General FAQs

Each student is allocated a TU Dublin email address on registration. This is printed on your student card. This is the only email address that will be used to communicate with you. Personal email addresses will only be used in emergencies or at the start of the year to facilitate the setup of registration records.

Students should also pay attention to the class blog - http://ditmsc.blogspot.com/

You need to check your timetable frequently, especially early in the semester as there may be changes made at short notice.

This is the credit system we use in TU Dublin and elsewhere in Europe. It is the European Credit Transfer System, through which all modules and programmes have a number of credits which represents notionally the amount of learning hours you’re usually expected to complete in order to complete the module. Each credit equates to 20 learning hours, and each year of your programme typically requires the completion of 60 ECTS credits.

Yes. There is a blog for the MSc programme at http://ditmsc.blogspot.com which serves as a noticeboard for the programme. Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions, details of case study sessions, changes to timetables etc.

NOTE: it is a good idea to always check the blog before travelling to class. This will be the main channel for communicating if a class has been cancelled at short notice.

The modules on this programme are typically 5 ECTS credits which is 100 learning hours over a 13 week period. There are a small number of 10 ECTS modules which requires 200 learning hours. This equates to approximately 7.5 hours per week learning hours for a single 5 ECTS or 15 learning hours for a 10 ECTS module. You typically spend about 4 hours a week at lectures and labs so you should be spending between 3 and 4 additional self learning hours on each 5 ECTS module. The contact hours for 10 ECTS may be higher but they still require between 8 and 10 additional learning hours per week.

Since the minimum entry requirement for the programme is BSc (Hons) in Computer Science or a suitable related discipline, the presumption is that students have a good level of programming as many different languages will be used throughout the programme.

The programme supports the entry of students with prior work experience and accredited prior learning. To facilitate this, all applications, whether at advanced or basic entry level will be evaluated by the programme Admissions Committee.

CATEGORY B

A HIGH spec (i.e. able to run Win 10, an AV solution and Office comfortably. Be able to use Wi-fi and camera to attend online classes, use other hardware intensive software such as Adobe Cloud Premium suite, Visual Studio, AutoCAD, ProEng, so needs high RAM, larger SSD, Graphics acceleration, etc.)

CATEGORY B – Device Recommendation

Precision Mobile Workstation 3551 15.6”, i7 Processor with Nvidia P620 Graphics, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD

Details on English language requirements are available on the TU Dublin at https://www.tudublin.ie/study/international-students/entry-requirements/english-language-requirements/

No, not for taught postgraduate students.

Contact MSc Programme Chairperson (andrea.f.curley@tudublin.ie) to register interest. It may be advantageous to take the Scientific Research module in semester 2 of PgCert as it will shorten the time of the MSc. MSc modules required after progressing from PgCert are as follows - Data Management, Scientific Research, Research Design & Proposal Writing, two optional modules and the dissertation module. Fees per module are available here - https://www.tudublin.ie/for-students/student-services-and-support/fees-grants/postgraduate-fees/