Global Rankings for Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin is the top ranked university in Ireland. Using the QS methodology we are ranked 75th in the world and using the Times Higher Education World University Ranking methodology we are 139th in the world.

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's No.1 university
(QS World University Ranking 2026, Times Higher Education 2025)

Trinity is ranked 75th in the world
(QS World University Ranking, 2026)

Internationalisation

Trinity is ranked 35th most international university in the world.
Times Higher Education World University Ranking, 2025.

Trinity is also the highest ranked university in Ireland.

Employability

Trinity is ranked 1st in Ireland for employer reputation and employment outcomes.

QS World University Rankings 2026

QS Subject Rankings 2025

Trinity is ranked in the top 50 worldwide in four subject areas

10th in the world for Nursing (up from 20th in 2025)
19th in the world for English (up from 27th in 2025)
28th in the world for Pharmacy and Pharmacology (up from 34th in 2025)
50th in the world for History (up from 51-100 in 2025).

Trinity is ranked in the top 50 worldwide in the broad subject area of Arts & Humanities and in the top 100 in the broad subjects areas of Social Sciences & Management and Life Sciences & Medicine.

Trinity is also ranked in the top 100 universities in the world in the following subject areas:

Geography
Medicine
Performing Arts
Social Policy & Administration
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies
Modern Languages
Accounting & Finance
Law
Education
Politics & International Studies
Development Studies
Psychology

About Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin was founded in 1592

Trinity has three faculties - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; and Health Sciences.

The city centre campus occupies some 51 acres (including the Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus)

There is in excess of 220,000 m2 of buildings, including beautiful historic architecture and state-of-the-art modern facilities.

Students can avail of over 170 societies and sports clubs.