Trinity College Dublin

Research at Trinity

Trinity is a leading European research university and the only Irish member of the prestigious League of 23 European Research Universities (LERU). Find out more at: www.tcd.ie/research.

Trinity students are taught by professors who are not only experts in their field but are also engaging in ground-breaking research. Trinity’s learning environment is interdisciplinary and inclusive environment to allow students to explore new challenges and realise their full potential.

State of the art research and learning facilities

Trinity College’s main campus features state-of-the-art research and learning facilities, including the university’s triple accredited Business School, the Science Gallery, the nanoscience research centre (CRANN), the Long Room Hub Institute for Arts and Humanities, the Biomedical Sciences Institute, and The Lir Academy of Dramatic Art.

With more than 6 million printed volumes, the Trinity Library is highly regarded as a world class research learning facility and a Legal Deposit library which receives copies of all material published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Postgraduate Research

Our research continues to address issues of global societal and economic importance. Trinity has developed 19 broad-based multidisciplinary research themes that cut across disciplines and facilitate world-leading research and collaboration within the university and with colleagues around the world. Find out more about Trinity’s Research Themes at: www.tcd.ie/research/themes 

Trinity is also home to 5 leading flagship research institutes:

·       Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI).

·       Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN).

·       Trinity Translational Medical Institute (TTMI).

·       Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute (TLRH).

·       Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN).

Trinity is the first and only Irish university to join the prestigious ranks of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), Europe’s leading network of research-intensive universities and brings together global experts across all disciplines to offer an exceptional educational experience centred on a research-inspired curriculum. Full details regarding research opportunities at Trinity are available at www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/postgraduate-research.