Campaign Projects

Research for Society

DCU National Centre for Family Business

Family firms lie at the heart of communities across Ireland and are the bedrock of the Irish economy, accounting for...

Student Experience and Facilities

DCU Sports and Wellbeing

At DCU, we pride ourselves on both the promotion of sports and physical activity as an integral part of the...

Future Skills and Innovation

STEM Teacher Internship Programme

Preparing our educators today, to prepare our children for tomorrow… Children and young people today face an unscripted future that...

Future Skills and Innovation

DCU Changemaker Schools Network

Our world needs Changemakers… Our world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and we face major challenges that range from...

Excellence and Opportunity

Autism Friendly University

Autism is a developmental condition that affects how one understands, relates to, and communicates with, other people, and the world....

Research for Society

DCU Centre for Climate and Society

We know that our planet is warming. 2020 was the joint warmest year ever recorded, while 2011 to 2020 was...

Research for Society

DCU Exoskeleton Programme

On average, three people a week sustain a life-changing spinal cord injury (SCI) in Ireland, as a result of accidental...

DCU Covid-19 Research and Innovation Hub

With the world facing a global health crisis unlike any other, DCU established its Covid-19 Research and Innovation Hub in...

Write to Read

Ireland suffers from a sizeable literacy achievement gap between children in low and high socio-economic status communities. Research by the...

Student Experience and Facilities

Future-Tech Building

In September 2018 the Department of Education and Skills revealed details of a €24million investment towards a new €50million, state-of-the-art...

Excellence and Opportunity, University of Sanctuary

University of Sanctuary

DCU’s University of Sanctuary programme welcomes refugees and asylum seekers into the university community and fosters a culture of inclusion...

ANAM: A unique North Dublin Cultural Festival

In September 2017, DCU launched its strategic plan for 2017- 2022, ‘Talent, Discovery and Transformation’, which emphasised the University’s intent...

Institute of Education

Teachers Inspire

Thanks to a generous philanthropic donation, Dublin City University was delighted to launch a major national initiative in 2019 to...

DCU Annual Fund

Each year DCU alumni and friends give generously to the DCU Annual Fund to support Access scholarships, sports scholarships, research...

Excellence and Opportunity

DCU Access Programme

We believe that talented youth should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential in life, no matter who they are...

Research for Society

All Ireland Citizen Science Water Project

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), just 53% of rivers, and 50% of Irish lakes are in satisfactory ecological...

Visual Arts Initiative

Pablo Picasso once said, “art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” We believe that art in...

Future Skills and Innovation

UStart – Empowering Student Entrepreneurs

DCU’s UStart was Ireland’s first student start-up accelerator programme. It enables students to discover and develop their entrepreneurial flair. It...

Student Leadership and Life-skills Centre

At DCU, we seek to develop well-rounded graduates who will be sought after by employers and who can make a...

DCU Student Centre

One of the major successes of the Shaping the Future campaign so far, in 2016 construction commenced on the development...

GAA Education and Research Institute

The GAA has always been at the heart of Irish life. In a unique partnership, DCU will join with the...

DCU Bank of Ireland Sports Academy

At DCU, we are committed to enabling talented young men and women to excel in both academic and sporting fields,...

Fáilte ar Líne – Learn Irish Online

Large numbers of first, second and third generations of the Irish diaspora are enthusiastic about learning the Irish language. Leveraging...

Learning Futures Labs

The pace of technological change is rapid and we must continuously innovate to teach and prepare students for tomorrow, today....

Pioneering Developments in STEM Education

This project will further the enhancement of DCU’s research centre for STEM education, an internationally recognised multidisciplinary team across DCU’s...