Academic programmes with internships at UCD are listed below. Employers are encouraged to liaise directly with the Programme Internship Manager of the programme(s) of interest (details below).

College of Arts & Humanities

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact
History 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

 

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie

History & Politics 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
Classics, Art History and Archaeology
3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
Classics, English and History
3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
English, Drama and Film 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
English Literature 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
English with Creative Writing 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
Languages, Linguistics and Culture 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
Music, Film and Drama 3 12-15 weeks

September-December or January-April

artshumanities.internships@ucd.ie
Postgraduate Programmes Masters
Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Archives and Records Management 1

1 week (or 1 day/ week for 5 weeks)

January-March

Julie Brooks   
Cultural Policy and Arts Management       1 8 weeks April-May Pat Cooke             

Irish Folklore & Ethnology 1

12 weeks

June - August

Bairbre NíFhlionn   
Public History 1

4-8 weeks

January-March

Paul Rouse             
Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge 1

4-8 weeks

May-August

Cathal Billings         

 

College of Business

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Commerce
3 9-12 months September-September Claire Kingston
Economics & Finance
3 9-12 months September-September Claire Kingston
Commerce (International)  3 6-12 weeks June - August Claire Kingston
BSc Business  3 9-12 months September - September Claire Kingston
Summer Internship Programme-Business
3 6 weeks June-July Summer Internships
BSc Sustainability with Business & Economics 8-12 weeks June - August  Sustainability Internships 
Postgraduate Programmes Masters
Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Aviation Finance 1 8 weeks June-August Bel Blanco
Finance 1 8  weeks June-August Bel Blanco
Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance 1 8  weeks June-August Bel Blanco
Quantitative Finance 1 8 weeks June-August Bel Blanco
Management Consultancy 1 Discuss with contact June-August Bel Blanco
International Managements/CEMS MIM 1 8 weeks-6 months September onwards Bel Blanco
International Business 1 8 weeks June-August Bel Blanco
MSc Financial Data Science  8 week  June - August  Bel Blanco
MSc Strategic Management  8 weeks  June - August  Bel Blanco 

 

College of Engineering & Architecture

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Landscape Architecture 3

6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]

January - August

[January - March
or June - August]

Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan

 

‡ 5-year Integrated Masters Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering 4

6-8 months

January-August

Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan

‡ Students of this programme complete 3 years of study before continuing on the masters pathway for years 4 and 5.

Postgraduate Programmes Masters
Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Biomedical Engineering 1 6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June - August]
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Biosystems & Food Engineering 1

6-8 months,

[10 –13 weeks]

June – August

[June – August]

Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 1 8 months January - August Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Electrical Power Engineering 1 6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June - August]
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Electronic & Computer Engineering 1 6-8 month

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June - August]
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Energy Systems Engineering
1 6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June- August]
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Engineering with Business
(Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical)
1 6-7 months June-December Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Environmental Policy 1 10 weeks June - August Leonhard Lades
Materials Science & Engineering 1 6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June - August]
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Mechanical Engineering 1 6-8 months

[10-13 weeks]
January - August

[June-August] 
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Optical Engineering 1

6-8 months

[10 –13 weeks]

January - August

[June – August]

Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan
Regional & Urban Planning (MRUP) 2 8 – 10 weeks January – May Dr. Linda Fox-Rogers
Structural Engineering with Architecture 1 8 months January - September Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan

 

College of Health & Agricultural Science

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact Contact
Agricultural Systems Technology 3 16 weeks minimum March-August

Sinéad Flannery 

Aoife Byrne 

Agri-Environmental Science 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Animal & Crop Production 3 30 weeks minimum January-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Animal Science 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Animal Science-Equine 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Dairy Business 3 20 weeks minimum July-December Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Food & Agribusiness Management 3 28 weeks mimimum January-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Food Science 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Forestry 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Horticulture, Landscape & Sportsturf Management 3 16 weeks minimum March-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Human Nutrition 3 10 months minimum September-August Sinéad Flannery Aoife Byrne  
Sport and Exercise Management  2 10 weeks minimum Summer Trimester (May - July) Louise O'Brien Louise O'Brien
College of Social Sciences and Law

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Law 3 14 weeks January - May

Philip Howarth

Social Sciences

[Archaeology; Economics; Geography; Information & Communication Studies; Mathematics; Philosophy; Politics & International Relations; Social Justice; Sociology; Statistics; Archaeology, Geography & History; Computational Social Sciences; Economics Mathematics & Statistics]

 
3  12-30 weeks September-December or January-May (can continue through summer)   Social Science Internships Team

BSc Sustainability with Social Sciences, Policy & Law

8 - 12 weeks  June - August Sustainability Internships
Postgraduate Programmes Masters
Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Applied Economics 1 12 weeks May-August Aisling Reynolds
Behavioural Economics 1 12 weeks May-August Aisling Reynolds
Children & Youth Studies 1

6-8 weeks
(or part-time equivalent over year)

Placements have been deferred until further notice Gabriella Marínez Sainz
Communication and Media 1

12-14 weeks

May-August Paraic Kerrigan
Education 1 6-8 weeks
(or part-time equivalent over year)
Placements have been deferred until further notice. Gabriella Marínez Sainz
European Politics & Policy 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
European Public Affairs & Law 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Gender, Politics and International Relations 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Human Rights 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
International Development 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
International Political Economy 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
International Relations
1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Library and Information Studies 1 12-14 weeks Summer 2024 Claire Nolan
Middle East Politics 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Peace & Conflict 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Political Theory 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Politics 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Politics, International Relations 1 12-14 weeks May-July Patrick Paul Walsh
Public Administration - Development Practice 1 6-12 weeks June-August Samuel Brazys
Public Policy 1 12-14 weeks May-August Dominic Shellard
Social Data Analytics 1 8 weeks May-July Pablo Lucas
College of Science

 

Undergraduate Programmes Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Actuarial & Financial Studies
3 6-8 months January-August bafsworkplacements@ucd.ie

Biology & Environmental Science 
[Cell & Molecular Biology; Environmental Biology; Plant Biology; Zoology]


3
3 months June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Biomolecular & Biomedical Science
[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Genetics; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology]
3 6 months June-December

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Chemistry
[Chemistry; Chem. with Biophysical Chemistry; Chem. with Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology]
3 3 months June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Computer Science and

Computer Science -Data Science Stream

3

3 months

or 

5 months

June-August

or

March-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Geology 3 3 months June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Mathematics & Statistics
[Mathematics; Applied & Computational Mathematics; Financial Mathematics; Statistics; Mathematical Science]
3 3 months June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Physiology 3 3 months June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Sustainability with Environmental Sciences 3 3 months June - August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

BSc Sustainability with Environmental Sciences 8 - 12 weeks  June - August  Sustainability Internships 
Postgraduate Programmes Masters
Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Actuarial Science 1 3 months June-August

Adrian O'Hagan

Applied Environmental Science 1 8 weeks July-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Biotechnology 1 12-15 weeks May-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Climate Change: Science & Impacts 1 12 weeks June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Computer Science (Negotiated Learning) 1 12-15 weeks May-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Higher Diploma in Computer Science (ICT Skills Conversion) 1 12 weeks June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Global Change: Ecosystem Science & Policy
1 6 weeks January-March

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Physics - Specialisation: Nanotechnology 1 12 weeks June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Physics - Specialisation: Space Science & Technology
1 12-15 weeks May-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Statistics 1 12-15 weeks June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Toxicology & Regulatory Affairs 1 12-15 weeks June-August

Paul Murphy and Rachel McEvoy

Postgraduate Programmes PhD Year Duration
Timing
Contact
Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
1, 2 or 3 1-6 months Variable Denis Shields