Cinema Studies in Dublin

Program Overview

In this summer program, you will be immersed in cinema studies in Ireland. You will get to work both critically and creatively, taking courses on contemporary Irish cinema and digital filmmaking, as well as attending Ireland’s largest film festival held every year in Galway, the Film Fleadh. Weekly excursions and local outings in and around Dublin and the Irish countryside allow you to learn on location about the country’s rich film history and explore the sites where important historical events, and films about those events, took place.

You will live with Irish families in homestays in Dún Laoghaire, a community on the coastal outskirts of Dublin. The program fee includes excursions, the film festival, many other group cultural and social activities, full on-site support, and a program orientation.

Dates and Deadlines

Term	Year	Deadline	Arrival Date	Departure Date
Summer	2027	03/15/2027	late June	late July

**Students are encouraged to apply early. This program has received high interest and may fill before the application deadline.

This program has a rolling admission application process: GEO staff and the program faculty leader will complete a review of the application materials of complete applications in the order that they are submitted (“first come, first serve”). Decisions about acceptance will be made shortly after you submit a complete application. There are some programs that fill fast, some even before the deadline. Students are encouraged to complete applications and commit to programs early.

Acceptance is based on a holistic review of your application. This includes a review of your GPA, transcripts (including courses taken and in-progress), any additional requirements or prerequisites (see section "Additional Requirements"), and the short statement.

Hear from Our Students

Culture and Cinema in Ireland

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An Unforgettable Summer in Dublin

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Lola's Experience Abroad on Display at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium

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Faculty-Led Scholarship Opportunity

Applicants to this program are eligible for program-specific scholarship funds. Award recipients are chosen based on academic merit, financial need, and overall quality of their essay. Individual awards range from $500-$1,500. To be considered, apply to the GEO General Scholarship by the advertised deadline for the term you will be abroad. Students who apply will automatically be considered for all available funding within the General Scholarship, including this program's scholarship funds.

Academic Details

You will enroll in two, four-credit classes during the program. These courses will combine classroom learning with experiential excursions that provide access to important locations and individuals within the cinema industry and communities of Ireland.

Course 1: Ireland Onscreen (4 credits) Taught by University of Oregon Cinema Studies Associate Professor Colin Williamson. This course will offer an introduction to this contemporary period of Irish film history, sometimes known as the “Second Wave, focusing particularly on its most recent decade. The “Second Wave,” is historically marked by the re-forming of the Irish Film Board in 1993, and was spurred on by a number of international successes, including Alan Parker’s Dublin musical The Commitments, along with a reorganization of the Irish tax laws. The course will examine a range of recent films to understand the current place of Irish film in concepts of Irish culture and identity, while being attentive to both industrial and governmental structures that help determine what is made and seen.

Course 2: Digital Dublin: Filmaking in Ireland (4 credits) Taught by Frank Reid, an editor and instructor at the National Film School of Ireland. This is an intensive hands-on digital filmmaking course held in and around Dún Laoghaire, a beautiful coastal town just outside of Dublin and home to IADT, the National Film School of Ireland. Filmmaking in Ireland will give you the opportunity to directly experience how cinematographers and filmmakers practice the language of visual storytelling. Ireland is a country and a people with a rich and complex history. But it is also a potential cinematic canvas to be created out of graphic elements of light and shadow, past and present, moods and textures. You will engage in pre-production, shooting and editing to make a short film that imaginatively explores and interprets the contemporary environment of rural and urban Ireland.

The courses will consist of weekday class meetings (Monday-Thursday), screenings, guest lectures, field activities including location shooting, excursions to relevant film and historical sites, and a long weekend group trip to the Galway Film Fleadh (Festival).

For Non-UO students, actual credit awarded is determined by the relevant department at your home university in consultation with your home study abroad office. Check with your study abroad advisor for more information.

Course Equivalencies

UO students: please refer to the UO Course Equivalency Process and the UO Office of the Registrar Course Equivalency Database.

Non-UO students: Actual credit awarded is determined by the relevant department at your university in consultation with the study abroad office. Check with your study abroad advisor for more information.

Faculty and Staff

Colin Williamson is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. His work focuses on histories and theories of early cinema, animation, and nonfiction filmmaking. He is also the recipient of numerous distinguished research, teaching, and mentorship awards, and he spent time during and after college backpacking across Ireland!

Housing Description

You will be placed (usually with another student or more) as a "paying guest" with a family in Dún Laoghaire or surrounding Dublin County, and commute to class each day by local transportation. Breakfasts and dinners are offered by the family, but lunches are usually not provided. Dún Laoghaire offers a variety of nice cafés, pubs and eateries.

Host families are very carefully screened and provide good, affordable accommodation offering you the opportunity to develop your independence and social skills by participating in family, community, cultural and recreational activities. Many cherish the homestay experience as one of the most rewarding aspects of the Dublin program experience and remain lifelong friends with their host family

See a program alum's homestay experience they captured in a short film on the program.

Budget and Price

2026 Summer

**GEO Program Fees**
Description	Amount
UO Study Abroad Fee*	$500
Program Tuition	$5,004
Housing & Included Meals	$1,329
Local Transportation	$198
Insurance	$119

**Estimated Additional Expenses**
Description	Amount
Estimated Airfare from Eugene	$1,600
Estimated Additional Meals	$675
Estimated Cell Phone Expenses	$100
Estimated Travel Clinic & Pre-departure physical**	$50
Estimated Cost of Acquiring Passport	$150
Estimated Additional Living Expenses	$600

**Total**
Description	Amount
Total Estimated Cost of Attendance	$10,325
Sub-Total: GEO Program Fees (Billed to UO Student Account)	$7,150
Sub-Total: Estimated Additional Expenses	$3,175

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Date	Cancellation Penalty
Upon acceptance to program	Student agrees to $500 non-refundable program deposit.
8 weeks before program start date	Student is responsible for 50% of total GEO program fees.
Program start date or after program begins	Student is responsible for 100% of total GEO program fees.

IMPORTANT: The GEO Cancellation Policy is effective from the time a student agrees to pay their non-refundable program deposit or electronically signs the program commitment form, regardless of application or acceptance status. It is essential to read this policy before a potential cancellation takes place, to fully understand the withdrawal and cancellation penalties, and to understand what it means financially to commit to a study abroad program.

To view the program specific cancellation policy dates and penalties, click the term budget dropdown menu.

Students who cancel their participation must notify GEO in writing. Email is acceptable (info@uoregon.College). Verbal notification to GEO or notification given to a non-UO campus study abroad office is not sufficient.

For full details, see the complete GEO Cancellation Policy.

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