Trinity College Dublin Partnership

Looking for specific classes? Explore CHART, our exclusive class database — if the Trinity College Dublin Program is pre-approved at your institution, you’ll find classes recently taken by other IFSA students.

To view Trinity Visiting Student Module Directory, click here. Students are accepted to specific academic departments; please note that applications are judged on a case by case basis by departments and some may have higher departmental GPA requirements, above the minimum GPA of 3.1. Whenever possible, we will publish higher GPA requirements as communicated to us by Trinity College Dublin.

• Department of Economics: 3.5 GPA requirement
• Department of Philosophy: 3.5 GPA requirement
• Department of Political Science: 3.3 GPA requirement

You can apply to up to six departments at Trinity, and you must apply to a minimum of two. If you list a department, you should plan on taking at least one course in that department. The course preference form is not a registration form; while you will be provisionally accepted to departments, you will not officially register for courses until after you arrive at Trinity College Dublin. You should discuss your course selections with your academic advisor at your home institution and have several backup choices in mind.

In addition to departmental offerings, Trinity visiting students have the option to take one “Trinity Elective.” These Trinity Electives do not require departmental approval and are open to all students based on availability.

Credit Conversions
The typical course load at Trinity College Dublin, is 25-30 ECTS credits, which is equivalent to 12.5-15 U.S. semester credit hours. Individual departments at Trinity reserve the right to designate full course loads that are greater than the standard ECTS level. In addition, students participating the fall semester Early Start program often earn up to a total of 17.5 U.S. semester credit hours.

1 ECTS credit = 0.5 US semester credit hours.

It is your responsibility to confirm your home institution’s requirements regarding course load during your study abroad experience.

EARLY START OPTION
An early start optional class is available for fall and academic year students only.

Understanding Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Module in History, Archaeology, Art, Architecture, and Literature

2.5 U.S. semester credit hours.

Starting approximately three weeks before the regular start of term, this class is split into three compulsory strands: Irish history, archaeology art, and architecture, and literature in a historical context. Morning lecture and small group tutorials are supplemented with afternoon field trips focusing on detailed assessment of key events, personalities, debates, influences, and texts. Past field trips have included the Abbey Theatre and Croke Park with day trips to the Boyne Valley and Kilkenny.

Lab & Field Trip Fees
Please review syllabi and course materials when registering for direct-enroll classes. Certain classes may have a one-off lab or field trip fee disclosed in the syllabus or during the first meeting of the class. These fees are not included in your IFSA program fee. You will be responsible for these fees, whether they are billed and paid by IFSA or billed to you.