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Postgraduate Study Desks

Postgraduate Study Desks - also known as Postgraduate Carrels - are individual study desks in the Library allocated to certain cohorts of registered postgraduate students, upon receipt of a completed application form and subject to availability. Other readers may use a desk on the understanding that it must be vacated if the Postgraduate Study Desk holder wishes to use it. Lockers are provided with every Postgraduate Study Desk for storage of (non-Library) personal items.

Postgraduate study desk applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now open. The deadline to apply is 12 noon Wednesday 30 September.

Postgraduate Study Desk Application

  • Postgraduate Study Desks may be requested by registered Doctoral and Masters by Research students at the beginning of the academic year for the remainder of that year
  • Demand is high so priority will be given to Doctoral students. We do not accept applications from students on taught postgraduate courses
  • Desks are available in the Boland, Lecky, and Ussher Libraries - we aim to locate the reader close to their subject collection if possible
  • Applications will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 30 September 2026
  • If successful in applying, you will receive an email with details of your desk and where to collect your locker key by mid-October

Previous Postgraduate Study Desk holders should return their keys to us as soon as possible, either in person to a Library Service Desk, or by post to: Postgraduate Study Desks, c/o Boland Library, Library of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2. Please include a note with your name, student ID number, and the Postgraduate Study Desk number.

Lockers are provided with every Postgraduate Study Desk for personal items only, not for storage of non-borrowed Library books or journals. Locker keys must be returned by the assigned due date (check your Library account for details). Lost keys or keys that are not returned by the assigned due date incur the following charges:

  • Keys not returned by the due date: €50
  • Replacement of lost keys: €25

Please e-mail library@tcd.ie if:

  • You no longer require your study desk
  • You are no longer a registered student at Trinity College Dublin
  • Your address changes
  • You lose the locker key