University College Dublin (UCD)

Take your bike with you (it costs you €30,- if you go by Airlingus) and you will definitely need it if you stay at the blackrock campus

We travelled a lot around, which you should also do, because you never get so much time in one country to get to know it. We mostly travelled by rented car, and even though it was left drivin we did not encountered any problems, and got very well along woth everything. Even if at the start everything might seem very unfamiliar and strange to you, just don't let yourself go, at the end you will get to know a lot of very nice people and you will love it!

It was a great time on this Island and I don´t regret a single day. I have never met so many open minded and friendly people before, as the irish people are. Furthermore Ireland is a fascinating Island with a lot of amazing spots.

Make shure you get to Ireland 3-4 Weeks before the semester starts, because if your own university doesn´t help you to find accommodation you´ll have to search for qiet a while! Get yourself a bike! Public transport is horrible! Well, it´s worth to see the whole Ireland cause I have never seen an ugly part of it! See the Cliffs of Moyer, Gallway, Aaron Island!

There is very limited university housing. If you want this type of accomodation, ask for it as soon as possible. Dublin is very expensive for accomodation. Often it is a lot cheaper to share a room with someone. Don't be put off by this, it can be very character building learning to live with a new person, and often it will create an awesome friendship that will last (my old room-mate just came to visit me in Madrid and we are about to arrange a reunion with our whole flat in amesterdam). Also try to get accomodation near the bus route 10, it is the most regular bus out to UCD.