With inward migration representing a high percentage of recruitment in the ICT sector in Ireland (up to 50%), further development of international activity is a priority for our School. The ICT sector is very multi-cultural in its composition and it is important that our students are exposed to this diversity at an early stage in their careers.
The strength of our international activities is a unique selling point for the School of Computer Science as our international profile is one of the strongest in Ireland with one-fifth of TU Dublin's total undergraduate international students and over 1000 international students from 53 different countries over the last 5 years. In particular, we have established strong links with China, Germany, Finland and South Korea.
Below are some of the opportunities available for our students and some highlights of the exchange activities undertaken so far by our students and staff members.
Erasmus Opportunities
The School currently has Erasmus Agreements in place with the European Institutes and Universities listed below.
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For more information contact
Samantha Peavoy
International Engagement Officer
Faculty of Computing Digital and Data
EDDIT is a four-year study programme in which students spend one year at one of the partner institutions and can achieve a Bachelor degree of one of the partner institutions additionally. Besides the courses in Computer Science, students participate in Culture and Language classes. This increases their knowledge of the culture of the partner institution’s country as well as improves their foreign language skills.
- Students from our Computer Science Degrees (TU856, TU857, TU858) within TU Dublin who successfully complete their entire third year studying in the Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk), Finland, and who go on to complete their final year four in the TU Dublin will receive the following two awards:
- BSc (Honours) Computer Science of DIT
- BEng Information Technology of OAMK
- Students from our Computer Science Degrees (TU856, TU857, TU858) within the TU Dublin who successfully complete their entire third year studying in the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h-da), Germany, and who go on to complete their final year four at TU Dublin will receive the following two awards:
- BSc (Honours) Computer Science of TU Dublin
- BSc Computer Science of h_da
ERASMUS funding is available to all students who study with our Partner Institutes.
For further information on our partner's visit the section dedicated to International students on their website:
- Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
For further information on how to apply, please contact our Erasmus coordinator. The deadline for complete applications is March 27th.
Brian Gillespie
Erasmus coordinator
School of Computer Science
Opportunities in South Korea
As part of the working of the EU funded GlobalWorkIT Project, we developed an EU-Korea student mobility programme.
Within the context of EU-Korea relations and the needs of the ICT sector in both regions, the goal of GlobalWorkIT is to prepare European and Korean students for employment in the international ICT industry by enhancing mutual understanding of global ICT issues, languages and cultures. The partnership connects 3 European and 3 Korean Higher Education Institutions located in world-leading ICT sectors (Finland, Korea, Ireland and Germany). The network leverages the relationships of the academic institutions with ICT companies in these sectors which are innovation-focused and internationally-oriented in their products and services.
GlobalWorkIT is open to TU857, TU856, and TU858 year 3 students in Semester 2 and has the following primary activities:
- EU-Korea student mobility programme in Semester 2 of Year 3
For TU Dublin students this means spending a semester abroad in Korea taking accredited modules in specialist computer science topics, cultural and linguistic training in the Korean language and cultural studies.
- An online module – the "Global Classroom"
Key to the module is the semester-long Global Classroom module, delivered online across timezones, countries and cultures is a unique and innovative team project module. The student’s international experiences are captured by using work practices in the global ICT industry (e.g. teleconferencing, time differences, project management in a geographically distributed context, etc.). Students reflect on their own international experiences, share and learn from each other while working on a technical team-based IT project.
For further information on how to apply, please contact our Erasmus coordinator. The deadline for completed applications is November Semester 1.
Brian Gillespie
Erasmus coordinator
School of Computer Science