University College Dublin

Founded in 1854, University College Dublin (UCD) is one of Ireland’s leading research-intensive universities. It is a member of the European University Association, the Russell Group of British and Irish research universities and a founding member of LERU, the League of European Research Universities. UCD is also ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide by several independent university ranking systems.

With over 33,000 students from more than 140 countries enrolled across its five constituent colleges – Arts & Humanities, Business, Celtic Studies & Philosophy, Engineering & Architecture, Health Sciences, Law & Social Sciences – UCD offers a truly cosmopolitan learning environment. The university also has over 2,200 academic staff from over 90 countries providing world-class teaching across a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

An internationally recognised centre for research excellence, UCD invests heavily in its research infrastructure with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment available to support the work of its 1,500 research staff and 2,000 postgraduate researchers. The university has particular strengths in life sciences and biotechnology; medical sciences; agriculture; food science; ICT; energy; environmental sciences; social sciences; arts and humanities. In recent years it has also developed significant capability in data science and digital humanities. As well as being home to four Nobel laureates – Ernest Walton (physics), William Lawrence Bragg (physics), George Bernard Shaw (literature) and Samuel Beckett (literature) – UCD can boast 25Fields Medalists among its alumni and former staff.

Located on a large campus just south of Dublin city centre, UCD provides an outstanding student experience with everything you need for your studies available on site or within easy reach. With world-class libraries housing extensive digital resources as well as print collections; purpose-built accommodation for both undergraduates and postgraduates; cutting edge sports facilities including an Olympic standard 50m swimming pool; theatres offering regular dramatic productions, musical performances and stand up comedy nights; lively bars and clubs plus many other social spaces – there’s something for everyone at UCD!