| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Dublin City University | |
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| 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 |
| 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:
The university also hosts Oscail, the National Distance Education Centre.
There are currently four linked colleges:
In 1979 the institution was located on a 85 acre (0.3 km²) site 3 mileA mile is any of several units of distance, or, as physicists say, of length. Today, one mile is mainly equal to about 1609 metres on land and 1852 metres at sea and in the air, but see below for the details. Current definitions The meanings of mile thats (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 GrattanHenry Grattan ( July 3, 1746 June 6, 1820) was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Grea 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 and is the location for The HelixThe Helix is a building on the Dublin City University campus at Glasnevin on Dublin's Northside originally to be called the Aula Maxima . Recently completed, in 2002, it is described as a "performance space" and holds university conferring and national ar a purpose built "performance space", which includes Ireland's largest concert hall, the Mahony Hall. The O'Reilly FoundationSir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly (born 7 May 1936) is an Irish businessman and one of the richest men in Ireland. He is most well known through his chairmanship of the Dublin-based Independent News & Media Group (INM). Tony O'Reilly was born in Dublin. made a substantial contribution towards the new library, The John and Aileen O`Reilly Library. Currently ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co) 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] by the Sunday Times, UK. It was also ranked No 2 in the league table of Irish universities in the same newspaper.