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Dublin City University (DCU) is situated in the area properly known as Ballymun on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. Entrances are from Ballymun Road and from Collins Avenue. Formerly the National Institute of Higher Education (NIHE), Dublin, DCU was given full university status in 1989.
The early focus of DCU was in particular on science and technology, although it has also had a large Business School. It has developed a presence also in the performing arts and in Humanities.
DCU has a particularly strong research record, and has regularly been recorded as bringing in more research income per members of faculty than any other Irish university. Its research team working on sensors (National Centre for Sensor Research) is counted as one of the best in the world.
DCU is also famous for its Centre for Talented Youth.
DCU is the location for The Helix.
The land on which the college is based was once the Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, previously called the Glasnevin Model Farm. For a period during the 20th century the college belonged to the faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin.
Currently (2003) DCU graduates are not eligible to vote for Ireland's upper camera, the Seanad.
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