Which is better UCD or Trinity College? And whats the difference?

Question

Which is better UCD or Trinity College? And whats the difference?

Answer 1

Trinity College degrees tend to have more kudos internationally.  Yes it was originally only available to protestant students with a few exceptions.  Nowadays religion doesn't make a difference.  Ucd is also highly regarded.

My advice is to get the prospectus for both, look for the courses you are interested in and pick whichever suits you the best.  Trinity tend to have higher entry requirements so you may or may not qualify.

You also need to consider access. Trinity is central so this might be easier to access.  Also dont forget Maynooth which is up an coming and has some really good degrees.

Answer 2

University College Dubin in part of the National University of Ireland. Trinity College Dublin was founded for the poor Irish Protestants who couldn't afford to go to Oxford or Cambridge.

Answer 3

They are different colleges.

Trinity College has a brilliant name and it requires way more points in the leaving cert, UCD has a good name but not as much points as Trinity.

Both are Excellent Colleges.

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Answer 4

trinity was set up for the protestant community in ireland and sometime after that UCD was founded to cater for the catholics

although trinity has a better reputation than UCD it wouldnt be in the top 50 universities in the uk

Answer 5

To be honest it depends on what you intend to study; for example if you do arts in Trinity it is 4 years compared to 3 in UCD, some subjects are approached differently e.g. in psychology there is more of an emphasis on Freud in Trinity and on science in UCD.

Back when I studied there used to be a general consensus that Trinity was preferable if you wanted to do Arts courses and that UCD was preferable if you wanted to do science, that of course if a generalisation.

If you want more specific feedback maybe note what you intend to study :)