Anyone considering DCU?

ConSkin

As part of one of our modules on our marketing course at DCU we've just made a video promoting the Business School. Have a look and if you have any questions about the Business School at DCU feel free to ask and I'll be happy to help you out! We had a lot of fun making this and I think it will help give you a feel of what the University is about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbLk40IlNxo

Cheers!

Swizz

How is DCU for socialising/making new friends?
What course do you do? How many hours do you do? including tutorials?
How are the lecturers?
Did you go abroad yet? Work? If you did where did you go? How much were you paid?
I was looking at European Business, but what the hell is transatlantic studies?

Thanks. Ill watch the vid when my internet isnt acting up!

ConSkin

I've been at DCU since late September so about 6-7 weeks now. I've made heaps of friends in a short space of time. There's also the option of joining one of the societies where you'd easily make many more. I haven't got round to joining any yet. I'm doing a Post Grad in Marketing. I have 18 hours of lectures a week. No tutorials as it's post grad level. The lecturers are very helpful and always on hand to give you assistance or respond to emails if you're stuck with something. I'd definitely recommend it. I was in Edinburgh for two years finishing my undergrad degree and decided to move back and I'm happy I did. As for European Business. It's not something I know much about. Like I said I only moved here 6 weeks ago. If you go on to the website and email the business department I'm sure they'll be happy to explain to you what it is. My guess at transatlantic business would be something involving study or work in the U.S but thats just a guess!

jumpguy

I'm a bogger and I've been often put off of Dublin-based universities because of stories of a tendancy for Dubs who went to school together etc to stick together and tend to be very exclusive. Is this true?
How much does it cost (on average) to live and study in Dublin (partying/going out included)?

ConSkin

I'm from Monaghan and I never noticed any of that. Anyone who's worth knowing won't pay any attention to where you're from so I definitely wouldn't let it put you off. I've been on nights out where I've spent €30 and nights out where I've spent much, much more. It all depends on how good you are at managing your money. Generally your rent will be between €400-450 if you look hard enough but if you move in with quite a few people and take a single room you'll probably find something cheaper.

ayumi

im considering it but not for business

Pygmalion

jumpguy wrote: »

I'm a bogger and I've been often put off of Dublin-based universities because of stories of a tendancy for Dubs who went to school together etc to stick together and tend to be very exclusive. Is this true?

I just moved up from Wexford and haven't really noticed this, I'm not very outgoing or anything (computing student :P) but everyone seems nice enough and willing to talk to and hang out with new people, in your course you may end up doing group work, so you'd be spending some time with whoever gets placed in your group and would get to know them.

Also if you join a few societies or clubs you'll be grand, common interests are far more important than how long you've known each other or where you're from, and there's societies for almost everything.
Join the small ones in particular if they interest you, the Sci-Fi society ("Strange Things") for example, it's very small but there's weekly films and nice people. Being small means it's also easier to get involved with the society if you want to, and you'll probably end up getting to know the other members fairly well.
Obviously the above applies to any small societies, I just chose the Sci-Fi one because I happen to be public relations officer.

How much does it cost (on average) to live and study in Dublin (partying/going out included)?

I'm living on campus and getting that subsidised so I won't (cant) answer stuff about rent/bills, as for food, depends a lot on what you get, but you can live off pasta/rice/sandwiches for a few euro a day if you keep an eye out for discounts. A lot of places do "student nights" with cheap drinks and the like so it's likely to be cheaper than anywhere in the country if you know which places are cheap on which nights.
The pub right outside the entrance to DCU has €3 pints on Tuesdays (but they don't have a great selection at that price), and the bar on campus has €3.50 cans or €4 pints I think.
I don't really go to clubs or anything though so can't really answer w.r.t. those.

ConSkin

Yeah. With most courses there's a lot of groupwork involved so you'll generally spend time with people from various backgrounds. If anything I would say DCU has the least amount of cliques compared to UCD and Trinity. As for going out on the cheap I recently found out Dicey Reilly's do pints for €2 on Wednesdays! Couldnt beat that. Practically robbin the barman!!

andyman

As a first year in DCU, I personally think there's way more "culchies (not degrading, I am one)" around than there are Dubs. In my course, for example, there's only 6 people from Dublin out of 35.

It's a fantastic college, I love it here.

ConSkin

What are you studying?