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Dublin City University (DCU)

302 reviews
3.98 / 5 based on 302 reviews
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Ignacio N
ICADE, Madrid, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement
Overall
I wish I had known...
How expensive it was.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
3
Costs
1
Activities
1
Campus life
3
Party / people
2
Weather / location
1
Personal recommendation
The campus facilities are really good, students and teachers are really accessible.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
3
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Studying in DCU will allow students to be more independent in terms of study, as they will be left with lots of free time that is supposed to be spent studying. It will be up to the student to keep up with the courses. If you are well organised, you can be up to date and benefit of some free time too, that will enable you to travel around ireland or to other countries in europe, as flying ticktes are really cheap if you buy them in Ryan Air.
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Leslie T
NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, CEMS
Overall
I wish I had known...
nothing. Thanks to my school in france we have a very good network, and i just asked for information to students that was already studying in Dublin
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
2
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
2
Party / people
2
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
The European program is really good, through sport activities it is really easy to meet new people, foreigners or irish. But in the student environnement it is easier to meet foreigners...mostly in 3rd and 4th years.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
2
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Globally this experience abroad was and is still very useful. It makes people be more mature, you discover such a lot of things, first you become more independent, then you meet a lot of new and very interesting people...well i think i will even try to get a job abroad in UK or even further.
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Rubén G
Universidad de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It´s the best way to choose what you want to do each moment and it´s much cheaper than campus accomodation
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
Residence on campus is great, but it´s quite expensive (around 500 euros per month).They also have some strange rules I couldnt bear.
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Albert A
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Communication and Information Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
living in a shared apartment is a great way to get to know people and being off-campus makes it more than just a study experience.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
i didn´t live on campus or use the university to find accomodation but friends that did were quite happy.
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Amélie A
NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I'd rather get a house with other students because their would be more facilities in there (Washing maching....)
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
It is very great when you arrive in Dublin and don't know anybody but the rules in those accomadations are very stricts.
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Average experience qotu DCU
Nil
Netherlands, Graduate
, 2019
Overall
I don't wanna be biased in my verdict, but providing review on the university system could be subjective not necessary following on standardised rules. I'd say my experience with DCU was not the best. The teachers and assistant teachers are complicating the things in old fashion they thought it is academic standard. Some of them really didn't know how to discuss and elaborate simple basic theories instead they preferred to post YouTube or other links to let the students watch it.
Be careful with the description of the modules because it is not extensively providing details in terms of prerequisites and level of studying of the students. If you are coming from non English speaking country as a first language then perhaps the grades of your bachelor or master would be downgraded due to grammar mistakes even if your English is superb and passed ILETS with highest grades. Some teachers are using this way to reduce your overall grades. I have experienced many mistakes in my grades from DCU however I preferred to pointing out my coordinator to sueing them.
During academic sessions, I have spotted many mistakes from the the module' s coordinator, however I was not appreciative instead the professor didn't solve any problems in the tutorial letting the students to solve everything without even final answers because there was non trust to share the answers which somehow could expose the weakness of the material. In addition to the mistakes of the principles used by the professor for the record all of the problems were taken from internet. I was disappointed I realised it would be much better for me to learn myself on my own pace.
Honestly, I am still honored to be graduated from my home university in my home country, felling proud of the level of engineering I have been taught. Last thing, maybe you will be lucky with other schools in DCU if they are not reluctant to better ways of education system, the management and teachers need to engage with other system globally to see the difference and find widen scope to develop themselves.
Thanks.
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Pros
Campus is good
Cons
The teaching system in general
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