Dublin City University(DCU) is Ireland's youngest university and provides an exciting, interdisciplinary, friendly and supportive environment for postgraduate work.
Postgraduate Research at DCU cuts across the traditional boundaries between academic disciplines and involves collaboration with national and international partners and interaction with a broad range of funding agencies, institutions, non-governmental agencies and private companies. Its major research centres and institutes have been awarded very significant funding by state and private institutions to enable them to provide leadership at a global level. All of DCU's academic schools undertake research which is at the cutting edge of knowledge.
DCU is internationally recognised for its research in the following fields:
- Science and Health
- Engineering and Computing
- Business
- Education
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes
DCU has several specialised research centres and hosts others that involve collaborations with other Higher Education Institutions and industry. The research centres generally fall into the scope of DCU's Research and Enterprise Hubs:
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
- Advanced Research Computing Centre for Complex Systems Modelling (ARC-SYM)
- Entwine - provides a networked platform with a global reach for the provision of services that enable the scalable machine-to-machine communication required to realise a true Internet of Things.
- Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4)
- ADAPT@DCU
- The Irish Photonics Integrations Centre
- The Irish Software Research Centre (LERO)
BIOTECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE AND PHARMACEUTICALS
- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology (NICB)
- International Centre for Neurotherapeutics
- Biomedical Diagnostic Institute (BDI)
- National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
- Food for Health
NOVEL MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABILITY
- National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)
- National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
- Water Institute
- Advanced Process Technology Research Centre (APT)
INNOVATION IN SERVICES AND BUSINESS PROCESSES
- Centre for Family Business
- Centre for Translation and Textual Studies
- Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4)
- Socio-Legal Research Centre
- FuJo – innovative and experimental space for journalism and media research.
SECURITY, DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION
- Centre for Advancement of Science Teaching and Learning (CASTeL)
- Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (IICRR)
- Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
- Centre for Evaluation, Quality & Inspection
- Institute of Ethics
Application Details
Postgraduate applicants should visit the ‘How to Apply’ section of the Graduate Research Office https://www.dcu.ie/graduatestudies/how_to_apply.shtml
Contact Details
Dublin City University (DCU) Graduate Research Office, Invent, DCU, Dublin 9, Ireland. Telephone + 353 1 700 5136/5296 Fax + 353 1 700 8002 e-mailgraduate.research@dcu.ie | Dublin City University (DCU) International Office, DCU, Dublin 9, Ireland. Telephone + 353 1 700 7411 Fax + 353 1 700 8698 |