Dublin City University

Dublin City University
Established	1975
Location	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Students	10,000
Alumni	22,000
President	Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski
Chancellor	Hon Ms Justice Mella Carroll
Address	Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland
Phone	+353-1-700 5000
Homepage	http://www.dcu.ie (http://www.dcu.ie)
Member of	EUA

Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Glasnevin on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980 and was elevated to university status in 1989 by statute.

The founding president of the institution was Dr Danny O'Hare, who retired in 1999. The current president is Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski.

There are currently five faculties:

• DCU Business School (DCUBS)
• Faculty of Engineering & Computing
• Faculty of Science & Health
• Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
• Joint Faculty of Education Studies

The university also hosts Oscail, the National Distance Education Centre.

There are currently four linked colleges:

• All Hallows College
• Mater Dei Institute of Education
• St Patrick's College of Education
• Royal Irish Academy of Music

In 1979 the institution was located on a 85 acre (0.3 km²) site 3 miles (5 km) from the city centre, just north of Albert Park; the Albert College Building is the only significant remaining building from before this period. Entrances are from Ballymun Road, to the west, and Collins Avenue, to the north.

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The land on which the university is based was once the Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, previously called the Glasnevin Model Farm. For most of the 20th century until 1978 the Faculty of Agriculture, University College, Dublin had ownership of the site. The Henry Grattan building was the first new building completed in 1981 along with the adjoining restaurant, many building have been added since forming a modern university campus.

The early focus of the institution was, in particular, on science and technology although it has also had a large business school. It has recently developed a presence also in the performing arts and in the humanities. The university is also famous for its work placement or INTRA (INtegrated TRAining) programme, the first such programme in Ireland.

The university has a particularly strong research record, it is a research led university, and has regularly been recorded as bringing in more research income per members of faculty - or indeed as a percentage of total income - than any other university in Ireland. Its research team working on sensors at the National Centre for Sensor Research is considered one of the best in the world.

The university is also famous for its Centre for Talented Youth (http://www.dcu.ie/ctyi) and is the location for The Helix a purpose built "performance space", which includes Ireland's largest concert hall, the Mahony Hall. The O'Reilly Foundation made a substantial contribution towards the new library, The John and Aileen O`Reilly Library. Currently (2004) the university graduates are not eligible to vote for Ireland's upper chamber, Seanad Éireann, this is under review.

The university was named "Irish University of the Year 2004-2005" [1] (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8444-1266614,00.html) by the Sunday Times, UK. It was also ranked No 2 in the league table of Irish universities in the same newspaper.

See also

• Education in Ireland
• List of Irish Universities

External links

• Official website - Dublin City University (http://www.dcu.ie)
• Corporate Identity (http://www.dcu.ie/marketing/logo/index.shtml)

Dublin City University
All Hallows College | Mater Dei Institute of Education | St Patrick's College of Education | Royal Irish Academy of Music

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