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Studying Campus

  • 03-12-2010 8:18pm
    #1
    doyler93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭


    Hey can anyone recommend me a good college to study chemistry as i'm finding it hard to pick!


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  • #2
    cianl1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭cianl1


    NUIG. Academic staff are all geniuses and what's more, they're all sound.


  • #3
    doyler93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭doyler93


    cianl1 wrote: »
    NUIG. Academic staff are all geniuses and what's more, they're all sound.

    I was thinking somewhere in Dublin or maynooth


  • #4
    ChocolateSauce
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    I don't have any knowledge of the IT's, but UCD specialises in organic and medicinal chemistry, DCU specialises in analytical chemistry, and Trinity has a superior inorganic/physical/solid state chemistry department. I don't know about Maynooth.


  • #5
    cianl1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭cianl1


    doyler93 wrote: »
    I was thinking somewhere in Dublin or maynooth

    Hey, I'm from Dublin and I don't mind. Also, I have it on good authority that Trinity's chemistry department are woefully administrated.


  • #6
    craggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭craggles


    Trinity is a bit of a shambles. UCD will have the biggest and best facilities once the current refurbishments and new buildings are completed. You need look no further.


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  • #7
    craggles
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    I'm biased though, I'm a postgrad chemist in UCD. The only negative thing I can say is the undergraduate teaching of quantum mechanics and statistical thermodynamics wasn't up to scratch but I think that's no longer an issue.

    I couldn't fault any of the organic or inorganic lecturers, all were excellent. The facilities and labs are very good and they're only improving.


    What I've heard about NUIG is fairly good too though. I guess it depends on whether you're willing to go to Dublin or not or if you live there already.


  • #8
    SOL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭SOL


    Any reasons behind saying Trinity is a shambles?
    I mean in terms of research they get in far more money, and thus have generally better funded labs.
    Also, the new 7 storey biosciences/chemistry building that trinity our currently building (to be finished in 9 months or so) will have such facilities as an 800Mhz NMR...

    Also, you'll find that Trinity has a top notch Organic Chemistry section, comprising nearly 2/3 of the department. It lags behind in inorganic, in numbers rather than standard...

    As for the allegation that it is poorly administrated, how do you mean?


    Also, if you are talking in terms of Undergraduate courses, (not that it is actually a measure of anything), trinities courses are far more popular and thus have higher CAO points. As for the actual content of the courses, Trinity degrees are top notch and recognised internationally, and allow graduates to continue where ever they want, and chemistry is no different.

    I'm sorry if this sounds very biased, but it is hard to read people slating the college without actually giving reasons, and claiming other colleges have more/better things than they do...


    www.tcd.ie/chemistry for anyone who is interested


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