Dublin City University was established in the year 1975 in Dublin city. DCU has extensive teaching and research facilities, including television and sound studios, computer laboratories and networking facilities, language and interpreting laboratories, a video-conferencing suite, and print and graphical laboratories. These are in addition to modern research and teaching laboratories in the areas of physics, chemistry,
biology and engineering. Today, in 2014, DCU delivers more than 200 programmes to over 12,000 students across its four faculties –
Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Health, Engineering and
Computing and DCU
Business School. DCU the only university on the island of Ireland to be featured in the QS Top 50 under 50. DCU has been placed 40th in this showcase of next-generation, leading universities, all established since 1962. It has also been placed 86th among the top one hundred young universities in the Times Higher
Education 100 under 50.
Last Updated on: May 06, 2025