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).
Undergraduate Programmes | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Celtic Studies, Art History and History |
3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
Classics, Art History and Archaeology |
3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
Classics, English and History |
3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
English, Drama and Film | 3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
English Literature | 3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
English with Creative Writing | 3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
Languages, Linguistics and Culture | 3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
Music, Film and Drama | 3 | 12-15 weeks |
September-December or January-April |
Bronwyn Salmon |
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 |
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 |
Summer Internship Programme-Business |
3 | 6 weeks | June-July | Claire Kingston |
Postgraduate Programmes Masters |
Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Aviation Finance | 1 | 8 weeks | June-August | Christine Higgins |
Finance | 1 | 8 weeks | June-August | Christine Higgins |
Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance | 1 | 8 weeks | June-August | Christine Higgins |
Quantitative Finance | 1 | 8 weeks | June-August | Christine Higgins |
Management Consultancy | 1 | Discuss with contact | June-August | Christine Higgins |
International Managements/CEMS MIM | 1 | 8 weeks-6 months | September onwards | Christine Higgins |
International Business | 1 | 8 weeks | June-August | Christine Higgins |
Undergraduate Programmes | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Landscape Architecture | 3 |
6-8 months [10-13 weeks] |
January - August [January - March |
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 [10-12 weeks] |
January - August [June - August] |
Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan |
Biosystems & Food Engineering | 1 | 6-8 months | January - 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 | Finbarr Brereton |
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 | January - August | Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan |
Regional & Urban Planning (MRUP) | 2 | 1 day a week for 12 weeks | September - November | Paula Russell |
Structural Engineering with Architecture | 1 | 8 months | January - September | Eibhlin Loughman / Fionnuala McGowan |
Undergraduate Programmes | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Sport & Exercise Management | 2 | 10 weeks | May-July | Louise O'Brien |
Agricultural Systems Technology | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Agri-Environmental Science | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Animal & Crop Production | 3 | 30 weeks minimum | January-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Animal Science | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Animal Science-Equine | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Dairy Business | 3 | 20 weeks minimum | July-December | Sinéad Flannery |
Food & Agribusiness Management | 3 | 28 weeks mimimum | January-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Food Science | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Forestry | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Horticulture, Landscape & Sportsturf Management | 3 | 16 weeks minimum | March-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Human Nutrition | 3 | 10 months minimum | September-August | Sinéad Flannery |
Undergraduate Programmes | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Law | 3 | 14 weeks | Placements have been deferred until further notice | Ewa Szczupak |
Law | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Business & Law | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with Philosophy | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with Economics | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with History | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with Irish | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with Politics | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
Law with Social Justice | 3 | 4 weeks | June | Ewa Szczupak |
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) | Paul Murphy |
Postgraduate Programmes Masters |
Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Applied Economics | 1 | 12 weeks | May-August | Ciara Whelan |
Behavioural Economics | 1 | 12 weeks | May-August | Ciara Whelan |
Children & Youth Studies | 1 |
6-8 weeks |
Placements have been deferred until further notice | Gabriella Marínez Sainz |
Digital Information Management | 1 | 6-14 weeks (full or part-time) |
May-August | Amber Cushing |
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 |
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 | Niamh Hardiman |
Social Data Analytics | 1 | 8 weeks | May-July | Pablo Lucas |
Undergraduate Programmes | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Actuarial & Financial Studies |
3 | 6-8 months | January-August | Laura Barnes |
Biology & Environmental Science |
3 |
3 months | June-August | |
Biomolecular & Biomedical Science [Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Genetics; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology] |
3 | 6 months | June-December | |
Chemistry [Chemistry; Chem. with Biophysical Chemistry; Chem. with Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology] |
3 | 3 months | June-August | |
Computer Science and Computer Science -Data Science Stream |
3 |
3 months or 5 months |
June-August or March-August |
|
Geology | 3 | 3 months | June-August | |
Mathematics & Statistics [Mathematics; Applied & Computational Mathematics; Financial Mathematics; Statistics; Mathematical Science] |
3 | 3 months | June-August | |
Physiology | 3 | 3 months | June-August | |
Postgraduate Programmes Masters |
Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Actuarial Science | 1 | 3 months | June-August | |
Applied Environmental Science | 1 | 8 weeks | July-August | |
Biotechnology | 1 | 12-15 weeks | May-August | |
Climate Change: Science & Impacts | 1 | 12 weeks | June-August | |
Computer Science (Negotiated Learning) | 1 | 12-15 weeks | May-August | |
Higher Diploma in Computer Science (ICT Skills Conversion) | 1 | 12 weeks | June-August | |
Global Change: Ecosystem Science & Policy |
1 | 6 weeks | January-March | |
Physics - Specialisation: Nanotechnology | 1 | 12 weeks | June-August | |
Physics - Specialisation: Space Science & Technology |
1 | 12-15 weeks | May-August | |
Statistics | 1 | 12-15 weeks | June-August | |
Toxicology & Regulatory Affairs | 1 | 12-15 weeks | June-August | |
Postgraduate Programmes PhD | Year | Duration |
Timing |
Contact |
Bioinformatics & Systems Biology |
1, 2 or 3 | 1-6 months | Variable | Denis Shields |