Student Life
.jpg)
Whether you're just beginning your journey at TU Dublin or well into your programme, the following links are here to support you. Explore the resources below to make the most of your student experience.
Join a new society, get involved and see what supports are available for you.
Every TU Dublin student is automatically a member of TU Dublin Students’ Union. TU Dublin SU is here to work for you and to represent you. For information on how to contact your elected officers, advice on a wide range of topics such as accommodation, exams, finance and welfare and info on how to get more involved with your union visit our website at www.tudublinsu.ie.
If you have any questions or issues, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at advice@tudublinsu.ie. You can also connect with them on Instagram and Facebook!
Financial Support
The Student Assistance Fund (SAF) provides financial support to students who are experiencing short or long-term financial difficulties while attending higher education. Student Assistance Fund (SAF) is managed by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS).
The applications for SAF 2024-2025 closed on Tuesday, 6th May 2025. We will reopen for the 2025-2026 academic term in mid-October 2025. Please visit our website regularly for updates.
TU Dublin Library Services fosters a heartfelt love of learning and is at the centre of academic and community life in the University. Library Services is the gateway to the global knowledge base for students, staff, and researchers. They support, partner, and play a key role in the learning, teaching, research, and engagement activity of TU Dublin.
For more information follow this link
Our Disability Support Service Team is committed to supporting students with disabilities and ensuring that any student with a disability is not at an educational disadvantage during their studies.
If you are a student with a physical, sensory or learning disability, medical or mental health condition, then please ensure you register with our services so supports can be put in place. Don't forget to bring all relevant supporting documentation/proof of disability with you to your appointment.
For students with autism, AsIAm has launched a new website to support autistic students starting college this academic year. The website provides practical resources and advice, including videos with helpful tips from other students who have had the same experience, along with financial and budgeting advice, virtual tours and simple student recipes.
For further information, check out our Disability Support Service here.
Students around Ireland and globally are leaders in demanding climate action so it’s important that their universities are also leading by example. Sustainability plays a central role in all TU Dublin activities, from education and research to campus development.
With global temperatures predicted to rise by 2.7 degrees Celsius between now and 2100, the production, distribution and use of energy needs to adapt. At TU Dublin our research aims to find efficient, cleaner, and more sustainable sources of energy; the development of evidence-based policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and how to increase security of supply so as to enhance national competitiveness.
Under the National Climate Action Plan 2023, the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate sets out the targets for public bodies to:
- Reduce GHG emissions by 51% in 2030
- Increase the improvement in energy efficiency in the public sector from the 33% target in 2020 to 50% by 2030
- Put in place a Climate Action Roadmap by the end of Q1 2023
Grangegorman Campus is the largest investment in Higher Education in Ireland, brings together many of our activities in one vibrant, cutting-edge campus, providing our students with an incomparable educational experience. Together with our campuses in Aungier Street, Blanchardstown, and Tallaght, Grangegorman provides a welcoming working environment where our students and staff can explore their abilities and reach their full potential.
East Quad
The East Quad is a Cultural Hub not only for the campus but also for the city. Opened in late 2020, students can access the East Quad directly via the Broadstone Gate – a new public plaza, which incorporates the Broadstone/University Luas stop on the Green Line. In addition, a range of Arts and Humanities courses are delivered in the East Quad in Art & Design, Media, Music, Drama, Dance, Languages, Law, Social Science, Education and Social Care.
Opened in late 2020, the East Quad is easily accessible through the Broadstone Gate, a modern public plaza that seamlessly connects to the Broadstone/University Luas stop on the Green Line.
Inside, the East Quad is home to a wide array of Arts and Humanities programmes, offering courses in Art & Design, Media, Music, Drama, Dance, Languages, Law, Social Science, Education, and Social Care. It’s a place where creativity, learning, and community converge.
Central Quad
The Central is the largest building on the new campus. Highly specialised laboratories and learning centres provide a world-class education environment, attracting the best and brightest students to the University and positioning researchers at the forefront of scientific discovery. The building's design emphasises openness and accessibility, putting learning 'on show' and allowing students and visitors to observe activities in laboratories and training areas. Central Quad is home to one of our Culinary Arts Kitchens.
Lower House
In 2017, the University began an ambitious project to bring the oldest building on the campus back into use. The Lower House is an important part of the new University campus, offering a range of services for students. There is a large dining area, while the building also provides Student Union facilities along with a dance studio and indoor sports areas. There are also 18 music rooms for TU Dublin Conservatoire complementing facilities in the East Quad. The Lower House is linked to the East Quad via a walkway with meadows of wildflowers on either side.
Our Blanchardstown campus is located on a 22.5-hectare campus within the IDA College Business and Technology Park on Blanchardstown Road North. The modern state of the art campus comprises of eight component buildings, with a total area of over 22,000 square metres. The campus is fully equipped with computer and electronic labs, lecture theatres with the latest audio-visual equipment and learning aids, fully equipped workshops, library, restaurants, sports hall, fitness centre, students’ union area, automated banking facilities and parking for cars and bikes. Playing fields, which consist of a Gaelic and soccer pitch, are also located within the campus.
Aontas
Aontas is a multi-function building comprising of three large lecture theatres, labs, classrooms and large group study area with computer and printing facilities. The National Learning Network are located in this building, along with the Estates Office, Human Resources, Finance and IT.
Connect
Connect facilitates a “one stop shop” approach to student administration, co-locating academic management with student services. The building houses the Student Hub Desk, the Admissions Office, the Examinations Office, Student Services Academic Administration, Marketing & Development, offices of the Principal, Registrar, Heads of School and the Quality Assurance Office.
Croí
At the heart of the campus, Croí is a multi-purpose building comprising of a large sports hall, a student common room, college restaurant, and the Students’ Union Office. Croí also facilitates the Student Health Centre, Counselling Services and a bank.
Doras
Doras is a large multi-purpose building, which facilitates a fully equipped Creative Digital Media studio and photography lab, and a specially designed Early Childhood Care and Education lab. It also houses workshops for Mechatronic and Computer Engineering and a fully equipped room for sporting activities. Doras also houses the caretaker’s office.
Eolas
Eolas facilitates the offices of academic staff and multi-purpose teaching space. Over three levels, this building consists of classrooms, labs and workshops.
Fios
Fios is the home of the campus Library, located on the first floor. The library’s role is to provide a high quality information service, which meets the academic needs of all our patrons. Fios also facilitates the Careers Development Office, a large lecture theatre, fully equipped digital media labs and a state of the art sound studio.
Horticulture Facility
This building is a purpose-built facility for the teaching of our practice-based Horticulture courses. This state of the art building includes glasshouses, poly-tunnels, workshops and welfare facilities, as well as a range of outdoor practical work areas for fruit and vegetable production and sports turf management.
LINC (Learning and Innovation Centre)
Spraoi
Spraoi is the campus’s purpose-built sports facility consisting of a fully equipped fitness suite (185m²), changing facilities, an athletic therapy room, a sports science lab, all-weather and grass pitches, as well as academic teaching space. Membership in the gym is free to all registered students and staff. Opening hours vary throughout the year, so we recommend you follow the Sports Office on social media to keep up to date.
Campus Map
The campus at Tallaght is situated on the southwest side of the city and has over 5,000 students. The campus is located on an 18-hectare site between Old Blessington Road, Belgard Road and Greenhills Road in Tallaght Dublin 24.
The campus is fully equipped with lecture theatres comprising of the latest audio-visual equipment and learning aids, science, electronic and computer labs, state-of-the-art culinary kitchens, restaurant, library, canteen, coffee shop, Students' Union, Student Hub Desk, the one-stop-shop for student services queries and specific services, automated banking facilities and a soccer pitch. The campus also offers free parking for cars and bikes.
Premier House
A 1,770 square metre building located approximately 10 minutes from the campus, close beside the The Square Shopping Centre. Premier House was refurbished in 20015 to includes 4 lecture theatres, 2 computer laboratories and 6 classrooms over two floors. A coffee shop is located on the top floor.
Synergy Centre
Synergy Centre is a state of the art business and bio-incubation facility based on campus. The Centre, jointly established by Enterprise Ireland and our Tallaght campus, the facility was opened in November 2006. The centre houses 16 office units, The Glasshouse for one-desk entrepreneurs, training rooms, boardrooms and meeting rooms plus research facilities and a café.
Training events, mentoring and networking opportunities all contribute to the Synergy Centre experience. The centre is a hub linking client ventures with research centres inside the campus, external commercial enterprises and support agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise offices. Synergy’s aim is to enable industry and academia to interact to create viable enterprises for South Dublin County that will secure the area’s future in terms of job creation, innovation and export potential.
Sports Science, Health and Recreation Building
Facilities include a sports hall catering for a range of indoor sports, including basketball, soccer, and badminton. The hall also caters for TU Dublin Sports Clubs, Student Societies, volunteering groups and an Exams Hall. We now use the main Sports Hall as a venue for our Graduation events and as a location for local Community programmes. On the first floor we have a gym and fitness suite. This includes resistance, cardio and gym equipment and is available throughout the year to our students and staff.
The Sports Science element of the building provides two lecture theatres, three classrooms and exercise medicine laboratories. The laboratories support research and teaching in exercise physiology, exercise rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, anthropometry, biomechanics, and performance analysis.
Students enrolled in our 4-year Applied Social Care and Early Childcare Education and Care programmes also attend classes in the building and benefit from dedicated Art, Music, and Drama rooms. They students also receive lectures here on Child Development, Psychology and Outdoor Recreation.
Our Aungier Street campus is built on the site as the former Jacob’s factory a historical site in Dublin 2, within a short walking distance of St Stephens Green and is extremely accessible by public transport. It is home to a number of courses from the Faculty.