About the Program

The Summer Internship Programme | UCD Quinn School at the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business

The Summer Internship Programme has been a key element of summer time in the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business since the early 2000’s. It is an academic programme combined with a six-week internship placement based in Dublin, and students can earn 6 UHM credits (10 ECTS).

Today’s global economy demands graduates with a global perspective. Our Summer Internship Programme for international students enables students to develop practical professional skills and fine-tune their communication skills within a business environment. Part of the thrill of an internship abroad will be discovering the cultural differences that lie between you and your co-workers, and how you relate to each other. This programme is open to undergraduate students of business or business related academic disciplines.

Note: Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be considered for the Summer Internship Program.

Dates (draft for 2023)

ACADEMIC COMPONENT:

During this program, all students enroll in Ireland’s International Business Environment and Internship and one of the following electives: Global Finance or Responsible Management and Society.

The Summer Internship Programme is open to students from all majors and colleges.  The programme is most suited to students in their 2nd or 3rd year of undergraduate study.

INTERNSHIP COMPONENT:

Internship placement will begin in week two of the program. Participants are required to complete at least 32 hours per week which is unpaid. Work normally takes place during normal working hours from Monday to Thursday each week. Participants will meet their manager and visit their workplace at an agreed time during week one of the program for an interview. Internship placement will be based in a working environment which participants will commute to. Participants will be expected to follow normal work etiquette and processes within their placement.

Placements take place with a wide variety of employers: small to medium enterprises, private companies, voluntary organizations, and multinationals. The internship partner list is reviewed regularly and is updated from year to year. Participants’ placement will be determined by the three areas of interest expressed in their online application together with their employment history, academic grades and the skills required for the role. Many of the roles available are project based and may span across multiple areas. For sample positions and roles, please visit:  Internship: Professional Internship Placement.

In addition to submitting a study abroad application, Summer Internship Program applicants must email a copy of their passport, cover letter and a CV in PDF to klvascon@hawaii.edu. A step-by-step application guide for the Lochlann Quinn School of Business Summer Internship Programme can be found here: How to apply | UCD Quinn School  and  CV and Cover Letter Guide.  Please prepare accordingly.

Upon acceptance into the program, students will be contacted by the Internship Office to arrange an interview to discuss their curriculum vitae, cover letter, and their academic and professional history. Virtual interviews are usually conducted in April and students will be informed of their placements in late May. Should you have any query please contact the Programme Manager at quinnstudyabroad@ucd.ie.

About the Program

The Irish Consultancy Experience at UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.   The Irish Consultancy Experience is a 4-week programme that combines academic, professional, and social and cultural components to offer students a challenging, stimulating and rewarding programme.

Students will develop an understanding of modern day Ireland from an economic and cultural perspective, and work on live projects with an Irish charity or enterprise. Within the summer consultancy project, students can choose to focus on a service learning or industry experience, allowing participants to personalise their programme.

In undertaking this programme students will enjoy the Quinn School of Business approach to transformational learning, immersing in an opportunity to learn from diverse perspectives within diverse settings. Students will contribute to the Irish community, expand their academic knowledge, enrich their social and cultural experience and develop transferable skills. By engaging with the experiences this programme offers, students will expand their outlook, approach, network and horizons.

Note: Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be considered for the Consultancy Program. 

Dates (from 2023)

Academic Component

Participants will enroll in two courses:

• Ireland’s International Business Environment will provide students with contextual information on the Irish business environment, on Ireland as a successful location for international business, and success stories of Irish Small-Medium Enterprises (SME). This course will also draw heavily on cultural components to allow students develop a rounded understanding of business in modern Ireland.
• The Consultancy Project will provide students with the opportunity to contribute to and engage with local businesses while learning new business skills, both inside and outside the classroom. The course will be taught through a series of workshops, classes and guest speaker presentations. Students will complete a live consultancy project with an Irish organization, either a charitable organisation or an Irish enterprise. The projects will be scheduled for review, assessment and discussion at key milestones throughout the course and are fully guided and supported by the faculty.

The program will be delivered in line with government and public health guidelines. We anticipate that students will join us in Dublin for this program , where we will deliver an in person program , with possible hybrid elements that may be required by government and public health guidelines. It will also be possible for students to complete this program remotely from their home country, through a variety of synchronous and asynchronous components with a tailored virtual cultural program.

Students will be required to prepare in advance for the academic component. Readings and syllabi will be shared with the students approx. 3 weeks prior to arrival. Students will be assessed on an ongoing basis. Team and group work is also essential in the assessment criteria. The specific details of the assessment structure for each module will be shared during the first class.

About the Program

The research focused course will be twofold: First to introduce students to research designs most commonly used in healthcare research and secondly to facilitate students in the learning of skills relating to the retrieval, critical appraisal and application to the practice of research evidence.

There are two courses available:

1. Critical Appraisal of Research for Health Care (Applied) worth 10 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), which is equivalent to 6 UHM credits [4 weeks]

2. An Introduction to Health Systems worth 5 ECTS, which is equivalent to 3 UHM credits [2 weeks]

Students can either take only the Critical Appraisal course for 6 UHM credits, or take the Critical Appraisal course and add “An Introduction to Health Systems” for an additional 3 UHM credits (9 credits total).

SAC is unable to offer the 5 ECTS version of the Critical Appraisal course due to scheduling and logistical conflicts.

For more information, please see the UCD Health Sciences Summer School brochure.

About the Program

The principal aim of the UCD School of Physics Summer Program is to provide a firm understanding of physical concepts and processes leaning heavily upon standard physics U.S. textbooks. Another principal aim of the course will be to apply the concepts learnt to recent advances in our understanding of science in general. In particular, ways in which biological and medical phenomena may be better understood from a physics viewpoint will be stressed, under the headings of physiology, diagnosis and therapy, and on scales from the cell through macro-organisms to the environment.

Physics is an intensive academic course taken over 8 weeks and is divided into two complementary modules. The program uses calculus in the delivery of material, sometimes in lectures. It is not heavily used in the assessment process, but simple calculus-based problem solving will be assessed as well as an ability to use the concepts around calculus in essay-based and descriptive answers. Students need to do about 100 hours of self-study over and above the scheduled 48 contact hours; participants should be working for about 25 hours per week in addition to attending classes.

Click here for general schedule sample for the UCD School of Physics Summer Program.

About the Program

Summer School in Organic Chemistry

University College Dublin, with its excellence in research (24 research groups) and teaching (undergraduate and postgraduate level), is home to one of the most recognized Schools of Chemistry in Ireland.  UCD’s Summer School in Organic Chemistry is based in the O’Brien Centre for Science (South) where students have access to modern lecture halls and state-of-the-art lab facilities, space for independent study, spare time, and coffee breaks, restrooms, and lockers.

Tentative Timeline for Summer 2023

• Arrive by June 17
• Rest day: June 18
• Classes Begin: June 19
• Break: July 15-18
• Classes Resume: July 19
• Classes End: August 11
• Departure: August 12

Structure of the summer school

• Lectures are Monday to Thursday (9-11 am).
• Three academic staff (faculty) per module; style of lecturing will vary.
• Notes (sometimes incomplete) will be posted to a shared folder in advance and printed copy will be distributed. Bring to lectures.
• Details of printing services in UCD (payment using UCard): http://www.ucd.ie/copi-print/students.html
• The recommended text is Organic Chemistry by John McMurry (9th ed), but earlier editions, available in the library, are fine, as are other texts with this title. Textbooks sometimes disagree, the lecture notes are the definitive source.
• A free online textbook that matches the organisation of McMurry is available here.

Workshops and tutorials (aka discussion/recitation sessions)

• Workshops and tutorials are vital to learn and understand the lecture material and apply that knowledge to problem solving.
• Problem sets will be distributed in first lecture each week.
• Submit your solutions during the first lecture on Thursday mornings.
• Solutions will be graded and returned, with feedback, in Thursday afternoon tutorials taken by postgraduate tutor.
• Homework sets are low stakes to encourage engagement, i.e. they are assessment for learning. The questions will be similar in style and content to the exam questions (short answer, not Multiple Choice Questions MCQ).
• Use your spare time for independent study and home work.
• You are encouraged to collaborate in learning, but not plagiarise homework answers.
• Friday morning: 1 hour tutorial with the current lecturer, followed by 1 hour test.
• Friday morning: 2 hour exam in weeks 4 (final for OChem1) and 8 (final for OChem2).

Lab classes

• There will be 2 or 3 labs each week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, in S3.50).
• Sessions begin with a pre-practical talk, in the lab. This will focus on safety and attendance is mandatory.
• Please prepare for each by reading through your lab manual in advance.
• Lab coats, safety goggles, etc. will be provided.
• Labs will be assessed with focus on final lab each week.
• Week 8 will feature a mini-research project (details to follow).
• Always adhere to safety procedures and following guidance by demonstrators.

Study strategies

• You will need to learn and remember quite a lot of “facts” as well as concepts; strive for understanding, don’t use memorization as a substitute for understanding.
• Test yourself using exercises & homework problems.
• Form study groups and keep up with material on a daily basis.
• Research on “condensed” courses like this shows that outcomes are very similar to standard courses.
• Examinations: No Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) exams, all short answer, will require understanding as well as recall.
• Weekly tests (one hour, weeks 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7) will be mainly, but not exclusively, based on the material taught in that week.
• Final exams (two hours, weeks 4 & 8) will be based on all the material taught in the four-week course.
• Your UC School will generate and award your final mark/grade.
• This is going to be very intense, you need to attend every session if possible. If you are unwell and cannot attend class, inform the teaching staff and/or the assistants, and get a medical certificate. They will readjust the assessment scheme, or arrange alternative assessments, as appropriate.

Extracurricular Activities

• Several options are available on/off-campus.
• Organized and coordinated by Program Guides (Physics).
• Friday afternoon and weekends are set aside for extracurricular activities.
• Visits may include the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ha’penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, and Temple Bar, a riverside neighborhood in Dublin.

Program dates (2023): June 6-June 30

The new Irish Studies Summer Study Abroad Programme launched in June 2021. Focusing on Irish Studies, the program draws on the expertise of all disciplines within the College of Arts and Humanities. Students will get the opportunity to examine Irish history, culture and society in an interdisciplinary and interactive manner. Each topic is addressed in an associated lecture by a leading expert in their field accompanied by academic field trips to the rich variety of museums and cultural sites Dublin has to offer. Students will enroll in two courses (3 cr. each) in the four-week program.

NOT OFFERED IN 2023

This inaugural UCD Study Abroad Program takes place over a four-week period in May/June, and addresses the three core themes of Design, Data Science and Discovery.

The program is designed primarily for undergraduate students in one of these categories: students in ICS, ACM, or other science programs that involve big data and data visualization, and Pre-Psychology students who need to take Statistics Pre-Psychology requirement.

The program, which involves a combination of lectures, tutorials, lab work and guided thematic tours, is hosted by University College Dublin, Ireland’s premier University and leading Study Abroad Destination. It is worth 10 ECTS credits and contains enough statistics and programming to be considered a quantitative elective for non-quantitative majors.