The University Campus
Everything is located on the one campus. Belfield Campus is known for its parkland setting and mature landscape and unlike other Universities our faculties are located on ONE CENTRAL CAMPUS; creating a sense of unity to faculties. This is one of my favourite features of the campus; even if you have friends in other facilities you can easily see them. This fits in with Newman’s “The Idea of a University” in that:
“A university should bring people of all disciplines together so that they would learn from each other as much as learning from their tutors”.
There’s a great atmosphere on campus – There’s lots of
people to meet and parties to be had; I spent two years on campus, my first
year and my third year. The fact everything was on the one campus meant I had some great friends in many different programme areas.
The location
Living by UCD it is only a 10-15 minute bus trip to Dublin
City Centre or an inexpensive taxi ride late at night, so you’re close enough
to the City Centre but you’re far enough away to avoid being constantly
surrounded by people.
It’s a beautiful leafy campus where one can get spend hours sitting around pleasantly enjoying the day.
You've the best of both worlds – coming from a tiny fishing village in the South East this was really appealing to me.
Largest University in Ireland
It’s the biggest University in Ireland - If you’re very
sociable you will enjoy getting to know some of the 24,000 people. I had a fantastic time and met some incredible people and there were some really great events! The Student Bar was always great for putting on a great show, whether it was at free gigs such as Bluemoose or larger gigs such as Digitalism.
The thing I like about the bar is the opportunities to have really great nights without all the cost of taxis and paying in to night clubs. It’s great fun attending these events whilst living on campus
There’s usually an annual "Cheese fest” night where the bar has members from the likes of Five and S-Club on stage.The Coronas used to play annually for our Irish society (seachtain na gaeilge), singing some of their songs in Irish.
Loads of Societies
There’s loads of on-campus clubs, societies, entertainment
and events… barely a week goes by without something you want to go to, do, or
see.
One of the societies I really enjoyed getting involved in most was the Entertainment Society (ENTS). This involved helping to organize events on campus as well as working at events.
Whilst involved in ENTS I got to bring my younger brother to see Deadmau5 for his birthday when he played in our Student Bar, which was a great night. (see photo to the right)
Being a part of the society also helped us all take a small part in event management, learning how to organize, plan & set up a successful event.
The Annual 'UCD BALL'
The huge campus has outstanding facilities for sports
and great on-campus student residences – Roebuck, Merville, Glenomena and
Belgrove.
I couldn't emphasize how great it was living on campus, it really helped me get involved. You've no excuse not to go to an event, guest speaker, lecture or tutorial when you're but a minute walk away. It's something I'd definitely recommend for First Year. 
My housemates in First Year: Apartment 2.1 Roebuck
New Student Centre
I’m also very envious of all new Students starting this
year. Since the academic year 2012/2013 any student attending UCD can avail of
the New Student Centre and its fantastic new facilities.
The cinema, pool, gym, debating chamber & society rooms…
Once again I really recommend visiting the various Universities before making
your mind up where you’d like to attend.
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