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Trinity student honoured at 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony

Ronan Zaletel, an undergraduate in Trinity’s School of Mathematics, was honoured at the 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony on 16th October – the day on which famed Trinity scientist William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternion algebra in 1843.

23 Oct 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

Thrive in Trinity: Provost sets out five-year strategic plan

Provost Dr Linda Doyle said at the event: "When we thrive, Trinity thrives. And when Trinity thrives, we are able to challenge and serve society more effectively, and make positive and lasting change in the world".

15 Oct 2025

Community|Culture|Innovation|Students

Secondary students search for “ein Stein” in classic mathematics challenge

Researchers from Trinity’s Experimental Mathematics Lab, partnering with staff in Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), welcomed 18 TY students from Coláiste Bríde and Marian College to take part in a classic “ein Stein” challenge as Maths Week takes centre stage in Ireland this week.

14 Oct 2025

Research|Science|Students

Exploration matters more than perfection in STEM learning

Dr Paul Irving, STEM Community Manager at Trinity Walton Club, argues that science doesn’t want perfection but curiosity instead. And that's what we should be nurturing in young learners.

29 Sep 2025

Science|Students

From 17 students to 2,800: A printed history marks 100 years of Trinity Business School

The publication charts the school’s evolution from modest beginnings with just 17 students in 1925 (when classes were only held in afternoons to accommodate the students’ work commitments) to the current enrolment of 2,800 students, from more than 60 countries.

25 Sep 2025

Business|Society|Students

Trinity’s points rise as strong demand offsets lower grade inflation

Data from the Central Applications Office showed that 11,233 students made first preference applications to Trinity’s Level 8 courses this year, up from 10,015 in 2024. This is a 12% increase in first preference applications from 2024.

27 Aug 2025

Community|Students

AI can democratise higher education if used wisely

Professor Orla Sheils, Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer, writes in The Irish Times about the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence to the higher education sphere, and argues that they should be embraced.

25 Aug 2025

Community|Innovation|Society|Students

Trinity alumni receive Fulbright awards for 2025-26

Awardees will research, innovate and collaborate across a diverse range of fields including multimedia arts, philosophy, medicine, agriculture, education, art history, AI technology in medicine, AI technology in education, visual arts, and health.

25 Jul 2025

Awards and Funding|Students

Universities need restructuring for climate and community needs, study finds

Higher education institutions offer critical social infrastructure with untapped potential to contribute to more equitable and sustainable futures, according to new research.

15 Jul 2025

Culture|Environment|Research|Society|Students

Craft My Street: young people reimagine Dublin with Minecraft in Smart Docklands pilot

In a city increasingly defined by data, design, and digital connectivity, a new pilot project is giving some of its youngest residents a powerful tool for change – Minecraft.

30 Jun 2025

Community|Research|Society|Students

Trinity PhD candidate wins 2025 EU 3-Minute Thesis competition

With her presentation, called "Triggering Healing: Materials that outsmart Brain Cancer", Almudena had emerged victorious from the final of Trinity's internal 3MT competition, which took place in March.

12 Jun 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Students

Update from Board on Taskforce report

On 4 June 2025, Trinity's Board received a report from the Taskforce on Academic and Institutional International Links and Related Matters. The following update was sent to the College community after the meeting.

5 Jun 2025

Community|Society|Students

Geography PhD candidate wins 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award

Kevin O’Leary, a second-year PhD candidate in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, is the co-winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award – a science media competition that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).

23 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Students

Trinity-Columbia Dual BA graduate delivers valedictorian speech

Peter Gorman, a graduate of the Dual BA Program between Trinity and Columbia University, recently delivered the Columbia GS Class of 2025 valedictorian speech.

22 May 2025

Research|Science|Students

Trinity Walton Club celebrates 10 years of transforming STEM education in Ireland

Trinity Walton Club (TWC) has delivered STEM learning experiences to over 7,000 students in its first decade of operation. TWC launched its new impact report as club leaders, educators and alumni gathered to mark the milestone.

20 May 2025

Science|Students

Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.

19 May 2025

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

Waste not: CHARM-EU students tackle real-world sustainability challenges

Trinity will today host the final day of XHIBIT, an intensive learning programme during which CHARM-EU students teamed up with local organisations to develop sustainability solutions.

16 May 2025

Environment|Students|Sustainability

New Scholars and Fellows announced at Trinity

Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: "On behalf of the Trinity community, I offer my warmest congratulations to everyone who has been elected to Fellowship and Scholarship.These are fantastic academic achievements and the new Fellows and Scholars deserve to feel very proud today."

28 Apr 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Trinity welcomes students and researchers from Gaza

The students - eight of whom are postgraduates and two undergraduates - will begin their studies at Trinity as soon as possible. All fees have been waived for these students.

18 Apr 2025

Community|Research|Students

Primary students showcase the future of smart cities at Trinity

The Academy of the Near Future is proud to announce the inaugural Connective Detective Exhibition, taking place on 9–10 May in Trinity.

16 Apr 2025

Community|Innovation|Students

Trinity and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services to give occupational therapy training

The new partnership will provide occupational therapy students with clinical placements in mental healthcare settings.

15 Apr 2025

Health|Research|Students

Trinity marks life-long learning milestone as 1,000 complete micro-credentials

"It has re-ignited my appetite for lifelong learning. I am currently on my third microcred.”

14 Apr 2025

Business|Innovation|Students

Trinity gets Google backing for Computer Science education programme

As well as the Hedge School, this funding from Google.org will support a new pre-university Computer Science module, a professional development programme for teachers, and research into best practices for integrating Generative AI in education.

21 Mar 2025

Community|Science|Society|Students

Five student start-ups to take part in Phase 2 of LaunchBox programme

LaunchBox Phase 2 will take place over the summer months, with coworking space on campus and a bespoke programme aiming to accelerate our top student startups.

19 Mar 2025

Innovation|Students

Coláiste na Tríonóide ag Gluaiseacht 2025

Ba mhaith linn go mbeadh an oiread mac léinn, ball foirne agus céimithe agus is féidir inár dteannta Dé Céadaoin an 19 Márta don lá gluaiseachta agus gníomhaíochta coirp urraithe seo, ag bailiú airgid do chistí cruatain mac léinn

14 Mar 2025

Community|Health|Society|Students

Six students receive 2024/25 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships

Trinity celebrated six student recipients of the 2024/25 Three Ireland Trinity College Dublin Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony.

12 Mar 2025

Awards and Funding|Science|Students

Ceiliúrann Coláiste na Tríonóide athainmniú na Leabharlainne i ndiaidh an fhile Eavan Boland

Is é Leabharlann Eavan Boland an chéad fhoirgneamh ar champas na hOllscoile i lár na cathrach atá ainmnithe i ndiaidh mná.

11 Mar 2025

Community|Culture|Society|Students

Trinity sees strong rise in CAO applicants for the 2025/6 academic year

10,569 students picked Trinity as their first choice for level 8 courses, an increase of 13.5%.

11 Mar 2025

Community|Students

Trinity celebrates renaming of Library after poet Eavan Boland

Librarian and College Archivist Helen Shenton said: "Under its new name, it provides an inclusive and inspirational space for current and future students, now bolstered by Eavan Boland’s scholarly and feminist reputation.”

11 Mar 2025

Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students

Trinity on the Move 2025

We want as many students, staff and alumni to join us on Wednesday 19th March for this day of sponsored movement and physical activity, raising money for student hardship funds

14 Feb 2025

Community|Health|Students

A tribute to Michael Purser 1937 – 2025

Michael Purser, who passed away recently, taught in Trinity for four decades and left a lasting impression on students and colleagues alike.

7 Feb 2025

Community|Science|Students

Belfast student wins Trinity scholarship for Northern Ireland undergraduates

Titanic Belfast supports generous bursary worth €20,000 over four years

31 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Treoraigh do Thodhchaí

Tionscnamh nua do dhaoine óga chun iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar an gcaoi le nuálaíochtaí comhshaoil a spreagadh tríd an nGaeilge agus traidisiúin a bhaineann léi.

22 Jan 2025

Community|Students|Sustainability

New initiative for young people to explore how Irish language and traditions can inspire environmental innovations

Dublin City Council and the CONNECT Centre's Academy of the Near Future, in partnership with Gael Linn’s Gaelbhratach team, has launched ‘Treoraigh do Thodhchaí’.

22 Jan 2025

Community|Students|Sustainability

593 students receive Entrance Exhibition awards from Trinity

The students come from 452 different schools and from 30 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 38 countries overseas.

22 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Trinity project Climate Smart showcased at Climate Education Day 2024

Professor Anna Davies has been working for the past three years developing resources with and for Transition Year students in Ireland to help them get to grips with the wicked problem of climate change adaptation.

28 Nov 2024

Environment|Science|Students|Sustainability

80-year experiment put in the hands of Ireland’s young scientists

The National Pitch Tar Drop Event, run by Trinity's School of Physics in collaboration with the AMBER Research Ireland Centre and the Institute of Physics. will see a School in every county participate in Citizen Science.

27 Nov 2024

Research|Science|Students

Trinity celebrates its innovators and entrepreneurs at 2024 Awards

The Provost's Innovation Award was presented to Professor Jane Farrar, a transformative figure in the field of inherited ocular diseases, advancing innovation and commercialising research at Trinity College Dublin.

21 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Research|Students

Trinity Celebrates its 2024/25 Sport Scholars

Trinity's new batch of  Sport Scholarship students for 2024/2025 will be celebrated tonight at an event in the Dining Hall. During the event Trinity Sport student athletes will take part in a panel discussion on the ‘high-performance mindset’.

11 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

An chéad chruinniú ag Tascfhórsa nua de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide le tionól an 22 Samhain

Beidh 26 comhalta (tugtar liosta thíos) ar an Tascfhórsa, triúr ina measc arna n-ainmniú ag Aontas na Mac Léinn i gColáiste na Tríonóide, beirt arna n-ainmniú ag Lár-Choiste na gCumann agus ceathrar arna n-ainmniú ag Grúpa na gCeardchumann.

6 Nov 2024

Community|Society|Students

New Trinity Taskforce to hold first meeting on November 22

The Taskforce will have 26 members, including three nominated by the Trinity Students Union, two by the Central Societies’ Committee and four nominated by the Group of Unions.

6 Nov 2024

Community|Research|Society|Students

Trinity renames its main Library after poet Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland was one of the foremost women in Irish literature, publishing many collections of poetry, a memoir Object Lessons (1995), as well as teaching and lecturing in Ireland and in the US.

9 Oct 2024

Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students

Trinity welcomes the President of Vietnam

Mr Lâm was greeted at the Old Library of Trinity by Vice Provost Prof. Orla Sheils and by Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

2 Oct 2024

Community|Society|Students

Trinity breaks new ground with Ploughing debut

Vice-President of Global Engagement Emma Stokes said the experience had been “fantastic”. “We had hundreds of visitors each day to our booth. Students at all stages of their education, as well as parents and many of our alumni.”

19 Sep 2024

Community|Society|Students

Matheson EU Law Partnership with Trinity - Assistant Professor Announced

Dr Sarah Arduin will focus on advancing research in the field and strengthening Trinity Law School’s teaching and research profile in commercial EU law, in areas such as financial services, intellectual property law, competition law, and information technology law.

16 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

Provost calls on Trinity community to back higher education funding campaign

In a letter sent today to students, staff and alumni, Dr Doyle argued that, without sustainable funding, “universities are facing the risk of a quiet and gradual decline, a slow retreat from competitiveness and attractiveness”.

13 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students

Trinity celebrates the disAbility Inclusive Internship Programme

Empowering students with disabilities and strengthening inclusivity on Trinity’s campus

5 Sep 2024

Community|Students

Trinity’s 2024 CAO offers hit record high

There has been a modest fall-off in points, with an average drop of nine points across Level 8 Single Honours courses, and an average fall of six points for Joint Honours courses.

28 Aug 2024

Students

Trinity students win European Universities Debate Championships

The victory marks the second time in three years that a Trinity team has won, and the first time that an Irish woman has won the Championships.

21 Aug 2024

Students

Trinity student named in Top 30 Under 30 Environmental Educators in the World

Trinity PhD candidate Luke Gibbons has been selected by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) as one of the Top 30 Under 30 Environmental Educators in the World 2024.

20 Aug 2024

Awards and Funding|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Formula Trinity team launches new race car in Front Square

Students from Formula Trinity, a team of over 100 representing the university in the international Formula Student engineering competition, unveiled their brand new race car at a special launch event in Front Square last week.

15 Jul 2024

Research|Students

Trinity ranked 26th in Europe by QS University Rankings

QS assessed 685 institutions in the Europe region, using 12 performance indicators, some of which differ to those used for the QS World University Rankings 2025, in which Trinity ranked 87th.

10 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Students

Trinity Student Counselling receives prestigious accreditation

Trinity Student Counselling Services has become the first European university service of its kind to be accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS), which sets benchmarks for professional counselling on college and university campuses worldwide.

27 Jun 2024

Community|Health|Students

Partnership with Naas General Hospital adds nursing placements

NGH has been designated as an Academic Nurse Teaching Hospital in partnership with Trinity, serving as one of the primary clinical bases and parent hospitals for the Bachelor of Science in General Nursing programme. From September, 12 Trinity nursing students will have the opportunity to complete clinical placements there.

19 Jun 2024

Health|Students

Trinity pair receive Fulbright awards for 2024/25

Two researchers from Trinity – Abdulbaset Alazhare and Mairéad O'Donnell – are among the 21 Fulbright Irish awardees for 2024/25, who were presented with awards this week at Iveagh House.

14 Jun 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Students

SciFest@TCPID 2024 in association with Abbott Ireland

SciFest@TCPID showcases STEM projects from students with intellectual disabilities

5 Jun 2024

Community|Science|Students

Student encampment and blockade at Trinity to end

Update at 7pm, 8 May 2024 - Student encampment and blockade at Trinity to end.

8 May 2024

Community|Students

Tá na Gaelcholáistí Eolach ar Aeráid!

‘Caithfimid buíochas mór a ghlacadh le COGG as a dtacaíocht dhiongbháilte chun gaelcholáist a chuimsiú san ábhar tábhachtach seo’ a dúirt Alison Norman, Oifigeach um Oiriúnú Aeráide ag An Taisce.

23 Apr 2024

Environment|Research|Society|Students

Gaelcholáistí are Climate Smart! 

An Taisce, along with Prof. Anna Davies and Dr. Stephan Hügel, from Geography in Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, launched a new Transition Year module called ‘Climate Smart’ with student representatives from Scoil Chaitríona and Coláiste Chilliain.

23 Apr 2024

Environment|Research|Society|Students

Trinity performs well in QS World University Subject Rankings 2024

Overall Trinity ranks for 40 subjects. Of these, 20 climbed the table, 3 dropped, 13 remained unchanged and 4 ranked for the first time.

10 Apr 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

Computer scientists release new Pytch web-app to help students write their own programs

The new version of the free “Pytch” app is the fruit of a development process in which a community of young coders and educators around the world have worked to create and improve a fantastic resource for students and new programmers.

9 Apr 2024

Research|Science|Students

Trinity College Dublin Instagram Competition: Win a T-Ball 2024 Ticket

Terms and Conditions for the Trinity College Dublin Instagram Competition.

5 Apr 2024

Community|Students

Trinity chemistry student, Áine Coogan, joins prestigious CAS Future Leaders™ Program

The unique programme provides early-career scientists with leadership training and connections to peers from around the world.

25 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Science|Students

Eight compete in Trinity’s Three-Minute Thesis competition final

Eight speakers competed in the final event, which requires researchers to present their research, armed with just one slide, in a manner that makes sense to a non-specialist audience, and within a fixed time limit of three minutes.

22 Mar 2024

Research|Students

Trinity on the Move raises over €10,000 for student hardship funds

The day of sponsored sport saw students, staff and alumni come together as a community to raise money for the student hardship funds.

20 Mar 2024

Community|Health|Students

Green Week '24 - 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People'

This has been Trinity’s 22nd year marking Green Week. The event started in 2003 to honour the late Professor Simon Perry, who started the College Recycling and Environment Committee, now known as the Green Campus Committee. After his untimely passing in 2002, the Green Campus Committee decided to hold the first Trinity Green Week in his honour, and the College’s Green Week has grown in strength every year since.

19 Mar 2024

Community|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Laidlaw Foundation to fund new research and innovation library at Trinity

The new research and innovation library will be Trinity’s first stand-alone digital library and is expected to open in 2027, focusing on embracing modern and collaborative working and studying approaches.  

19 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Students

Free measles catch up vaccination clinic on campus

In response to a number of cases of measles on the Island of Ireland over the past few weeks, the HSE is providing a free MMR catch up vaccination clinic on campus.

15 Mar 2024

Students

Trinity attracts 26% of CAO applications in 2024

9,312 students picked Trinity College Dublin as their first university choice.

9 Mar 2024

Students

Mary Harney becomes first female president of Trinity’s Hist

Mary Harney, who served as the student debating society’s first ever female auditor as an economics student at Trinity in 1976-1977, succeeds Professor David McConnell who has been the Hist president since 2002.

8 Mar 2024

Community|Students

626 students receive Entrance Exhibition awards from Trinity

The students come from 445 different schools and from all 32 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 28 countries overseas.

6 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

Weston Foundation Scholarship to fund MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability

Applications have opened for the new Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Scholarship, which aims to support young people from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds in taking on Trinity Business School’s newly launched MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability.

19 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Students

Trinity to feature in ‘My Uni Life’ series on RTÉ

This exciting series returns to our screens for a second season as cameras capture life across a busy year on campus, beginning on Friday February 16th at 8pm on RTE One or RTÉ Player.

13 Feb 2024

Community|Society|Students

Eight students graduate from Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The graduates - James Conlan, Jodie Daly, Oscar Daly, Conor Dunne, Liam Foley, Jack McFadden, Cliodhna O’Rourke and Diarmuid Owens - completed 18 modules over two years of full-time study.

1 Feb 2024

Community|Students

Trinity offers PhD Scholarship award to student of sanctuary

Applicants must be resident in Ireland, and be either in the international protection system, temporary protection, seeking asylum, or have refugee status or permission to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds.

17 Jan 2024

Awards and Funding|Society|Students

School of Social Sciences & Philosophy holds Student Prize Ceremony

The ceremony concluded with a special presentation by Francis O'Toole and Paul O'Grady to Professor John O’Hagan to mark his substantial contributions to the Department of Economics, spanning an impressive six decades to date.

7 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students

As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.

6 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

Honorary degrees conferred at Trinity

Journalist Susan McKay, musician Fergus Sheil, Judge Mary Irvine and scientist Michael Coey received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.

1 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Embracing Sensory Diversity with TCD Sense Map

Trinity unveils groundbreaking accessibility tool during TCDSU Disability Week

29 Nov 2023

Community|Society|Students

College Awareness Week Celebrates 10 years with the TY Challenge Finals in Cork!

To celebrate 10 years of College Awareness Week, MTU Cork hosted the launch to coincide with the TY Challenge finals.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Students

Fewer staff, students are walking and cycling, survey finds

The numbers walking fell to 20% from a high of 28% in 2018, while the cycling rate was sharply down (-59%) from 2011.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Environment|Students

Trinity celebrates sport scholars for the 2023/24 season

This year’s awardees, comprising 36 Trinity Sport scholars and 28 club academy scholars will represent Trinity this season across seventeen sports including rugby, basketball, GAA, soccer, rowing, and cricket.

15 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Trinity invites submissions on legacy issues and renaming of the library

"It is important for us to listen to as many voices as possible, as we embark on a further evidence-based review of legacy issues. This website offers us an important mechanism to do that.”

15 Nov 2023

Community|Research|Society|Students

Storm Debi Update

The university will be closed until the red warning expires which is currently at 8.00am, Monday 13 November.

12 Nov 2023

Community|Students

Trinity joins pilot international sustainability education programme

The cohort of institutions will work closely with their students throughout the year to engage with the framework of good practice, effecting changes to teaching and learning at the top-down, middle-out and bottom-up levels.

2 Nov 2023

Culture|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Learning without limits – Trinity celebrates 20 years of inclusive education

Minister Simon Harris joined students, past and present, at the ‘Learning Without Limits’ conference. Together they celebrated the achievements of the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities, which has hit a 20-year milestone of inclusive education.

27 Oct 2023

Community|Society|Students

Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels delivers masterclass to Trinity computer science students

Amazon.com Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr Werner Vogels delivered a Masterclass entitled ‘From Research to Production: Applying Distributed Computing Concepts to the Real World’ to students on the MSc programme in Computer Science on his recent visit to Trinity.

26 Oct 2023

Innovation|Research|Students

The Hist wins Guinness World Record for longest debate marathon

The student debate went on for 27 hours, 58 minutes, with eight speakers addressing 26 motions run back to back, all under careful supervision of Guinness World Records.

23 Oct 2023

Students

Call out for community climate action projects to join forces with Trinity researchers

Interested in taking action on the climate crisis but don’t know how to make it happen? Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are looking to collaborate with communities on a locally-led 18-month project focusing on climate action.

19 Oct 2023

Community|Society|Students|Sustainability

School of Psychology launches new micro-credential course

The course in Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies was created in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross' Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support.

10 Oct 2023

Students

A happy day as Printing House Square gets official launch

"The students bring this place to life and are the heart and soul of it, " said Provost Dr Linda Doyle.

9 Oct 2023

Community|Health|Society|Students

Trinity students to represent Ireland at Enactus World Cup

Students from Trinity College Dublin will soon be jetting off to Utrecht to represent Ireland at the Enactus World Cup

3 Oct 2023

Business|Environment|Students

The Hist declared world's oldest student society

The 253-year-old debating society has been recognised by Guinness World Records.

18 Sep 2023

Community|Students

Student start-up Hebe Adventures wins LaunchBox contest

This year, ten teams collectively representing seven Trinity schools were selected to partake in the LaunchBox programme, which is the oldest of its kind in Ireland, and which is currently seeking a new sponsor.

7 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

One in 4 students choose Trinity as top points ease

Cut-off points for Trinity’s Level 8 Single Honours courses have dropped on average by 12 points, while cut-offs for Joint Honours courses rose on average by 26 points. The number of courses requiring candidates to have achieved 600 points or more fell to eight from nine in both 2022 and 2021.

30 Aug 2023

Students

Student accommodation: Without decent housing it’s hard to get a decent education

The issues students face in securing accommodation are closely linked to the broader housing crisis, writes Dr Sarah Hamill

15 Aug 2023

Society|Students

Academy of the Near Future and Cellnex Foundation partner to upskill students on smart technologies and digital connectivity

The partnership, which will run for three years, will develop young people’s understanding of smart technologies and digital connectivity in primary schools across Dublin and nationwide.

27 Jul 2023

Awards and Funding|Society|Students

Trinity student wins Inclusivity Partnership Award

This week, Children’s Books Ireland and the School of English announced the recipient of the 2023 Inclusivity Partnership Award. The partnership enables researchers to work closely with experts in the area of children’s books to investigate key issues in contemporary publishing for young readers. The recipient, Linde Vergeylen, is a student from the M.Phil programme in Children’s Literature at the School of English, Trinity. Under the supervision of Dr Pádraic Whyte, she will lead an investigation into the representation of disabilities in Young Adult verse novels.

20 Jul 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Students

Green Tech Skillnet provides 30% discount on selected Trinity green courses

Trinity is pleased to announce that Green Tech Skillnet, an organisation dedicated to fostering skills and expertise in the field of green technology, will provide a 30% discount for learners pursuing several of Trinity's green diplomas and micro-credential courses.

7 Jul 2023

Awards and Funding|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Trinity Sports Awards 2023

The Trinity Sport Awards took place recently at the Royal Marine Hotel where eleven awards and the Pinks ceremony were announced. The annual awards are open to all sport clubs where the extraordinary commitment made by the sporting community at Trinity is acknowledged every year.

23 May 2023

Students

Tír na nÓg: DU Players’s Summerfest

This week Trinity’s campus will become the land of eternal youth as it plays host to the DU Players’s Summerfest.

22 May 2023

Students

Bridge to College Leadership Project 2023: Sustainability

Bridge to College is one of Trinity Access Programme’s initiatives which aims to help Transition Year students develop key skills and give them the experience they need to advance and thrive in third level education. Over 370 students from mainly DEIS schools are represented in this years showcase and have worked in teams to complete the student-led and managed leadership project on sustainability.

11 May 2023

Environment|Students|Sustainability

Trinity Men’s Basketball Team Complete a Sensational Season

Trinity Men’s Basketball team completed a sensational season, winning the Division Two Basketball Ireland League final, guaranteeing them promotion to division one next year, and more recently winning the Basketball Intervarsity’s Title at University of Limerick.

26 Apr 2023

Community|Students

Trinity celebrates new Scholars and Fellows

In total, 62 new Scholars, 37 new Fellows, seven new Professorial Fellows and two Honorary Fellows were announced across a range of disciplines.

24 Apr 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

Information for New Scholars 2023

Congratulations to those of you who have been elected to Scholarship.

21 Apr 2023

Community|Students

Why Leaving Cert results delay has to stop

Vice-Provost Orla Sheils writes: It is difficult to pinpoint an excuse for the ongoing delay that justifies the enormous disruption to students’ progression beyond second level education. From a logistical perspective, the delay means colleges and universities once again face organising a staggered start.

20 Apr 2023

Society|Students

Trinity’s Quantum Play event shines light on crucial role of emerging quantum tech

Trinity’s School of Physics celebrated World Quantum Day by opening its doors and inviting curious minds to a showcase of five exciting quantum versions of games, developed by Trinity’s very own Quantum Science and Technology MSc students.

20 Apr 2023

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

Health & Sports Week launch event celebrates free contraception for women aged 17-26

Healthy People, Healthy Planet is the theme of this year’s Health & Sports Week which kicked off with a celebration of the new government scheme which provides free contraception for women between 17 and 26.

27 Mar 2023

Culture|Environment|Health|Students

Trinity and UCD go Head-to-Head in Colours Boat Race

Taking place on Saturday, 25th March from 12:30pm, the colours boat race sees Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin go head-to-head again on the River Liffey.

9 Mar 2023

Students

Ryan McGowan wins prestigious Hamilton Prize

Ryan, a final year student in the School of Mathematics, has won the prestigious undergraduate Hamilton Prize as the top student in his programme at Trinity. He is one of nine winners from across the universities in Ireland to have received the award from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).

2 Mar 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

677 students receive Trinity Entrance Exhibition Awards

The students come from 460 different schools and from 31 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 31 countries overseas.

2 Mar 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

Trinity takes key steps to improve funding for PhD researchers

The Board of Trinity has approved a proposal to consolidate the University’s three internal postgraduate research schemes and increase their associated stipends to €25,000.

22 Feb 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

Éigse na Tríonóide in Trinity College Dublin

Éigse na Tríonóide, Trinity College Dublin’s annual Irish language festival, will take place from 13-17th February 2023 in collaboration with the Students’ Union, An Cumann Gaelach student society and Trinity’s Irish Language Office.

13 Feb 2023

Community|Culture|Students

New course highlights diversity and inclusion in further education and training

Designed specifically for staff working in the Further Education and Training sector, the course was designed by Dr Joanne Banks and Professor Michael Shevlin from Trinity's School of Education in collaboration with Dr Anne Costelloe and Carrie Archer from City of Dublin ETB.

2 Feb 2023

Students

Trinity named 16th most international university in the world

Trinity College Dublin is the 16th most international university in the world in 2023, based on staff, students, research collaboration and international reputation, according to a new list from Times Higher Education (THE).

2 Feb 2023

Innovation|Research|Students

Innovative teaching techniques to increase intake of student nurses

The School of Nursing and Midwifery is rising to the challenge of increasing its student intake under limited capacity with innovative teaching techniques, to replace some hospital clinical internship hours.

21 Dec 2022

Health|Students

Five students receive first Three Ireland Connect to STEM scholarships for women

Administered by the Faculty of STEM and Trinity Access and worth €20,000 each over a four-year undergraduate degree programme, the scholarship scheme to benefit 25 students in total aims to attract women from Ireland to study STEM subjects at Trinity.

6 Dec 2022

Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Students

Four exceptional individuals receive honorary degrees at Trinity

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre CEO Noeline Blackwell, artist Dorothy Cross, theologian David Ford and the former editor-in-chief of the Guardian newspaper Alan Rusbridger were conferred today with honorary degrees of the University of Dublin at Trinity College Dublin.

2 Dec 2022

Awards and Funding|Culture|Society|Students

Trinity College Dublin Launches Legacies Review Working Group

Submissions have been invited from the public on the name of the Berkeley Library and future of Inishbofin human remains stored in Trinity.

25 Nov 2022

Community|Students

Trinity Sport Scholars celebrated at Dining Hall Ceremony

Linda Doyle, Provost, Trinity College Dublin said: “It is impressive to see how the students balance their commitment to sport with their commitment to their studies"

22 Nov 2022

Awards and Funding|Health|Students

30 tree-planting ceremonies to mark College Awareness Week 2022

The 9th annual College Awareness Week (CAW) launches today, with events running nationwide from the 21st – 27th November. The campaign seeks to show how college can and should be for everyone.

21 Nov 2022

Students|Sustainability

Trinity names 2022/23 Sports Scholars

Trinity College Dublin has unveiled its Sport Scholarship students for 2022/23. Student athletes from a wide variety of sports, including rugby, basketball, GAA, rowing, hockey, and cricket are featured in this year’s programme.

3 Nov 2022

Health|Students

Trinity offers a sneak-peak at the sweet spot for innovation at the SUGAR Global Kick Off 2022/23

Innovation thought leaders will unveil the secrets behind innovating so that companies can take their products and services to the next level, and outline how to effectively engage in collaborative innovation at the SUGAR Global Kick Off 2022/23, which is this week hosted by Trinity.

24 Oct 2022

Business|Innovation|Research|Students

ProMotion Rewards secures €725,000 pre-seed investment

Pharmacy graduates and former Tangent LaunchBox winners (2020), Bidemi Afolabi and Lauren O’Reilly created ProMotion Rewards to help brands understand consumer behaviours.

24 Oct 2022

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

Kilkenny creative entrepreneurship course launched by Trinity College and Design & Crafts Council Ireland

The Trinity Postgraduate Certificate in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship will provide ambitious individuals in the Kilkenny region with the opportunity to gain a postgraduate qualification at level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications.

18 Oct 2022

Arts|Business|Students

Trinity's CodePlus, Google team up to tackle computer science gender gap

As fewer than a quarter of higher education graduates in the ICT sector are female, Trinity's CodePlus and Google Ireland have teamed up on a programme to make a difference.

14 Oct 2022

Business|Innovation|Students

A New Leaf: Trinity plants trees in Santry

Universities throughout Ireland are taking part in the week by offering events for staff and students to learn about the climate crisis and undertake local actions.

12 Oct 2022

Environment|Students|Sustainability

Coláiste na Tríonóide sa 161ú háit i Rangú THE ar Ollscoileanna an Domhain

Is éard a dúirt an Propast Linda Doyle: “Táimid mórtasach as an obair den scoth a dhéanann ár mbaill foirne agus ár mic léinn, agus tá cruthaithe go láidir againn i gcatagóirí amhail luanna, agus is léargas é sin ar an aitheantas maith atá faighte ag taighde Choláiste na Tríonóide."

12 Oct 2022

Students

Trinity 161st in THE World University Rankings

Trinity has been ranked 161st in the world in the latest THE World University Rankings. Provost Linda Doyle said: “There are several different ranking systems for universities and while we remain at 98th in the QS World University Rankings, we have dropped from 146th to 161st in the 2023 THE World University Rankings."

12 Oct 2022

Research|Students

Ecode wins Launchbox 2022 student entrepreneurship competition

Teams of talented young entrepreneurs have pitched for backing at TCD LaunchBox 2022 Demo Day

5 Sep 2022

Innovation|Students|Sustainability

Minister Simon Harris visits Disability Hub and Health Centre

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris visited Trinity College Dublin today to view the university’s soon-to-open Disability Hub and Health Centre.

17 Aug 2022

Students

Engineering students win global additive manufacturing competition

Brothers Tadhg-Lorcan and Eoin H. Oude Essink won the nTopology Responsible Part Challenge 2022 while representing Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin in the competitive international event.

17 Aug 2022

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Students

Equine MediRecord secures eight-figure US private equity investment

Equine Technology company Equine MediRecord, initially nurtured by Tangent's student accelerator, LaunchBox, has closed an investment for an undisclosed eight-figure amount, thought to be just over €10 million.

4 Aug 2022

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

Formula Trinity takes Silverstone by storm

Students from Trinity recently bagged three awards at the Formula Student competition held at the famous Silverstone race circuit in the UK.

3 Aug 2022

Innovation|Research|Students

How counselling and peer-led services can optimise student success

A new report on the role student counselling and peer-led services have on student success at third level was launched by Provost Linda Doyle today.

20 Jun 2022

Students