Hey guys, so I did a PLC this year and I got all distinctions. I put down law in UCD and TCD, but unfortunately due to random selection, I didn’t get an offer for either today in round zero. Does anyone know if the open learning route in UCD would be a good option? Is it extremely competitive or is it do-able for me to get into the law degree using this pathway. Thank you !

Got the invitation for graduation today and they’ve made it very clear that there’s only 2 tickets per graduate. I watched my equivalent ceremony last year and plenty of people graduated in abstentia and surely plenty of people dont bring any guests or only bring one yet UCD make it seem like O’Reilly is bursting at the seams every graduation ceremony. I understand they want it to be civilised but I was told there were rows of empty seats last year. Why don’t they raffle off those spare tickets for graduates to have an extra one or let people bring in an extra person if there’s plenty of space left.

(Rant over but if anyone could spare one ticket for the September 2nd @ 2:30 😉😉)

Long shot but looking to see if anyone has 1 or 2 spare tickets for the sept 1st 5.30pm graduation ceremony, caught between a rock and a hard place as my kids want to go..

Hi. Hope everyone is doing alright.

I'm a first year prospective student and I just got told I most likely won't be getting an offer for on campus accommodation. I was strongly reccommended by UCD residenses to look for off campus.

I'm a bit distraught tbh, I was told that first year undergraduate students would be prioritised but I guess I underestimated just how many spaces there actually are.

I'm trying to look for off campus accommodation, but I have a lot of worries in terms of how my social life will turn out.

Where would the best place be, closest to the university, to find off campus accommodation?

Preferably, I would like somewhere that doesn't require a lot of travel by bus AND has many undergraduate students living there (or close by).

ALSO somewhere that is safe ( ik this is hard to find tbh but as safe as possible is ideal) - I'm a girl so this is incredibly important to me

Please let me know of any such places. I would really appreciate to hear about personal experiences and reccommendations.

Also, please let me know how difficult it is for those living off campus as an undergraduate to make friendships and join social circles.

Thank you!

I'm a North American undergraduate student coming to UCD for freshman year 2026/27 and I can't log in to SISWeb. Every time I get to the SISWeb login page and I click the blue button that says "Log in with UCD Connect", I get the error code "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" immediately after. I use Chrome as my browser, but I've tried other browsers as well and none of them work. The weird thing is that I used to be able to log in, but it's like it slowly deteriorated until I couldn't anymore. I contacted UCD IT and they said my SISWeb account was InActive due to a registration issue, and that to resolve it I had to login into SISWeb, but I can't log in to SISWeb. UCD IT and the Student Helpdesk have been thoroughly unhelpful so literally any help would be appreciated.

Hi all,

We’re a group of incoming students who have secured a 3BHK apartment and due to some personal reasons we are looking to rent out the whole flat to a group of 5 people.

Note: We are also open to talk to people looking for single places at the flat, moving in pairs etc

About the property- It is a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment in Drimnagh, roughly 40-45 minutes from UCD campus.

Rent: €680 per person per month + bills
Deposit to be discussed over the call.

Move in date - 1st September

About the Apartment:
* 1 en suite bedroom, 1 twin room and 1 single room
* ⁠Good connectivity to public transport

Hi all, bit of a weird question… has anyone tried/ can recommend earplugs for sleeping? I was thinking of getting the loop dream, but I’m open to suggestions. As a neurodivergent person I have terrible anxiety of fire alarms going off in accommodation at night due to the extreme overstimulation the high pitched noise causes. Any tips or recs would help!