The three-storey extension marks the third phase of development for the facility
A new €11 million three-storey extension to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Education and Research Centre at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital is due for completion in May this year. The facility represents the third phase of development for the education and research facilities of the RCSI at Beaumont Hospital.
“The first phase was the development of the library and the education centre at the front of Beaumont Hospital,” RCSI CEO and Registrar, Prof Cathal Kelly, said.
“The second phase was development of the Smurfit building, the first development of a clinical research centre at a public hospital site in 2000.
That has been tremendously successful as a centre for translational research. “The research portfolio goes from strength to strength — that translational research ethos, of bringing basic science expertise of the college with the clinical science expertise of our clinicians, has worked really well, so much so that RCSI is climbing up the word university rankings.
Now we are in the top 2 per cent of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings list and that is based on our research citations, which are based, in large part, on the fact the we are totally focused on healthcare,” Prof Kelly added.
A student concourse at ground-floor level will link the Education and Research Centre with the new facility. The ground floor will provide multi-functional
tutorial rooms, and the first floor will have faculty offices and meeting spaces, while research facilities will be on the second floor.
The three-storey building is to be linked vertically with feature stairs located under a large atrium.
