A very pretty campus for the most-part. Few random photos:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/-woMw8ULq-lY/Tcps-MCPU7I/AAAAAAAAELs/U9iak7cBPbY/library_richview066.jpg
http://www.ucd.ie/fencing/mostWebsiteImages/UCD.jpg
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http://www.ifacsolutions.com/userfiles/Image/Conway%20Instit%20Elev%20Pic%202%20-%20selected.jpg
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss353/lkoth/DSC01438.jpg?t=1242244681
http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/dublinthroughmylens/files/2011/12/woodland-walk-I.JPG
Having said that, it is an exceptionally large campus, and this is its main problem. Whether you are a student or visitor there are plenty of local cafes and shops within easy footfall (particularly during term), but if you want to travel across campus you would need a bike or segway or whatever. This enormous size accommodates an enormous population: maybe as many as 25,000 at most. Due to this, the administration can seem clunky, and the university somewhat impersonal.
This university is undoubtedly one of the leading lights in Irish education, and for every strength there is a corresponding weakness, and visa versa.
UCD employs continual assessment: making term work harder for students, but reducing the stress of exams (same thing in relation to semesterisation)
It has a vast population, making it difficult to get to know people, but provides one with such open-ended possibilities in terms of the types of people you might wish to know.
The courses can be huge, the geography daunting, the number of clubs and societies overwhelming, but this equally provides as many opportunities as it does challenges.
UCD is certainly not for the faint-hearted, but it would be hard to argue against the fact that it rewards those who dare. read more