Immunology: Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Overview

Do you enjoy…

• Figuring out how your body works? 
• Understanding how your body can fight against infections and cancer? 
• Designing and performing experimental research?

Immunology at Trinity

Trinity is currently the only university that offers an undergraduate degree in Immunology in Ireland. Third and fourth year students will be based in the new state-of-the-art Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute on Pearse Street. Our students have the opportunity to study abroad for third year and there are also some internship opportunities, in Ireland and abroad.

Graduate skills and career opportunities

Graduates follow a range of different career pathways. Many of our students are recruited into Ph.D. positions either here or abroad in order to pursue a research based career in the university, medical (hospital based research), or industrial sectors. Some of these are specifically within the area of immunology but other students diversify and use their immunology to branch into other areas. Some graduates go straight into lab based positions as immunologists and these can be in academic, hospital or industrial laboratories. Other students decide to use their scientific background for non-lab based careers such as in science communication and journalism. Some graduates have gone into research support positions, while others have gone on to get a business or law qualification to enable them to be competitive in a commercial setting.

Your degree and what you’ll study

Students will learn about all aspects of immunology: from the cells and molecules of the immune system and how they carry out their jobs in particular diseases, through to what happens when the immune system goes wrong and actually starts to attack our own bodies, as seen in autoimmune diseases. In order to fully understand the immune system, students will also cover important aspects of biochemistry, genetics and microbiology. One exciting aspect of this degree is that undergraduates experience real research as they undertake a final year Capstone project in a research laboratory in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology.

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Study abroad

Students can undertake to spend third year abroad. We have links with universities in Glasgow and Marseille. Some students have also studied in the US for their third year and returned here for their final year. For more information on study abroad destinations and requirements visit: www.tcd.ie/global/mobility/outbound/