Transition Year Programmes

STEM@UNIVERSI-TY STEM@Universi-TY is a 21-week hybrid STEM immersion programme featuring weekly online 75-minute meetups, covering three key modules: Physics, Computer Science & Statistics, and Engineering. In addition, students will attend three on-campus Saturday afternoons, designed to complement online learning and provide valuable opportunities for face-to-face interaction with peers. Every Thursday early evening from 5pm to 6.15pm on the following dates: 24th October to 12th December, 9th January to 13th February and 27th February to 10th April. The three optional on-campus sessions will take place on 7th December, 15th February, and 12th April.

The Department of Botany hosts transition year students for a week-long structured work experience programme. Students have the chance to experience what happens behind the scenes in an active research environment, working alongside technical staff, PhD students and professional scientific researchers. In addition to working at the Trinity Botanic Gardens, students have the chance to extract DNA in the molecular laboratory, to examine plant/animal interactions, to examine seed germination and storage using the Irish endangered plant seed-bank, to measure, in the field, critical environmental parameters and to work in the internationally important Herbarium. In addition, transition year students will meet with staff and attend presentations.

The School of Chemistry hosts a week-long programme aimed at transition-year students. The programme involves a series of lectures, practical work and interactive tours of the facilities in Chemistry and CRANN. This course offers a unique opportunity for interaction with students from different schools and for hands-on exposure to advanced methodology in world-class laboratories.

The School of Computer Science and Statistics runs week-long workshops for transition year students who have an interest in studying a Computer science or Engineering-related subject at 3rd level. These workshops provide a unique learning space where students work together in teams on a series of technical projects with both hardware and software components which can include: building and programming robots, animation, game design and web design. These workshops also provide an insight into the third level environment with lots of interaction between students and staff.

CRANN is Trinity’s largest research institute. It hosts the AMBER Centre, Ireland’s leading materials science and bioengineering research centre and offers two ’Exploring Materials’ weeks for TY students yearly, one in October and one in February. We typically take 16 students each week from different schools around the country. During their learning programme, the TY students meet our researchers in their labs in CRANN, TBSI and RCSI and our specialist facilities at Trinity East. Here, we have our Additive Research Laboratory (home to our 3-D printers) and Advanced Microscopy Laboratory where students will get to test out the capabilities of our advanced electron microscopes. Through a lively variety of tours, talks, games and hands-on activities, students learn about the basics of materials science, applying what they learn in a group Learning Showcase at the end of the week.

Applications are via an online form which can be found at: https://ambercentre.ie/engage/schools/transition-year/

*Please note we cannot accept applications via email*

For further information, contact Dr. Mairéad Holden, AMBER & CRANN Education Manager mholden1@tcd.ie

 

Join us in the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin for a week where we will explore learning spaces of the future and how to make education better for everyone. If you are a current Transition Year student, you can apply for a place on our TY Visions for Education programme. The programme will run from February 24th – 28th 2025, Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm each day. We will focus the TY week around the theme of learning spaces of the future. Our goal is to encourage fun, inclusion and collaboration.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery runs a one-week programme for transition year students, taking in approximately 50 students each year. The students will spend three days of the five days in a classroom setting in our building on D’Olier Street and on the Trinity College campus, where they will learn about the professions of nursing and midwifery from our lecturers, students and clinical colleagues. In addition, there will be presentations on the services and supports provided for students of Trinity College. The other two days of the programme will be based in our clinical skills labs and teaching rooms in St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. The programme runs in April each year.

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers placements for transition year students every year. Placements are possible in October/November and February/March, and are restricted to two students per week. A range of activities with our pharmacy students are available to TY students, including a tour of the facilities, attending lectures, seminars, workshops and practicals.

The School of Physics hosts a number of popular outreach events throughout the academic year. Our Transition Year Physics Experience (TYPE) is a 3-day event usually held in Springtime (dates are confirmed yearly) and introduces students to a range of subjects including nanophysics, electricity, optics and astrophysics.

The Department of Zoology offers a week-long structured programme to transition year students. The programme will introduce you to what it is like to be an undergraduate, and will give insight into what a trained zoologist does. Among many other activities designed to let you experience the huge breadth of zoology, you will get hands-on experience in wildlife monitoring, physiology, parasitology, behavioural ecology and marine and freshwater biology. You will meet and chat with technical staff, PhD students and professional scientific researchers, learn to evaluate and write blogs and even make a video with your classmates. Further information and to get the application form, please see:https://www.tcd.ie/Zoology/opportunities/TY-programme/