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Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ((アイルランド語:Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath)) is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980 and was elevated to university status (along with the University of Limerick) in 1989 by statute. The university currently has around 6,000 undergraduate students, over 600 research postgraduates, 1,800 taught postgraduate students and over 50,000 alumni.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DCU Alumni Christmas Message 2013 )〕 In addition the university has around 1,100 distance education (Oscail〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Open Education )〕) students. The University has been designated as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U for its work in social innovation in higher education. There were 440 academic staff in 2006. Notable members of the academic staff include former Taoiseach John Bruton and "thinking" Guru Edward De Bono. Bruton accepted a position as Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of Law and Government in early 2004 and De Bono accepted an adjunct Professorship in the university in mid-2005. The founding president of the institution was Dr Danny O'Hare, who retired in 1999 after 22 years' service. After a period of administration by an acting president (Professor Albert Pratt), Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, was appointed and continued as president for a full term, which ended in July 2010. He was succeeded by current president, Professor Brian MacCraith. ==History== The institution was created in 1975, on an ad hoc basis, and on 18 June that year Dr Danny O'Hare was made acting director of the institution, and a day later the first governing body met. It was intended at this stage that the institution become the unified structure under which the colleges of what later became Dublin Institute of Technology would unite, but by 1978 it became apparent that this would not be the case and instead an independent institution developed with a distinct identity and mission. In 1979, the institution was located on an site from the city centre, just north of Dublin City Council's Albert College Park; the ''Albert College Building'' is the only significant remaining building from before this period. The Henry Grattan building was the first new building completed in 1981, along with the adjoining restaurant, and many buildings have been added since, to form a modern university campus. In 1986 the ''International Study Group on Technological Education'' was set up to examine the future of the National Institute for Higher Education at Dublin and Limerick, and in its report stated〔Report of the International Study Group on Technological Education (1987)〕 that: :''...the NIHE Dublin having the title Dublin City University or the University of Leinster.'' Ultimately the title "Dublin City University" was chosen and this was confirmed by the Dublin City University Act of 1989. The total area of the main campus is approximately and is bordered by Collins Avenue, Albert College Park, Ballymun Road, Hillside Farm and St. Aidan's School. There are another at St. Clare's Sports Grounds on the west side of Ballymun Road. This part of the campus also includes the Sports Pavilion. A further (including Elmhurst House) situated along Griffith Avenue have been acquired. Entrances to the main campus are from Ballymun Road, to the west, and Collins Avenue, to the north.〔(DCU Campus and Buildings )〕〔(Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011, Volume 3 - Record of Protected Structures Page 15. )〕 The early focus of the institution was, in particular, on science and technology, although it has also had, and has, a large business school. It has recently developed a presence also in the performing arts and in the humanities. DCU is also famous for its programme of work placement or ''INTRA''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Intra Internships )〕 (INtegrated TRAining), which was the first such programme in Ireland. As of 2015 there are almost 55,000 graduates of Dublin City University. There was a plan in 2002 to base the headquarters of the Irish Academy for the Performing Arts in DCU, but this was later scrapped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dublin City University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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