge research and teaching in a single governance model based on world-leading healthcare centres. Similarly our major TCD research institutes and centres in areas such as neuroscience, globalisation, immunology, molecular medicine and the Trinity Long Room Hub for the arts and humanities are firmly established among the international leaders in their fields. Trinity is instrumental in driving significant national collaborative research ventures such as such as the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC), Molecular Medicine Ireland (MMI) and the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT).
Engaging with TCD on research matters takes place on many levels – the College has significant research partnerships with multinational and indigenous industry. The College operates a unique 'researchers in residence' programme to embed partners at the heart of collaborative research projects. With the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin is opening a window to the world of research in its broadest sense, fostering curiosity, stimulating debate and engaging the minds of tomorrow's investigators. Through our policy of Creativity in the Community – at local, national and global levels- Trinity is committed to delivering world class research for societal benefit.
These webpages give visitors some appreciation of the breadth of Trinity's research activities, the people behind the ideas, and the impact Irish research is having – not only on our lives today, but for the future.
Prof Vinny Cahill,
Email: Dean of Research