Situated on an extensive campus a short distance from Dublin city centre, DCU is Ireland’s most innovative university, enabling international students to pursue world-class study opportunities in the heart of Ireland’s cultural capital.
We offer the following honours 4 year BSc programmes in the physical sciences:
- Physics with Biomedical Sciences - Radiation Physics, Medical Imaging, Biomaterials, Biophotonics, Lasers in Medicine
- Physics with Astronomy - Galactic and Observational Astronomy, Astronomical Techniques, General Relativity, Cosmology
- Applied Physics - Nanotechnology, Solid State Physics, Optics and Photonics, Quantum Physics, Instrumentation and Image/Signal Processing
- Science Education - Integrated programme leading directly to professional teaching qualification
As a first year student at DCU you will benefit from our innovative first year experience,includinga personal tutor, extended orientation, small-group tutoring, problem and project-based lectures and laboratories.
Additionally, you can avail of the following benefits in year 3 of your BSc studies:
- INTRA - Industrial placement - 8 month paid work experience
- Industrial Internship - 2 days per week, paid work-study over final two years
- Field trip to foreign observatory
- International placement at a university in the USA
- Research Centre/laboratory placement
Our programmes offer real relevance for students and employers alike, and have helped earn us a reputation at home and abroad as Ireland’s most progressive university. Graduates of our physicalsciences programmes enjoy careers in a variety ofareas, including:
- Information and Communications Technology
- Financial Analysis and Modelling
- Education
- Medical and Health Physics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Photonics
- Nanotechnology
- Microelectronics
- Sustainable Energy Sources
- Environmental Monitoring and Protection
For further information, contact
Dr James Fryar, tel: +353 1 700 5862;
e-mail: james.fryar@dcu.ie
