Trinity College Dublin | Evening Course in Psychology

Trinity College Dublin offers a popular part-time evening course called Psychology - The Science of Behaviour and Mind. It is a lecture-only series designed for the general public and provides a broad overview of contemporary psychology, requiring no exams or coursework.

Posted Jul 18, 2026

By Amahury J. L. Díaz

1 min read

Overview

This lecture course will present an overview of contemporary psychology and introduce participants to cutting edge research undertaken by the school of Psychology staff.

Topics include:

New Breakthroughs in Brain Stimulation for Treating Mental Disorders
Climate change and mental health
The language puzzle: Infant language acquisition
Early Experiences and Development
Inherent difficulties experienced by Young Drivers
Rethinking ‘normal’ evolving perspectives on mental health and illness
Measuring and Modelling the Emergence of Cognition in Infants
The Psychology of the Climate Crisis
Psychological Trauma, Adaptation, and Resilience
Let’s talk about young people’s mental health: Trends, gender differences and predictors of change over time
How close is AI coming to matching human intelligence?
The Experience of Dread: A Psychoanalytic Approach
…. and many more.

This course is a lecture series, and there are no exams or course work involved. Participants who attend at least 12 out of the 16 lectures will receive a certificate of attendance. The course does not provide an academic qualification.

Fees

€260 for sixteen weeks -We are currently accepting application.

A concession rate (€100) is available to second and full time third-level students, unemployed persons, and those in receipt of a social welfare pension. Payment and proof of status MUST accompany the application form. This may be, for example, a letter from second/third level institution, proof of receipt of social welfare pension or unemployment benefits.

Time and Place

Lectures will take place every Wednesday at 7:00 pm in the JM Synge Theatre, in the Arts Building (on campus), room 2039. The theatre will be open from 6.30 pm. There is an entrance to the TCD College campus on Nassau Street. This entrance will remain open until 10.30 pm. The campus can also be accessed through the main entrance of Trinity College. If you enter the campus from the Nassau Street entrance, the arts Building is the building on your right and once you enter the building the JR Synge Theatre is over towards the left and at the back.