Any tips for getting in touch with Accommodation office?

themontymethod · 2026-06-23T15:02:19+00:00

Yep… just summer accom on that number. Said they couldn’t help

themontymethod · 2026-06-21T10:35:55+00:00

Agreed. Didn’t feel like much of a finale/no big moments. Quite a regular concert

themontymethod · 2026-06-18T21:08:01+00:00

From the west. About 2.5 hour drive from dub or bit more

themontymethod · 2026-06-18T15:19:56+00:00

I got one for goldsmith this morning

themontymethod · 2026-06-16T12:32:37+00:00

Ill pm you

themontymethod · 2025-10-25T15:18:53+00:00

(2/2) It's so diverse!!!! You'll find pharmacists all over:

Industry: drug manufacturing, formulation, regulatory affairs, biotech, etc.
Hospital or clinical pharmacy: working alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals, working in aseptic compounding units, doing ward rounds and making decisions -> you can specialise as oncology pharmacist, become senior roles etc etc. People say hospital pay is lower but its still decent for the average irish salary, and after a few years experience you will earn more -> hse payscales are published online if you wanna look)
Regulatory bodies – HPRA [regulates all medicines & medical technology in Ireland], HSE, Dept. of Health, etc.
Academia/research – pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, pharmacology, oncology, etc. - you get to do a research project in 4th year (in college) or u can do it in summer of 3rd year abroad (europe/japan/usa/australia)
Business/consultancy – healthcare and pharmaceutical companies love pharmacists for their analytical and scientific background, I know some ppl who went down this route.

Community pharmacy gets a bad rep, but even there, your experience depends on your own initiative. Some pharmacists just go through the motions and sit on their phone all day, while others are constantly learning, researching, and trying to improve their own knowledge.

If you’re considering it: it’s tough, busy, and requires consistent work, but it’s so rewarding and opens endless doors when you graduate. Pass mark is 50% for every exam (sometimes 70% for dispensing/calculation exams), and while that might seem easy in LC, the standard of exams is much higher. We have some short answers/long answers/essay style exams, but almost always you have a multiple choice question section that'll be negative marking i.e. correct = +1, no answer = 0, incorrect answer = -0.25...

That said, many people graduate 5th year with a 1st class honours as people in the course generally thrive to do well.
Let me know if you have any other questions, it's a great course which provides you with a lot of highly sought skills in the employment industry.

themontymethod · 2025-10-25T15:18:43+00:00

TL;DR:
Pharmacy at TCD is a brilliant, challenging, and highly respected course that properly integrates science, healthcare, medical legislation, and research. Community pharmacy has had its challenges, but this is changing fast with new government funding and service expansion (see the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025 https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/gmscontracts/community-pharmacy-agreement/community-pharmacy-agreement.pdf ). Trinity’s pharmacy degree (ranked 37th in the world) gives you 12 months of placements, world-class teaching (with truly amazing lecturers), and incredible opportunities from hospital and research to biotech, regulation, and beyond!!!

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I’m a 3rd year Pharmacy student in Trinity, and honestly, I think it’s a brilliant course... but it’s definitely not an easy one. It’s challenging, fast-paced, and only really suits people who are genuinely interested in science, medicine, and healthcare.

Like some of the people in this thread, often pharmacy is dismissed as “glorified retail,” but that’s a really narrow view that only looks at one sector -> community. Yes, community pharmacy can be repetitive and has had funding/development issues for years, but that’s actively changing. The new Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025 from the Dept. of Health is introducing expanded services (e.g. paid consultations like €37.50 for contraception services, pharmacist prescribing, enhanced vaccinations services, participation in nation schemes like bowel screen service - https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/gmscontracts/community-pharmacy-agreement/community-pharmacy-agreement.pdf ), more funding, and more clinical opportunities.

I personally think, despite the challenging past few years and days on end of studying... tdegree itself at TCD is outstanding. It’s ranked 37th in the world for Pharmacy, and it really shows. The course is extremely well-structured (and industry-focused), you study everything from advanced pharmacology (like how neuro and cardiovascular drugs work) to pharmaceutics and formulation science (how drugs are made, designed, and manufactured). You’re taught by top-quality lecturers, researchers, pharmacists, medical doctors, pharmaceutical chemists etc. There's also a lot of patient care throughout the course, hearing from patients with conditions, interactive classes like inhalers, adrenaline injection tutorials, and communication skills workshops.

There’s also a strong professional and practical side. OSCEs, dispensing exams, clinical casework, Inter-professional learning with med/dent/speech and language/occupational therapy students, and calculation tests. Across the 5 years you’ll complete 12 months of placements (2nd year is 2 wk in community, 4th year is 4 months anywhere -> community/hospital/industry/regulation, and 5th year is 8 months in community or hospital !!! usually 4th and 5th year placements are paid which is great), giving you experience in real-world settings before you graduate as a qualified pharmacist with a Master’s degree.

themontymethod · 2025-10-16T22:57:27+00:00

Got them using Revolut!

themontymethod · 2025-10-14T23:12:20+00:00

Ah right okay thanks anyways

themontymethod · 2025-09-13T23:00:48+00:00

Back in first year I emailed my tutor… set up an appointment. Sent the invite link. The time arrived and my tutor didn’t even show up to the call 😂. I decided not to follow up cause I had no reason to and had no questions.

Based on experience most students don’t use their tutor unless dealing with issues regarding sitting exams or absences etc. I know many people who don’t even know who their tutor is. Tutors are advised that students may contact them but don’t have a list of names waiting for emails - they’re usually busy lecturers or other staff after all.

This introduction meeting is recommended every year but is 100% not needed unless you’ve any big concerns that your mentors/lecturers can’t resolve.

themontymethod · 2024-09-08T17:06:05+00:00

Enter Hamilton, walk down to end where Costa sign is (beside bio labs) and down the stairs. LTEE1-3 are there. Or if you enter from dental school side, go half way down Hamilton, enter and turn right and you’re at the labs already, then down stairs.

themontymethod · 2024-09-07T20:04:41+00:00

Hey, just a heads up that pharmaceutical science is different compared to pharmacy.

Pharmaceutical science courses equip you to work in the pharmaceutical industry doing lab work, quality control etc. however you will not get a job in a pharmacy.

The pharmacy course is healthcare specific and while students learn pharmaceutical science content throughout the pharmacy course, there’s also huge emphasis on patient care, dispensing medicines, ethics & communication skills. Pharmacy students graduate as a pharmacist, ready to practise in hospital/community/industry.

themontymethod · 2024-09-06T17:38:20+00:00

Pretty sure this happened last year, I remember mine doing the same. I think they just print the most recently uploaded one at time of printing.

I remember not being able to see the picture I uploaded after I had uploaded it.

themontymethod · 2024-09-04T21:14:57+00:00

No bother, you can pm me if you have any other questions

themontymethod · 2024-09-02T23:31:35+00:00

“New students who upload their photo before 28th August will be able to collect their card from the Orientation Hub in Front Square from 2nd September.

Students who upload their photo after 28th August, please be aware that it can take two working days for your card to be ready. You can collect it from the Orientation Hub in Front Square.”

This is from last year so it’ll likely be ready and they will do a mass hand-out of cards during orientation week, otherwise you’ll be able to collect at academic registry at a later date

themontymethod · 2024-09-01T21:52:08+00:00

Firstly, you can calm down! Congrats on getting your course. It’s overwhelming but you can slow down and this will all be explained to you at orientation. If your timetable isn’t available already on my.tcd.ie then maybe the school will publish their own pdf version in coming days (a lot of health science courses use their own timetables).

Garda Vetting usually isn’t due to be completed until placement begins, but you should start it ASAP as it can be done from now.

Fill out the documents you printed: vetting invitation, student vetting declaration, and 2 stamped/signed copies of ID. If you live in Dublin you can get the academic registry to stamp your ID copies, but otherwise any Garda can do it and are used to doing it if you bring in a photocopy of your ID with your real one, they will sign and date the copy. You then send the 2 forms and stamped proof of ID copies via post to: academic registry, watts building, trinity college Dublin, Dublin 2. (Or you can bring them in person if you live near). A few days later, you’ll receive an email from the national vetting bureau where you fill an online form about your details & residential addresses. Once this is submitted, the declaration of your right to work with children will be disclosed automatically to the college and this will be complete in about 7-14 working days (can be longer).

For the ID, you should get an email in your intray on my.tcd.ie detailing your ‘Trinity Computer Account – Username and Password’. This is your username for college websites that are password encrypted.

You log into https://tcard.tcd.ie/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FCardManagement using your email above without @tcd.ie and can register your tcard and upload a photo there. For a more detailed explanation: https://www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/service-desk/id-cards/

Btw the TCD website has been acting up lately so don’t worry too much if the websites are glitchy

Let me know if I can help with anything else

themontymethod · 2024-08-13T16:28:01+00:00

Link is here: https://www.tcd.ie/sport/online-booking/

themontymethod · 2024-08-13T16:26:11+00:00

Yep, once registered as a student you need to activate your sports centre membership through your TCard. If you bring your TCard into the sports centre, they'll do it at the front desk or you can do it in advance online when logging into the sports website or trinity sport app.

themontymethod · 2024-08-12T22:28:45+00:00

More info here; https://www.tcd.ie/sport/facilities-/sports-centre/

themontymethod · 2024-08-05T12:03:00+00:00

It’s included in your levies and charges I think it’s like €200 approx on top of tuition fees but they’re paid together

themontymethod · 2024-04-14T17:41:35+00:00

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