Trinity College, Dublin

The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland's oldest university. Trinity is located on College Green in Dublin, opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament (now a branch of the Bank of Ireland). The campus occupies 47 acres (190,000 m²), with many attractive buildings, both old and new, centred around large courts and two playing fields.

Students

Admission

Irish school-leavers apply for places under the CAO points system, under which students compete for university places on the basis of the points score awarded for their Leaving Certificate results. Some students are admitted through the Trinity Access Programme which aims to facilitate the entry of sectors of society which would otherwise be underrepresented. The admissions office also has procedures for considering mature and international students' applications. There is high demand for many Trinity courses, so competition can be strong.

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Years

In Trinity, first year students are called Junior Freshmen; second years, Senior Freshmen; third years, Junior Sophisters and fourth years, Senior Sophisters.

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Awards

Students who enter with exceptional Leaving Certificate results are awarded an Entrance Exhibition.

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Senior Freshmen and Junior Sophisters may elect to sit the foundation scholarship examination, which takes places in the break between Hilary and Trinity terms. While the requirements vary between courses, candidates are generally required to sit a combination of papers from their first two years. Where a student obtains a 2.1 in a subject they may be exempted from sitting the annual examination in that subject. If a student achieves a first class honors in the scholarship exam, they may be elected a scholar. The list of new scholars and fellows is announced with great ceremony by the Provost on Trinity Monday. Foundation scholars are part of the body corporate, and all scholars are entitled to free rooms, commons and fees for the duration of their scholarship, which can last up to five years.

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