DCU's partnership with Queen's University leads to new courses

Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski and Prof Sir George Bain

Students will be able to enrol for two new courses thanks to a unique partnership agreement between Dublin City University and Queen's University Belfast.

The agreement, signed in Armagh on Thursday 3 October, by the President of DCU, Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski and the Vice-Chancellor of Queens, Professor Sir George Bain, means that students will be able to enrol in a joint MSc in Plasma and Vacuum Technology and joint MA in Cross-Border Studies.

Both universities have already established a relationship of working together since 1996 and the latest initiative enables them to forge a closer partnership. The two universities set up the Centre for Cross Border Studies based in Armagh and at DCU. They also offer a highly successful join masters in science communications.