DCU Postraduate Guide 2026

31 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences DCU’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has seven schools and is the largest faculty in the University, offering 29 postgraduate degrees. Our courses are modern, interactive and challenging, taught by experts with strong links to industry who always have their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in the real world. Our state-of-the-art facilities are second to none, with a media studio plus multimedia and language labs with the latest technology. Our students often enjoy the benefit of expertise frommore than one school and discipline such as the MSc in Climate Change: Media, Politics and Society where students gain expertise delivered by both our School of Communications and the School of Law and Government. Many of our postgraduate courses are also accredited by relevant professional bodies. English in DCU is the top-ranked subject in the University, positioned in the Top 150 of the QSWorld University Rankings by Subject. Humanities and Social Science subjects including Languages, Linguistics, Communications are all ranked within the top 200 offered worldwide. DCU’s Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge is the largest third-level Irish department in the country. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 31