Ollscoil DCU Reviews

Horrible time in this so called college no help from the lecturer's and they seemed happy when most of the class failed exams! The library never has any of the books you need and they cost over 300 to buy. Do not recommend this dump.

I found my time here very enjoyable.
They buildings are very modern inside and out and there is an array of structures that are lovely to look at.
The parking complex is very easy to navigate and access. There is a large amount of signs on the campus so it is easy to find the buildings you are looking for

Hi; I like information of DCU.
I go to study english on Dublin, in 20 of july.

I graduated from DCU its an awesome place to be.. best engineering school I would say

Studied for a year there. It has everything, but too far from the south side if you live there. Also take at least half an hour to get to the city center from there.

Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is the core mission of Dublin City University to unlock the talent of our students.

Nice grounds. Nice coffee shop near Albert college park. Most facilities closed at the moment due to covid 19.

beautiful grounds very well maintained. solitary person waiting for a a coffee in the Nubar .
it was so quite there .
it was missing the buzz of students from around the world and Ireland

Active engagement with stakeholders and partners is a cornerstone of DCU s unique identity. We are the antithesis of the Ivory Tower university and believe that collaboration lies at the heart of academic and societal progress.

The lighting at night or in the Winter evenings is very bad, construction of pathways and steps is crooked and to top it off, the egotistical look and "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah", attitude that goes on when you complain, really tops the charts.

I loved my time at the university. a great compact campus that still doesn't feel to claustrophobic.

Great place to study. Lots of support for students!

Friendly and beautiful campus. A lot of amenities and infrastructure available for students

It is a very nice campus The summer programme for secondary school student is excellent lots of fun.

I have fond memories of the DCU Campus back in 2004. I'll visit again when I get the chance.

Great college, lecturers and campus! Great place to study!

Best decision of my life so far. DCU is without the best young uni in Ireland.

Here I study, young and modern university. Excellent environment and facilities.

Was not in DCU but at the bus stop outside where I meet a friend we meet up there regularly for a chat.

I found the support infrastructure for part time MSc students to be quite poor with the majority of services timetabled for full time day students.
Also about a quarter of my lecturers while I'm sure they are excellent researchers did lack in their lecturing/tutoring skills

very informative and helpful security and parking staff on duty Saturday 20th February. thanks for all the help.

A very beautiful campus with so much fun and so many clubs and societies. I was wondering whether I'll get to play cricket or not and I got this club also.

Completely loved it

I had Jim Hanly at University of Liverpool for my DBA and if he is the quality of lecturers that come with Dublin City University then my heart goes out to every student that is of color in his classes. I had the worst student learning experience ever. Positive Student learning outcomes was not a focus. Caution to future students, if you are serious about having a real learning experience then you would opt for someone who is dedicated to the service of education where the student outcomes matter.
Feel free to contact me and I would be happy to share the painful learning experience where I felt victimized.

hi guys
i want study cell and biotechnology master in this uni
can u advise me if this uni good or not?

I haven't been there before. But I hope to be there. I'm in love with the school and would love to be a student. I'm from Ghana

A perfect start for Dublin for EVERYONE, clean, simple, practical, pleasant, confortable what else

Well suited as a quarantine location. But for that you would have to go for 2 weeks of fast food.

Never studied here but visited the campus for a full day and it was pretty nice all round. Decent canteen. Nice surroundings. Ok architecture with the buildings.

Its just awsm ... Librry... Bar .. Jim pool ahhh n da helix ... Life is beautiful

Doing a Physics degree here, the lecturers are very friendly, approachable and genuinely interested in their students. Loving every minute of it.

After being here 6 years I can still say the best thing about this university is the people. It also has the advantage of being small which fosters tight knit communities and enables people to get to know their lecturers. There are over 100 clubs and societies offering something for everybody.

I loved their data analysis program in masters.
With high focus on final project, you get a chance to work on fields like NLP, Computer vision or any other along with the regular subjects.

MA Journalism 2008- My experience is nearly 9 years old, so I don't expect it to reflect the current reality of DCU. At the time, Ireland was in the middle of a recession, and we were totally unprepared for what was to come with totally impractical courses, such as sub editing with a ruler and a calculator. There were also enforced courses on philosophy which were utterly useless in the newsroom. They owed more to the professor's academic interest. There were some glimmers of light in a dark year, I found the late Eddie Holt brilliant. I also must speak very highly of the Intra office, who were marvellous which gives two stars. The campus is ugly and small in grey North Dublin. I feel there are infinitely better MA Journalism options elsewhere, however things may have changed. I am delighted to never have to return.

Universities with interesting programs in education, humanities, health sciences, business and digital marketing during my visit we interviewed 2 Mexicans and they recommended us a lot the University, they were PhD and Master.

DCU has some great educational staff, and the other students are great too. I felt like I fit right in, and my ability to learn there is fantastic. However some of the services, particularly those for the students, such as the security services are pathetic. Crime in the area is ever increasing and nothing is being done to stop it. DCU security lies about the amount of CCTV coverage they have, they're unhelpful/disinterested in your issues. For example I only know of one bike rack with a CCTV camera reliably covering it. DCU really needs to fix these issues as they hurt my experience in DCU so much. I'm sure if these things were fixed it would easily be one of the best colleges in Dublin.

As a visitor it has a nice campus. Everything quite handy to get to.

Lovely park, well kept but would prefer of joggers wore face coverings.

Large university with a supermarket, bar, pharmacy and several canteens
Very nice university still under development

If it's an education you're after then you'll get one here. If it's craic + education then go elsewhere. I spent many a painful year here dodging people in their county jersey's running from the library to the nurses building.

This university has a great reputation and has a wonderful campus

A lovely park, an affordable canteen, super gym, good infrastructure. Lovely college campus. Worth a visit.

Great campus with lots of facilities that are well maintained.

Great college. Friendly atmosphere, innovative academic programmes and interesting projects. Facilities are first class as well.

Warning to potential PhD candidates, if you do research overtime (which is common if you're serious with research), be careful of the guards, they'd try their best to kick you out and some are not well trained in staying calm!! perhaps they think you're just a student and Netflixing in the office :D Definition of overtime here: weekdays after 10pm and weekend after 6pm throughout the year.....Friendly and helpful teaching staff though!

I spent my two week study vacation with Mla here. Cozy place, very clean and quiet apartments.
The college is huge and perfectly equipped.
The food in the canteen was better than I thought, though not in any way comparable to the Italian one (as is well known)
The Mli super staff!

Highly regarded place of learning with tangible results. Suitable for everyone who wants to achieve

I don't wanna be biased in my verdict, but providing review on the university system could be subjective not necessary following on standardised rules. I'd say my experience with DCU was not the best. The teachers and assistant teachers are complicating the things in old fashion they thought it is academic standard. Some of them really didn't know how to discuss and elaborate simple basic theories instead they preferred to post YouTube or other links to let the students watch it.
Be careful with the description of the modules because it is not extensively providing details in terms of prerequisites and level of studying of the students. If you are coming from non English speaking country as a first language then perhaps the grades of your bachelor or master would be downgraded due to grammar mistakes even if your English is superb and passed ILETS with highest grades. Some teachers are using this way to reduce your overall grades. conversely, I have seen a lot of mistakes and proof -reading from many teachers as well. I have experienced many mistakes in my grades from DCU however I preferred to pointing out my coordinator to suing them.
During academic sessions, I have spotted many mistakes from the the module' s coordinator, however I was not appreciative instead the professor didn't solve any problems in the tutorial letting the students to solve everything without even final answers because there was non trust to share the answers which somehow could expose the weakness of the material. In addition to the mistakes of the principles used by the professor for the record all of the problems were taken from internet. I was disappointed I realized it would be much better for me to learn myself on my own pace.
Last thing, maybe you will be lucky with other schools in DCU if they are not reluctant to better ways of education system, the management and teachers need to engage with other system globally to see the difference and find widen scope to develop themselves.
Thanks.

Great campus, great people - between students and staff. Brilliant 4 years spent here, the only negative was that I had to leave

Nice enough campus and student union, was here to talk about Machine Learning to the computing students.

I am delighted to offer a nice alternative for students with DCU's wonderful campus. It's a campus. 14 classes There are currently 100 students in the average language school. Sports facilities, campus studios type single accommodation, the ongoing student union center, super market, dining areas, pharmacy, you can find what you look for with a training environment and bus only 20 minutes away. No train connection. It makes sense to get language training here; rather than preferring an okuku building in the city. We offer free consultancy services for students who want to study language here.

It s a question...there is free Wi-Fi?
I will come in September!!

Just read on Instagram that a student from this school and his friends have been DMing someone sort of famous, not only making fun of her for having a miscarriage but also calling her the n word repeatedly and a "cotton picker". Nice students you have!