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Collegium Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis | ||||||||||||||||
University of Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin[1] Irish: Coláiste Thríonóid Naofa Neamhroinnte na Banríona Eilís gar do Bhaile Átha Cliath[2] | |||||||||||||||
Latin name | Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin[3] | |||||||||||||||
Motto | Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam (Latin)[4] | |||||||||||||||
Motto in English | It will last into endless future times[4] | |||||||||||||||
Founder | Queen Elizabeth I | |||||||||||||||
Established | 3 March 1592 | |||||||||||||||
Named for | The Holy Trinity[5] | |||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Neoclassical architecture (majority) | |||||||||||||||
Status | Research university | |||||||||||||||
Sister colleges | St. John's College, Cambridge Oriel College, Oxford | |||||||||||||||
Freshman dorm | Trinity Hall, Dublin | |||||||||||||||
Provost | Linda Doyle[6] | |||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 11,718 (2016–17)[7][8] | |||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 4,707 (2016–17)[7][8] | |||||||||||||||
Newspaper | Trinity News, University Times | |||||||||||||||
Endowment | €253 million (2021)[9] | |||||||||||||||
Affiliations | CLUSTER, Coimbra Group, LERU, UNITECH | |||||||||||||||
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Website | tcd | |||||||||||||||
Student association | Trinity College Dublin Students' Union | |||||||||||||||
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Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin,[1] is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.[10] Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter for the university, it was modelled after the collegiate universities of both Oxford and Cambridge.[11] Unlike these affiliated institutions, however, only one college was ever established; as such, the terms "Trinity College" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for administrative purposes.[12]
Trinity is Ireland's oldest university, with a reputation as a research-intensive centre. Academically, it is divided into three faculties comprising 23 schools, offering degree and diploma courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.[13] Admissions are based exclusively on academic merit,[14] with courses in law, literature and humanities being highly selective.[15]
Trinity College Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Great Britain and Ireland,[16][17] and it is a sister college to both St John's College, Cambridge, and Oriel College, Oxford.[18][19] By incorporation, a graduate of Dublin, Oxford or Cambridge can be conferred the equivalent degree (Oxon) at either of the other two without further examination.[20] The Library of Trinity College is a legal deposit for Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is the largest library in the country and has housed the Book of Kells since 1661 and the Brian Boru harp since 1782.[21]
The university has educated many of Ireland's most eminent poets, playwrights and authors, including Oscar Wilde (The Happy Prince), Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), Bram Stoker (Dracula), Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla), Oliver Goldsmith (The Vicar of Wakefield), Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot) and Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl). Alumni also include 4 Nobel Laureates and 4 Presidents of Ireland, as well as leading mathematicians and philosophers in western Europe. Notable faculty and lecturers at the university included Humphrey Lloyd, J. B. Bury, Erwin Schrödinger and E. T. Whittaker.
The name is, of course, a reference to the Christian doctrine that defines God as three consubstantial entities (via a tribute to Trinity College, Cambridge).
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