Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s oldest and highest ranked university. Created by royal charter in 1592, it is one of the seven ancient universities of Great Britain and Ireland, and currently around 20,000 students call Trinity home.

Trinity has educated some of the world’s finest, most original minds including the writers Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker and Samuel Beckett (Nobel laureate), the scientists William Rowan Hamilton and Ernest Walton (Nobel laureate), the political thinker Edmund Burke, and the former President of Ireland and UNHCR Mary Robinson.

Located in a beautiful campus in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, it is known for it’s vibrant student life steeped in history.

Essentials

AUT subjects:

_{These are general subject areas, you'll need to check if your major is offered.}

Art and design (Visual Arts - Moving Image only), Business (all majors), Computer and Information Sciences, Economics, Education (Bachelor of Arts), Engineering, Health Science (Psychology), Law, Mathematical sciences, Science, Social sciences and public policy

Location:

Ireland

Language of instruction:

English

Level of study:

Undergraduate

GPA requirement:

7.0 or above

_{(selected subjects have higher GPA requirements, please check the specific subject requirements/restrictions below)}

Exchange duration:

1 semester

Demand for places:

medium

Accommodation:

Offered by Trinity College Dublin

Website:

Inbound exchange webpage

Semester dates

Autumn Semester (Michaelmas Term): August – December
Spring Semester (Hilary Term): January – May

When to apply for exchange to Trinity College Dublin

Autumn Semester (Michaelmas Term)– apply by the 1 December AUT deadline
Spring Semester (Hilary Term)– apply by the 1 July AUT deadline

Credit equivalence

7.5 ECTS = 15 AUT points

Full semester workload = 30 ECTS = 60 AUT points

Modules at Trinity will usually have 5, 10 or 15 ECTS value, so students need to ensure they have checked this carefully to make up a total of 30 ECTS for the semester.

Specific subject requirements/restrictions

For subject specific requirements and restrictions, please see pages 6-7 in their Study Abroad guide.

Our agreement with Trinity is ‘university-wide’ so if you have electives as part of your AUT degree and would like to choose something outside of your degree programme with approval from your course leader, you can do so provided you meet Trinity’s requirements.