Visiting Students (Study Abroad)/Incoming Erasmus Students

School Co-Ordinator

Dr Alice Jorgensen currently serves as the School's coordinator for all incoming visiting students. She can be reached at jorgena@tcd.ie and during her virtual office hours (by appointment). 

Visiting Student Handbook 2024-25

Visiting Student Handbook 2024-25

Fresher and Sophister Timetables/Module Directory 2024-25

Timetable 2024-25 In order to access your timetable, please login to your my.tcd account

Michaelmas Term 2024: Important Dates

Michaelmas Term 2024 Dates: The FIRST DAY of Michaelmas Term will be 4 September and the LAST DAY will be 1 December. Teaching of second, third, and forth-year modules begins 11 September and ends 1 December. Teaching of first-year (Junior Fresh) modules will begin 25 September and end 1 December. All Visiting and Erasmus students should plan to stay at least until this day. The assessment period will be scheduled for the week starting 11 December 2023. The mode of assessment will be confirmed at the beginning of term. We advise students to plan to be in Dublin during assessment week as some assessments may be in person.

Hilary Term 2025: Important Dates

The FIRST DAY of Hilary Term for all modules will be 20 January 2025 and the LAST DAY will be 11 April 2025. The assessment period runs from 21 April until May. The mode of assessment will be confirmed at the beginning of term. We advise students to plan to be in Dublin during assessment week as some assessments may be in person.

Information for Students Arriving in September 2024 (Michaelmas Term)

Module Codes and Credits  

Most School of English modules with codes in the form ENU1XXX and ENU2XXX as well as the School's Trinity Elective, Travel and Literature count for 5 ECTS per term (the exceptions are Genre and Irish Writing, both 10 ECTS); most modules with codes in the form ENU3XXX and ENU4XXX count for 10 ECTS per term, but there are also a number of 5 ECTS modules. Students are allowed to take a maximum of 30 ECTS only per term. Students can take less, if this is allowed by their home university and/or study abroad provider.  

Module Descriptions

Links to detailed information on the modules to be offered during academic year 20232-243 can be found below. Please consult these when deciding which modules you would like to register for: 

Senior Sophister Module Descriptions 2024-25

Junior Sophister Module Descritpions 2024-25

Fresher Module Descriptions 2024-25

Special Courses also open to VS and Erasmus Students: 

• Reading Ireland A and Reading Ireland B 2024-2025 (Lecture based Sophister module; students can take both components or only one of them; only available to students approved for Sophister Options in advance). Reading lists for both modules are provisional at the moment and may be subject to change. 

Module Reading Lists

Assessment Advice

How to Apply to Study in the School of English

Information on the application process for Visiting and Erasmus students can be found on the Study at Trinity webpage.  We can only sign you up for modules in the School of English (which start with the prefix ‘ENU’). 
 
You will have to enrol with the co-ordinators in other departments if you also wish to take modules there. English is one of the most popular subjects chosen by Visiting Students, and so we generally have a very large and geographically diverse body of international students with us at any one time. For this reason, places here are limited, and we cannot guarantee that a student will be able to enrol on all the modules that they have applied for, particularly at Sophister level. Other departments in which you may wish to take classes include History, Linguistics, and Philosophy. 
 
We ask that all students who are accepted to study here carefully study our Visiting Students Handbook and list of available modules prior to arrival so that registration goes as smoothly as possible. 
 
Many of our Visiting Students are particularly interested in Irish Writing, and this is indeed one of the School's major strengths. However, we also have several other areas of research and teaching specialty - amongst them Old and Middle English, Renaissance, eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century literature, contemporary writing, and popular literature, American and postcolonial literature. We encourage prospective students to consider the full range of courses available. 

Important Further Information for Incoming Study Abroad/VS/Erasmus Students

• General information about module registration, module enrolment forms and change of mind forms will be found on the Academic Registry Study Abroad webpage later in August. 
  
  
• The latest up-to-date information on application procedures and Visiting/Erasmus Student life at Trinity College Dublin can be found here. 
  
  
• A helpful Orientation Map of Trinity College Dublin can be found here. 
  
  
• Arrival and Securing Housing in Dublin: 
  For those students planning to secure their accommodation after they arrive, please note that there has been a serious shortage of accommodation in Dublin and prices are high. Please plan to spend some time looking for a place and do plan to arrive before the beginning of the term so that looking for a flat/room does not keep you from starting your academic work. Beware of scams that offer to secure you a place and request that you send them money before you arrive. You can find more information on finding housing in Dublin on the Students’ Union webpage here. You can also find information on what to do after you arrive here. If you need a document verifying your status as a visiting student at Trinity in order to secure a lease, Dr. Jorgensen can issue you with this. 

Student Experience

The School of English has a lively and very welcoming body of undergraduate and postgraduate students who have set up their own literary societies, journals, magazines and reading groups. We encourage visiting students to get involved in student life in College. More information about student societies can be found here. You can also follow information about the School events on our Facebook page.

Students studying at Trinity College Dublin have access to a comprehensive level of student support. Information about student support can be found here.

• College Map
• Academic Staff Contact Details
• Meet the Study Abroad Team, Global Relations
• Apply to Study at Trinity

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact

Email Alice Jorgensen or Annelise Berghenti, or make an appointment with Dr Jorgensen for virtual office hours in the first instance.