Qualtrics Brings Powerful Research Tools to Your Fingertips!
Qualtrics Now Available at DCU
Qualtrics, a powerful and professional-grade survey platform, is now available to all DCU students and staff. Whether you're carrying out academic research, gathering feedback, or supporting operational decision-making, Qualtrics offers a flexible and secure way to collect, analyse, and act on data.
Avril Fitzgerald, Partner Solutions Manager at DTS, led the rollout of Qualtrics as part of a broader initiative to strengthen research capabilities and support evidence-based planning at DCU. She explained that the decision to introduce Qualtrics was driven by growing demand for more sophisticated, secure, and flexible data collection tools across the university.
“Qualtrics is not just a replacement for older survey tools,” Avril explained. “It’s part of a long-term vision to give the DCU community the kind of digital tools that empower them to ask better questions, get better data, and make better decisions.”
The rollout aligns with DTS’s strategic goals and DCU’s broader mission to support innovation, research excellence, and digital readiness. For students, Qualtrics builds confidence and skills in using professional research tools. For staff, it supports informed decision-making in areas such as academic planning, service evaluation, and student engagement—all while ensuring data is handled securely and at scale.
Your Questions Answered
What is Qualtrics and why is it being introduced at DCU?
Qualtrics is a professional online platform that lets you build surveys, distribute them to specific audiences, and analyse responses in real time. It’s widely used across higher education, healthcare, and industry and it’s now available to all DCU students and staff as part of our commitment to enhancing digital capability and research excellence.
Who can use it?
Every current DCU student and staff member has full access. From undergraduate assignments to institutional surveys, Qualtrics is suitable for any type of project large or small.
What makes it better than other tools like Google Forms or Microsoft Forms?
Qualtrics offers:
- Advanced logic, branching, and customised workflows
- Real time dashboards and visual reports
- Secure and compliant data handling
- Multilingual survey capabilities
- Export to Excel, PDF, or SPSS for further analysis
It’s a more powerful, flexible, and research-ready tool that’s already used by thousands of universities and Fortune 500 companies.
How does this support DCU’s strategic goals?
Qualtrics enables smarter decision making and supports both academic research and operational evaluation. It strengthens DCU’s commitment to innovation, research impact, and digital readiness, while giving students the opportunity to develop skills in data analysis and research design essential for academic success and future careers.
How do I access Qualtrics?
- Go to: dcusurveys.qualtrics.com
- Log in with your regular DCU username and password
- You’ll be taken straight to your dashboard where you can start building surveys
You can also access Qualtrics through the Student Apps or Staff Apps link at the bottom of any page on the DCU website.
Is any support available?
Absolutely, we’ve created a dedicated support hub at: Qualtrics Support
And if you need more help, just submit a support request via help.dcu.ie, and one of our support team will get back to you.
What are students and staff saying?
“Qualtrics helped me build a professional survey in less than an hour. I was blown away by the analysis tools, it made writing my thesis so much easier.”
Sophie Redmond, Final Year BSc Psychology
“We used it for a staff feedback survey. The data came in clean, the reports were instantly visualised, and we didn’t have to chase people with reminders, it was all automated.”
Paul Dunne, HR Learning & Development
Whether you're working on a final-year project, conducting institutional research, or simply gathering quick feedback, Qualtrics is now your go-to survey platform at DCU.
Try it today and take your data to the next level.