Welcome to the National College of Art & Design

• Introduction
• Director's Foreword
• The History of NCAD
• Student Services & Accessibility
• Student Handbook
  • Your College
  • Finance
  • Health & Safety
  • Your Studies
  • Your Welfare
  • Facilities
  • Your Directory
• Graduate Network
• Graduate Web Directory
• QA / QI Office
• Jobs at NCAD
• Staff Directory
• An Bord
• Contact Us
• Find Us

Introduction

I want to welcome you to the College for the academic year 2011/12. If you are a first time student you will hopefully find this Student Handbook of considerable use. For continuing students there have been changes to some personnel and to some of the existing policies and procedures, so do refer to the relevant sections for information.

Once again the Handbook will only be available on the College website and will not be published in hard copy.

This Student Handbook is issued by the College, but there is also a handbook issued by the Students' Union, which you should expect early in the first term. Some of the faculties and departments also produce their own internal handbook and you should read specific details relating to your own particular area.
With so many handbooks around, you may wonder what is so special about this one. What we are trying to do with this one is to enable you to understand what sometimes can be a complex organisation and to give you some direction of where to find things and how to get things done. We want to make your time in the College as uncomplicated as possible and this handbook might be helpful to you in pointing you in particular
directions, particularly if problems arise during your years in the College. In particular, familiarise yourself with the basics, medical and counselling services, student support services and examination regulations.

If you feel that in any way my office can be of help to you please bring it to our attention by calling into Reception in the main STUDENT SERVICES AND ADMISSIONS OFFICE or phone (confidentially) 636 4217. We would like you to enjoy your stay in the National College of Art and Design and to be successful in all you achieve and we are here to give you whatever assistance you require in achieving your goals.

Professor Siún Hanrahan
Head of Academic Affairs and Research

Using this online student handbook

The full text of the handbook is available to download and print in PDF format at the bottom of the page. Please use the sub-navigation links in the (blue) left-hand navigation bar to browse through each section of the handbook. At the start of each page you will find hyperlinks that allow you to jump to sections within that page.

Download: Printable Student Handbook (PDF 742k)