18,000 Second Level Students attend UCD Open Days

University College Dublin's Open Days were held on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th March 2003.


Aisling O'Rourke from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, with Dr Tom Bolger, Department of Zoology, UCD.

(Right) Helen Donegan, Jennifer Dunlop, Orla Kelly and Fiona Butler from Lorretto, Kilkenny and Joe Manuel for CBS Kilkenny 

Students and teachers travelled to the Belfield campus from schools around Ireland, bringing an attendance of 18,000 students from 285 schools, who were accompanied by 514 career guidance counsellors and teachers. Almost 80% of those attending were fifth year students, who will be making their CAO applications in January 2004.

The objective of the UCD Open Days is to provide future students with information on the career options open to them and the opportunity to see campus facilities and the on-campus student residences. Briefing sessions for groups of students took place every half hour in the Student Centre, after which the students were free to visit the various buildings which hosted on-site talks and displays. Staff were available to discuss the courses on offer in all the faculties.

Ross McDermott, Leya Barry and Brian Murphy 
from Mount Temple, Clontarf.