Established over twenty-five years ago, American College Dublin is located in the centre of Dublin on Merrion Square in a number of Georgian era houses, one of which is the childhood home of Oscar Wilde. ACD was founded as an independent educational trust in May 1993 by Lynn University, a liberal arts institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The college admitted its first liberal arts and business degree students in September 1993 and graduated its first class in 1996.

American College Dublin is a private not-for-profit liberal arts institution accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) and for which graduating students of programmes at level-eight and level-nine on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications validated by QQI receive QQI awards. In addition to its Irish accreditation, ACD is accredited by the US accrediting agency the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), which accredits five of the top-twenty ranked institutions of higher education in the world (Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Johns Hopkins universities and the University of Pennsylvania).

About American College Dublin

Established over twenty-five years ago, American College Dublin is located in the centre of Dublin on Merrion Square in a number of Georgian era houses, one of which is the childhood home of Oscar Wilde.

ACD was founded as an independent educational trust in May 1993 by Lynn University, a liberal arts institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The college admitted its first liberal arts and business degree students in September 1993 and graduated its first class in 1996.

American College Dublin is a private not-for-profit liberal arts institution accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) and for which graduating students of programmes at level-eight and level-nine on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications validated by QQI receive QQI awards. In addition to its Irish accreditation, ACD is accredited by the US accrediting agency the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), which accredits five of the top-twenty ranked institutions of higher education in the world (Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Johns Hopkins universities and the University of Pennsylvania).

Mission Statement

“American College Dublin seeks to offer the best characteristics of Irish and American higher education in an intimate environment underpinned by the holistic liberal arts model of learning, enabling domestic and international students to realize their potential and participate successfully in the world.”

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