Dublin City University - DCU
speciality: Education

From my own experience I found the campus offered freedom of choice to live a great university life but also so much choice. My course was also very intense so to have the right resources such as student hubs, library, gym made life so much easier. Being very independent as a student in making friends and working hard I found that this made the facilities accessible for me however I can see how college life would have been difficult for people who were more introverted because of the lack of organised student meet-ups as part of say a module. I definitely noted that some people found it hard to make friends and simply needed more opportunities to integrate moresocialising within their course modules which could have helped others.

Dublin City University, in my opinion, is a social hub for meeting new people and making friends through its 150 clubs and societies. As students create these ‘clubs’ and ‘socs’, there’s something for everyone, and it creates a warm atmosphere on campus offering a great balance to lectures. As for lectures (the more serious side!), the staff are highly qualified, with most of my lectures having a PhD or working towards it. I had a positive relationship with most of my lecturers (there’s always one). There is also a students’ union to voice any concerns and a writing centre to support essay writing skills (very useful!). The downside, for me anyway, is that DCU have recently decided to remove alumni email accounts from their system. Its affects alumni (me) but not so much current or new students. Apart from that, I got good vibes and campus life was unforgettable!