Services and supports
View key support services tailored to our research students, including a dedicated Student Adviser and Career and Skills Consultant. UCD also offers resources to maintain your health and wellbeing and a series of further services available to all registered students.
Key Services
Find more information on key support services for our graduate research students.
Staying well
UCD is proud to offer a range of health and wellbeing supports to all registered students, including on-campus medical care, free and confidential counselling services, holistic health promotion, and Graduate Studies’ own online resource to support you in nurturing your mental, physical and social wellbeing during your graduate study.
Disability supports
UCD graduate students with a disability or significant ongoing illness can access accommodations or supports by attending a short Needs Assessment meeting with UCD Access and Lifelong Learning. Accommodations and supports may include use of assistive technologies for taught modules, or scheduled breaks and access to food and drink during your Stage Transfer Assessment and viva voce – your Needs Assessment will determine the specific supports available to you. Additionally, you can work with your supervisor to establish meeting schedules, deadlines and feedback methods that suit your needs.
- How to arrange disability supports
- Guidance for students – Managing graduate study with a disability
- Guidance for supervisors – Supporting PhD students with disabilities
- Module and campus accommodations
- Exam accommodations
- Fund for students with a disability
- (opens in a new window)LaunchPAD community for graduate students with a disability
- UCD Access and Lifelong Learning
UCD Sports & Fitness
UCD has world-class sporting facilities and 54 sports clubs to choose from. These are for the most part student-run and student-led. Clubs provide a huge range of opportunities to train, play and compete in sport, no matter what your passion, ability or level.
