Spend 2-weeks in Dublin, Ireland and earn 3-credits towards your UMBC degree! Starting in January, we will begin accepting applications for this once in a lifetime opportunity! Space is limited. Students must be 18 years or older to apply.
Program Dates: July 27, 2025 – August 8, 2025
Who: Open to all new incoming UMBC students (freshmen and transfers)
Program Fee: $4,593 (see below for all that’s included)
Questions? email educationabroad@umbc.edu or orientation@umbc.edu
What does the program fee include?
- International Airfare
- 3-credit UMBC course FYS 107: Protest Songs of Resistance which fulfills an Arts and Humanities (AH) or a Culture ( C) General Education Program (GEP) requirement for all students
- An on-campus pre-departure orientation for students and families that includes a welcome meal (Students will still need to attend New Student Orientation)
- Student accommodations at Trinity College
- Transportation to Dulles Airport from UMBC
- Ground transportation to and from Dublin Airport
- International health insurance
- Travel passes for use on public transportation (bus, train, tram, etc.)
- Guided walking tour of Dublin and a visit with LinkedIn Dublin; entrance to the EPIC Irish Emigration Museum, the 14 Henrietta Street Museum, and GPO Witness History Exhibition, guided tour of Kilmainham Gao, Howth, the Monto district and an LGBTQ+ tour of Dublin; ; and a full-day excursion to Galway and the Cliffs of Moher and a full-day excursion to Causey Farm
- Daily breakfast and some additional meals in Dublin including a welcome dinner, and farewell meal with live music and a dance show
What is not included in the program fee?
- Meals not listed in the itinerary
- Passport and/or visa expenses
- Personal spending
Fall Semester UNIV 101 Details:
As part of the Dawg Days Abroad program, students are required to take an Introduction to the University course in the fall following the program.
UNIV101 – Introduction to the University (required in the fall semester)
Dawg Days: Abroad staff are dedicated to your academic success – not only in the summer but beyond. All students in the program will participate in an Introduction to the University course during the fall 2025 semester. The goal of the UNIV 101 course is to help new students experience a successful transition to campus for the fall semester while building the knowledge, skills, and experiences they will have during the summer program. Students will identify, understand, and take a deep dive into an academic discipline, explore and demonstrate metacognitive awareness, connect with and integrate into the UMBC community, and develop themselves both personally and professionally. Students in the course will also connect with faculty, staff, and peers within their academic discipline and across the larger campus community.
The 2025 Dawg Days: Abroad application will be open at the end of January 2025.
- Click the above “Apply Now!” button to submit an application using your myUMBC credentials.
- There are also a few signature documents that need to be submitted.
Program deposit due by: May 10, 2025
- All accepted applicants will be asked to submit a $400 program deposit by May 10th.
Remaining program fee due by: June 20, 2025
- All program participants must submit the remaining program fee by June 20th.
*Students will take classes with faculty for 3 weeks on UMBC’s campus 3 weeks prior to departure
Week #1(July 7-11)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Week #2 (July 14-18)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Week #3 (July 21-25)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Sun, (July 27th) –
- Arrive to UMBC with family, begin orientation program.
- After pre-departure orientation students will take group transportation to Dulles Airport.
- Students will fly overnight to Dublin with faculty on Aer Lingus 118 at 8:40pm.
Mon, (July 28th) –
- Group flight arrives in Dublin at 8:45am (local time)
- A local guide will meet the group at the airport and arrange transfer by private coach to accommodations at Trinity College Dublin.
- Students and faculty will check-in to Trinity College Dublin accommodations or leave luggage until check-in is available.
- Local area ‘practical’ walking tour with on-site staff and UMBC faculty, which includes a tour of Trinity campus facilities, local amenities and transport links
- 12pm walk with on-site staff to Leonardo’s Hotel Christchurch for a soup & sandwiches lunch
- Free evening
Tues, (July 29th) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Orientation presentation with on-site staff at Trinity College, followed by initial in-country class session with UMBC faculty
- Free time for lunch
- Guided LGBTQ+ walking tour of Dublin with Tonie Walsh, professional guide and curator of the Irish Queer Archives, departing from the Oscar Wilde statue at Merrion Square to include the National Library, Leinster House, Trinity, the old Central Bank, Hirschfield Centre, and the Project Arts Centre
- Self-guided group visit to Dublin Castle
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
- PM: Group welcome meal at Celtic Nights with live traditional music and dancing
Wed, (July 30th) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College, Including Guest lecture with Liz Gillis, Historian specializing in the Irish Revolution to include songs of the Revolution
- Free time for lunch/walk to tour start
- Guided walking tour with Terry Folan of Dublin’s Historic Red Light District, “Monto” departing from the Spar, Talbot Street
- Private Musical Memories guided visit to 14 Henrietta Street
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Thur, (July 31st) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Free time for lunch
- Guided visit to the GPO Witness History Exhibition followed by a careers talk/Q&A with John Horgan, Sales & Marketing Manager
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Fri, (Aug 1st) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery(included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- “Rock your Profile” program at LinkedIn (includes lunch beforehand)
- Viking Splash Tour of Dublin
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Sat, (August 2nd)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Full-day excursion to Trim Castle and Causey Farm. At the farm the group will participate in an “Irish for a Day” experience, engaging in traditional cultural activities such as: Irish soda bread baking, bog jumping, turf cutting, Ceili dancing, a sheepdog demonstration, bodhran playing and more. Scones with jam & cream and tea or coffee as well as a meal of home-made soda bread & vegetable soup are included.
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC faculty on bus to back to Dublin
Sun, (August 3rd)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Free day in Dublin
Mon, (August 4th)- Bank Holiday in Ireland
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Full-day excursion to Galway with one-way transfer by train and return by private bus with a visit to the Cliffs of Moher enroute
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty on the bus back to Dublin
Tues, (August 5th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Visit to EPIC, Irish Emigration Museum (includes a talk with a curator/guide)
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Wed, (August 6th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Free time for lunch
- Meet at Trinity to take the train together to Howth
- PM: Walking afternoon on the Howth peninsula, with local knowledge and stories from a professional guide
- Group dinner in Howth and reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Thurs, (August 7th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- PM: Free Time, followed by a group farewell meal
Fri, (August 8th)-
- Early Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Check out of Trinity accommodations
- Group transfer by private bus to Dublin Airport (DUB)
- Group flight (Aer Lingus 117) departing at 12:50pm and arriving to IAD at 3:40PM local time
Week #1(July 7-11)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Week #2 (July 14-18)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Week #3 (July 21-25)– Classes Monday-Friday (UMBC Campus, time and location TBD)
Sun, (July 27th) –
- Arrive to UMBC with family, begin orientation program.
- After pre-departure orientation students will take group transportation to Dulles Airport.
- Students will fly overnight to Dublin with faculty on Aer Lingus 118 at 8:40pm.
Mon, (July 28th) –
- Group flight arrives in Dublin at 8:45am (local time)
- A local guide will meet the group at the airport and arrange transfer by private coach to accommodations at Trinity College Dublin.
- Students and faculty will check-in to Trinity College Dublin accommodations or leave luggage until check-in is available.
- Local area ‘practical’ walking tour with on-site staff and UMBC faculty, which includes a tour of Trinity campus facilities, local amenities and transport links
- 12pm walk with on-site staff to Leonardo’s Hotel Christchurch for a soup & sandwiches lunch
- Free evening
Tues, (July 29th) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Orientation presentation with on-site staff at Trinity College, followed by initial in-country class session with UMBC faculty
- Free time for lunch
- Guided LGBTQ+ walking tour of Dublin with Tonie Walsh, professional guide and curator of the Irish Queer Archives, departing from the Oscar Wilde statue at Merrion Square to include the National Library, Leinster House, Trinity, the old Central Bank, Hirschfield Centre, and the Project Arts Centre
- Self-guided group visit to Dublin Castle
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
- PM: Group welcome meal at Celtic Nights with live traditional music and dancing
Wed, (July 30th) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College, Including Guest lecture with Liz Gillis, Historian specializing in the Irish Revolution to include songs of the Revolution
- Free time for lunch/walk to tour start
- Guided walking tour with Terry Folan of Dublin’s Historic Red Light District, “Monto” departing from the Spar, Talbot Street
- Private Musical Memories guided visit to 14 Henrietta Street
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Thur, (July 31st) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Free time for lunch
- Guided visit to the GPO Witness History Exhibition followed by a careers talk/Q&A with John Horgan, Sales & Marketing Manager
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Fri, (Aug 1st) –
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery(included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- “Rock your Profile” program at LinkedIn (includes lunch beforehand)
- Viking Splash Tour of Dublin
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Sat, (August 2nd)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Full-day excursion to Trim Castle and Causey Farm. At the farm the group will participate in an “Irish for a Day” experience, engaging in traditional cultural activities such as: Irish soda bread baking, bog jumping, turf cutting, Ceili dancing, a sheepdog demonstration, bodhran playing and more. Scones with jam & cream and tea or coffee as well as a meal of home-made soda bread & vegetable soup are included.
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC faculty on bus to back to Dublin
Sun, (August 3rd)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Free day in Dublin
Mon, (August 4th)- Bank Holiday in Ireland
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Full-day excursion to Galway with one-way transfer by train and return by private bus with a visit to the Cliffs of Moher enroute
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty on the bus back to Dublin
Tues, (August 5th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Visit to EPIC, Irish Emigration Museum (includes a talk with a curator/guide)
- Reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Wed, (August 6th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- Free time for lunch
- Meet at Trinity to take the train together to Howth
- PM: Walking afternoon on the Howth peninsula, with local knowledge and stories from a professional guide
- Group dinner in Howth and reflection activity/wrap up with UMBC Faculty
Thurs, (August 7th)-
- Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- AM: Class with UMBC Faculty at Trinity College
- PM: Free Time, followed by a group farewell meal
Fri, (August 8th)-
- Early Breakfast at Trinity Buttery (included)
- Check out of Trinity accommodations
- Group transfer by private bus to Dublin Airport (DUB)
- Group flight (Aer Lingus 117) departing at 12:50pm and arriving to IAD at 3:40PM local time
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