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University of Dublin

University of Dublin
Ollscoil Átha Cliath
Blazon University of Dublin redrawn.svg
Coat of arms
Latin: Universitas Dubliniensis
Type Public
Established 1592
Endowment €144 million (2013)
Budget €268 million (2013)
Chancellor Mary Robinson
Academic staff
777 (2014)
Administrative staff
2,097, of which 606 research staff (2014)
Students 16,729 (2014)
Undergraduates 12,420 (2014)
Postgraduates 4,309 (2014)
Location Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates: 53°20′40″N 6°15′28″W / 53.3444°N 6.2577°W / 53.3444; -6.2577
Campus Urban
468,000 square metres (46.8 ha) (incl. satellite sites)
Colours      Trinity Pink
Affiliations Coimbra Group
EUA
IUA
UI
AMBA
CLUSTER
Website University Senate

The University of Dublin (Irish: Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1592 when Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, as "the mother of a university", thereby making it Ireland's oldest operating university. It was modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and of Cambridge, but unlike these only one college was established; as such, the designations "Trinity College" and "University of Dublin" are usually synonymous for practical purposes.

The University of Dublin is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland. It is a member of the Irish Universities Association, Universities Ireland, and the Coimbra Group.

The University of Dublin was modelled on the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge as a collegiate university, Trinity College being named by the Queen as the mater universitatis ("mother of the university"). The founding Charter also conferred a general power on the College to make provision for university functions to be carried out. So, for example, the Charter while naming the first Provost of the College, the first fellows ("in place of many') and the first scholars, in addition named William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley to be the first Chancellor of the University. No other college has ever been established, and Trinity remains the sole constituent college of the university. The project of establishing another college within the University was seriously considered on at least two occasions, but the required finance or endowment was never available.


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