Undergraduate Profile
University College Cork (UCC) was originally established in 1845 as one of three Queen's Colleges in Cork, Galway and Belfast. In 1908 it became a constituent College of the National University of Ireland and a constituent University of the National University under legislation enacted in 1997.
The university has a beautiful and cosmopolitan campus with the gothic revival style main quadrangle building, modelled on a typical Oxford College, at its centre. The campus is within easy walking distance of Cork city centre where cafes, restaurants and night life combine to create a vibrant European city atmosphere. Cork is a university city with almost 30,000 students in different institutions of higher learning and was European City of Culture in 2005.
Today University College Cork is a major research-intensive university delivering world-class research in academic departments and in research centres of national and international significance. The university boasts a student population of over 17,000 students in 2008/09 including some 12,000 undergraduate students pursuing Bachelor Degree programmes, over 3,000 postgraduate students pursuing higher degrees and over 1000 visiting and exchange students.The international student population includes students from 93 different countries. The university is committed to lifelong learning and there are also over 2,000 part-time students pursuing Adult Continuing Education courses on campus and in centres throughout the Munster region.
UCC is the university of first choice for growing numbers of students from Ireland and overseas. The university offers honours bachelor degree programmes across the Humanities, Business, Law, Engineering, Architecture, Science, Food Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and the Clinical Therapies.
UCC offers a superb student experience characterized by the quality and range of its academic programmes, excellence in teaching and learning, responsive student support services and outstanding opportunities for personal development through its many clubs and societies. At UCC there is a strong emphasis on the visual arts, theatre and music. Centrepiece stands the Lewis Glucksman Art Gallery, not only a building of national architecture and artistic significance, but a resource for hosting an inspiring a variety of collections, exhibitions, lectures and workshops.
