DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing

Common Entry into Engineering at DCU

Do you want to create, innovate and make a lasting impact on the world? Are you a critical thinker who’d love to be part of a team solving real-world problems? Choose engineering.

Maybe right now you’re just as interested in robotics as you are in renewable energy. That’s OK. It’s why we have a common entry programme for engineering. You’ll spend first year building a strong engineering foundation across maths, materials engineering and basic sciences, while also building skills like logical and critical thinking.

Then you’ll specialise in second year, going on to a challenging, cutting-edge course where you’ll build real expertise, whether that’s in mechatronics or sustainability engineering. Through lectures, labs, individual and group work, you’ll get hands-on experience with modern manufacturing processes, design, simulation and analysis procedures, and get skilled in programming and electronics.

In third year, you’ll go on a six- or 10-month INTRA work placement in Ireland or abroad in companies like Facebook, IBM, Intel, Google, Airbus and Pfizer.

And once you graduate, you may qualify to go straight on to complete a masters in your chosen field of engineering. Either way, your qualification is accredited and accepted globally, so you can bring your knowledge, skills and innovative mindset anywhere!

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Biomedical Engineering at DCU

From realistic and powerful prosthetics to individually engineered implants, and from high-tech scanners to tiny cameras that can explore blood vessels, biomedical engineers work to develop products at the cutting edge of what is possible to heal and help the human body.

When you study Biomedical Engineering, you not only learn how the body works and become injured, but you come to understand how medical devices are developed to treat injuries and disease, and how we can help the body heal itself. You’ll use state-of-the-art labs and tools such as 3D simulations and machine learning as you study.

If you’re creative, analytical, inquisitive, and innovative, and keen to work in a fast-growing field with real human impact, this could be the course for you. You’ll get biological and medical knowledge, and technical engineering expertise, so you can solve problems in biomedicine. You’ll study advanced biology, biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering, medical device design, surgical technology, rehabilitation engineering and much more besides.

In third year, you’ll do a six- to 10-month INTRA work placement and you can also opt to study abroad. Both the healthcare and medical devices industry has strong demand for qualified graduate engineers. Typically, our graduates end up working as biomedical engineers, consultants, research and development engineers or data scientists.

Given the robust condition of the Irish industrial sector and considering DCU’s active synchronization with the medical sector, Biomedical Engineering students can feel confident about their job prospects. The increasing harmonisation of European standards and US regulations also ensures that graduates will be employable worldwide.

View our video about the BEng in Biomedical Engineering at DCU here.

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BSc in Computer Science at DCU

Our world runs on computing. It’s used in every single sector and industry. From climate modelling and the study of disease to high tech companies and the latest online games, innovation and progress needs software engineers to solve problems and build products.

If you want to know how computers work and learn how to develop cutting-edge computer, internet and mobile technology, choose Computer Science. Along with programming, you’ll study advanced data tools and algorithms, databases, networks and cryptography, along with other much needed skills such as critical thinking and communications skills.

At DCU, our Computer Science course has a strong emphasis on software engineering, which is writing, modifying and maintaining software systems. You’ll get to study DevOps and full stack development in second year and use Git for all your project work – these hands-on, practical approaches based on the latest industrial practices.

In third year, you’ll go on a six-month work placement at a tech company, and you have the option to study abroad too. There is huge demand for graduate software engineers and systems analysts, so you’ll find a world of opportunity awaits once you finish this course!

View our video on our BSc in Computer Science here.

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Computing for Business at DCU

Every business and industry needs smart, versatile graduates who understand computing and technology, and who can make smart use of innovations like artificial intelligence, cloud computing and machine learning. If you’re both creative and practical, a lateral thinker who loves tech and enjoys working with people, this course is for you.

During this course, you’ll learn coding and programming, and get to grips with databases, operating systems and networks. But you’ll also study innovation and entrepreneurship, project management and presentation skills. In your last year, you can even develop your own app, and build both a prototype and a rock-solid business plan.

Real-world industry experience is incredibly valuable and as a third-year Computing for Business student, you get to immerse yourself in a business environment on a seven-month work placement. That could be with any business in Ireland, from a fast-scaling start-up or a high-tech multinational. And you can study abroad for a semester too.

Whether you want to be a business analyst, an IT solutions architect, a project manager, a web developer or an entrepreneur, this course will give you the skills, knowledge and insight to thrive in the rapidly changing world of business.

View our video on our BSc in Computing for Business here.