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Engineering, Mathematics and Science
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In the Senior Freshman (second) year, students take further
engineering science modules and complete two more group
design and build projects. This allows you to explore all the
possibilities open to you in advance of making your final decision
about what specialism to concentrate on.
While every effort is made to allow students to study the course
they choose, the B.A.I. Management Committee reserves the right
to allocate the available places. In some departments the number
of places for students of any one year may be limited. Timetable
difficulties may also reduce the number of options available.
What happens next?
At the end of the Senior Freshman (second) year you choose
one of the six specialist areas:
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Biomedical engineering
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Civil, structural and environmental engineering
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Computer engineering
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Electronic engineering
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Electronic and computer engineering (joint programme)
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Mechanical and manufacturing engineering
Courses in the Sophister (third and fourth) years aim to
broaden and deepen your knowledge and understanding of the
specialism you have chosen to follow to degree level.
Subjects are studied in much greater detail and students
undertake real-life, practical projects. If you choose Civil,
structural and environmental engineering you could end up
testing the pre-cast concrete used to build the Paddington to
Heathrow railway; if you choose Computer engineering, you
might find yourself building a microprocessor system.
A substantial design project will be part of your final-year
assessment in each discipline.
5th Year Options
Students graduating after 2012 will require a Masters degree to be
directly eligible for Chartered status. Therefore the School offers
several options for a 5th year leading to a Masters degree (M.A.I.).
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Double qualification with INSA de Lyon
Suitably qualified students may, at the end of their second year,
apply for transfer to the double qualification programme, run
jointly with the INSA de Lyon, the largest Engineering School
in France. Instruction at INSA de Lyon is through French and
students will be required to have a high standard of language
competence before participating on the programme. At the end
of a five-year double qualification programme TCD students
may receive, in addition to the B.A.I., the Diplôme de l’INSA,
which confers full professional accreditation in France.
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M.A.I. (Domestic – Option 1)
This entails spending the 4th and 5th year in Trinity College,
undertaking additional modules in the specialisation as well
as a group project in 4th year and a significant individual
project in 5th year.
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M.A.I. (Domestic – Option 2)
This option allows student to spend one semester of their
4th year undertaking a
supervised work placement
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remainder of their 4th year and the 5th year are spent
in Trinity College undertaking additional modules in the
specialisation. Students complete a significant individual
project in 5th year.
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M.A.I. (International – Option 1)
This is offered in collaboration with the European CLUSTER
Programme, a consortium of 12 universities. The student
spends their 4th year abroad and returns to complete their
5th year at TCD. The other partner universities are: Technical
University of Catalonia, Barcelona; Technische Universität
Darmstadt; Technische Universiteit Eindhoven; Institut
polytechnique de Grenoble; Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Université Catholique
de Louvain; Helsinki University of Technology; Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne; Politecnico di Torino; KTH Royal Institute of
Technology Stockholm.
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M.A.I. (International – Option 2)
This is offered in collaboration with the UNITECH
Programme, a consortium of 9 universities and 15
multinational corporate partners. Students will spend one
semester in a partner university followed by a
six month
internship with one of the corporate partners.
Partner universities: Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg; ETH Zurich; Loughborough University;
Politecnico di Milano; RWTH Aachen University; Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.