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University College Dublin

89 72   Arts & Humanities203  Natural Sciences
182  Engineering & IT77  Social Sciences
World Rankings182  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
108 73   Arts & Humanities238  Natural Sciences
196  Engineering & IT75  Social Sciences
World Rankings175  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
177= 104  Arts & Humanities298  Natural Sciences
243  Engineering & IT135  Social Sciences
World Rankings222  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
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Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

University College Dublin

For over 150 years, University College Dublin (UCD) has produced graduates of remarkable distinction including famous surgeons, architects, entrepreneurs and five of Ireland’s Taoisigh (Prime Ministers). Perhaps the best known of its graduates is the writer James Joyce who completed his BA at the university. Established in 1854, University College Dublin (UCD) has played a key role in the history of the modern Irish State, and today it plays a leading part in shaping Ireland’s future. As Ireland forges a new identity through relationships with international partners, the university is adopting an increasingly international outlook.

To accommodate the university’s phenomenal growth during the 1960s and 1970s, UCD relocated from its original location on St Stephen's Green in Dublin city centre to a 132 hectare campus at Belfield, 4 km from the city centre. The university still maintains one of its original buildings on St Stephen’s Green, and there is also a campus facility at Blackrock, County Dublin where the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business is located.

UCD has recently published a new campus development plan to chart the physical evolution of the Belfield campus for the next decade. This plan includes a vision for world class architecture, a more than ten-fold increase in the campus boundary woodland and network of pedestrian walkways, and a transformation of the academic infrastructure to reflect the ambitions of a leading European university.

More than 25% of the UCD student population is engaged in graduate research and scholarship. Each of the university’s five colleges has its own dedicated graduate school with the explicit task of enhancing doctoral and post-doctoral training to match the Irish Government’s strategy of establishing Ireland as a premier source of 4th level education and research. University College Dublin is committed to maintaining a high level of research activity, to commercialising intellectual property arising from academic research, and to further enhancing its collaborative links with industry and commerce, and with educational and research institutions across the globe.

UCD was the first Irish university to establish a Vice-President post dedicated to supporting the health and welfare of its student population. To facilitate increasing levels of e-learning, increasing number of resources to support learning and research are electronically available on and off campus. The UCD Bowl - a rugby and soccer stadium with a seating capacity of 1,500, and a national hockey stadium are among the sporting facilities available to students, staff and the wider Dublin community.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 2,027 FTE: 1,976

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 750 FTE: 740

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 14,126 FTE: 13,867

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 3,875 FTE: 2,735

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 4,809 FTE: 3,895

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 1,592 FTE: 1,302

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Students

Total Students Headcount: 18,347 FTE: 17,214

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 4,648 FTE: 3,359

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
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