DCU Postraduate Guide 2026

Welcome Welcome to DCU, a young, ambitious and innovative university with a mission to ‘transform lives and societies’. We are proud to rank among the Top 400 of the world’s universities. At DCU, our primary goal is to provide a ‘transformative student experience’. Our postgraduate programmes are designed to help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to flourish in a fast-changing world. Whether you wish tomove forward in your career, advance in an area you are passionate about, or change career paths completely, we have a postgraduate course for you. This University is known for its innovative Teaching and Learning, and our inspiring teachers are recognised for their personalised ‘human touch’ approach. In addition, DCU has always had a productive relationship with enterprise and leading employers. This ensures that our programmes are highly relevant to today’s workplace, and undoubtedly contributes to DCU’s consistently high Graduate Employment Rate. DCU is ranked 301 in the world for its research environment, and it is this global reputation that underpins our postgraduate programmes. The University is home to leading research centres in areas such as educational assessment and evaluation, bullying prevention, human rights, cellular biotechnology, neurotherapeutics, sensors, plasma technology, biomedical diagnostics, machine translation, cloud computing, data analytics andmore. As well as our academic excellence, DCU is known for its welcoming and diverse campuses, hosting international students from135 countries. We can also proudly boast of our superb sports complex, our renowned performing arts centre, The Helix, and our state-of-the-art student centre, the U. More than 120 DCU student clubs and societies add greatly to a vibrant social environment. Welcome from the President 1