Welcome to the UCD School of Geological Sciences.
We are the largest Geoscience School in Ireland, bringing together the skills and expertise of nine academic staff, six support staff, 15 contract research staff and 23 PhD students.
Our core undergraduate degree programme is a BSc degree in Geology in which the development of field skills is highly valued. We also contribute to teaching of the new Climate and Earth System Science BSc degree programme that is offered by the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences. In collaboration with the UCD School of Archaeology, we offer a Joint Major Archaeology and Geology BSc (Hons) programme. We also have collaborative teaching links with Trinity College Dublin, the UCD School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering and the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science.
An emphasis in our undergraduate degree programmes is the provision of a sound academic training in independent observational and interpretational skills. Fieldwork training, in Ireland and abroad, is a key ingredient in our courses. Our degree programmes reflect the needs of society and industry and provide graduates who are internationally highly regarded.
As a dynamic and active research school our staff have been very successful in obtaining research grants, from national and international funding agencies and from industry. Our research is focussed through a number of research groups within the School, all of which publish regularly in international scientific journals. The School hosts the recently established National Centre for Isotope Geochemistry.
The School’s main research groups are in the areas of Fault Analysis; Geochronology, Petrology & Isotope Geochemistry; Geophysics; Marine & Petroleum Geology; Palaeobiology; and Palaeoclimatology. All six research groups have strong international collaborative links.
Professor Frank McDermott
Head of School
UCD School of Geological Sciences
