CIS - Center for International Studies - Ireland
Western Europe - Ireland - Various Cities
| Address: |
25 New South Street, #105 Northampton, MA 01060 USA |
| E-mail: | info@degreesabroad-cis.com |
| Phone: | 1-413-582-0407 Toll Free 1-877-617-9090 |
| Fax: | 1-413-582-0327 |
| Degree: | Bachelors |
| Setting: | Suburban |
| Enrollment: | 3000-5000 |
| Financial aid: | No |
| Housing: | Yes |
Description
At the University level there are four institutions in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland. Except for Limerick University and one other, undergraduate degrees take three years to complete (Limerick has a four-year system similar to the U.S.). Students specialize in a field and pursue all of their courses in only a couple of departments.
You will find that learning at Irish universities is much different than American institutions in that more responsibility is placed upon the student for learning the material. Teaching methods and assessment vary from institution to institution, but in general academic life in Ireland consists of large lectures followed by more intimate tutorials and labs where the information is studied in detail. The expectations are that you will read and research without much formal structure (no weekly assignments or exams) and that you will spend much of your time reading and preparing outside of the classroom.
The academic calendar in Ireland is such that the autumn (fall) semester starts later than traditional U.S. universities and extends into January and the spring semester starts shortly after and runs until early June.
