Information on past graduates

Careers information has been gathered on 62% of all past graduates. Approximately 52% of all graduates directly entered into PhDs after graduation (42% of total within either of the Schools of Physics or of Chemistry in TCD). A further 18% directly entered into M.Sc. programmes after their degree, many going on to PhDs here or elsewhere. 10% enter into other Masters programmes such as a Master in Medical Science, Masters in Music and Media Technology, Masters in Film Studies, Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Aeronautical Engineering and a Masters in Bioengineering to name a few. Others entered into employment directly after their graduation.

Past Graduates Current Job Titles

A survey of past graduate's current job titles, correct as of September 2013, is listed below:

Graduates from 2008-2013

• 64% of all graduates in this time period have directly entered into PhD studies, the majority in TCD, but also in Tyndall, Dresden, Oxford, Cambridge, and U. Of Wollongong

Graduates from 2003-2007

• 62% of all graduates in this time period have directly entered into PhD studies, the majority in TCD, but also in Oxford and Bristol.
• Job titles of these graduates now include:
• Researcher at Intel Corporation
• Process Engineer Intel
• Process Engineer at Analog Devices
• Research Scientist - CVD Growth Catalysts at Surrey Nanosystems, UK
• Front-end Integration Engineer, Intel Ireland
• Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin
• Electrochemist, Postdoctoral Researcher at Materials & Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick
• Senior Analyst, Business Analytics, AIB
• Optical Physicist/Designer, ASML, Holland
• Material Scientist at AmaTech

Graduates from 1998-2002

• 40% of all graduates in this time period have directly entered into PhD studies, the majority in TCD, but also in NUIG and Electronic Engineering, TCD.
• Job titles of these graduates now include:
• SFI Research Programme Officer
• BEOL Integration Engineer, Global Foundries
• Collaborative R&D Executive at Invest Northern Ireland
• Defect Reduction Yield Engineer, Intel
• Senior Management Accountant at Canada Life, Ireland
• R&D Engineer at Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Massachusetts
• Broadcast Meteorologist at Met Eireann/RTE
• VP, Electronic Execution Technology at Citi, London
• Trader at Lehman Brothers
• Team Leader at Cambridge Display Technology Ltd.
• Senior Engineer, Analytical Labs. at Intel Corporation
• Account Manager at Ericsson
• Senior MEMS R&D Engineer at Memjet Technology

Graduates from 1993-1997

• 40% of all graduates in this time period have directly entered into PhD studies, the majority in TCD, but also in UCC and Sheffield.
• Job titles of these graduates now include:
• Director Trinity Research and Innovation at Trinity College Dublin
• Staff Integration Engineer at NANIUM S.A
• Principal Engineer at Intel
• Oxford Capital, Operating Partner
• Semiconductor R+D Engineer at International Rectifier, Cardiff

Graduates from 1988-1992

• 29% of all graduates in this time period directly entered into PhD studies in TCD.
• Job titles of these graduates now include:
• Ink Chemist
• Associate Professor at the University of Houston
• Researcher at Intel
• Associate Vice Chancellor Research at UC Davis
• Operations Director at GE Energy, Italy
• Staff Engineer at Infineon AG, Taiwan
• Group Technical Manager at 3M Australia
• Director, Construction at Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd
• Chief Executive, Cathx Ocean Ltd.

First direct employer destinations

• Intel
• Hewlett-Packard
• ICI Chemicals and Polymers
• Ericsson
• Andersen Business Consulting
• Risk Management, Ulster Bank