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Dean's Honours List 2026

Dean's Honours List 2026

Congratulations to the graduates named on the 2026 Dean’s Honours List. 

As part of the DCU Student Recognition Framework, these students ranked in the top 5% of their class and receive a commemorative Dean’s List pin in recognition of their achievement.


Postgraduate Award Recipients

European Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence 

       Nauani Benevides, Meem Arafat Manab

MA i Léann na Gaeilge

       Neasa Conroy

MA in Children's and Young Adult Literature

       Hazel Skinner

MA in Choral Studies

       Donal Dignam

MA in Creative Writing

       Juliana Adelman

MA in International Relations

       Síobhra Pringle

MA in International Security and Conflict Studies

       Michael Deegan, Nathan Lowry, Francis Quinn

MA in Journalism

       Ester Pyykkö

MA in Political Communication

       Sophie Hanlon

MA in Social Media Communications

       Molly Steele

MA in Theology and World Religions

       Annamaria Durcan

MA in Translation Studies

       Laura Murphy

MSc in Climate Change: Policy, Media and Society

       Clare Holman

MSc in Emerging Media

        Yingying Jiang

MSc in Public Policy

        Grainne Conachy, Shaileen McGovern, Shane Sargeant

MSc in Public Relations and Strategic Communications

        Aka Dee Large

MSc in Science and Health Communication

        Molly McCullen

MSc in Translation Technology

        Isis Beatriz Lopez Guerrero