Key Facts

UCC provides the perfect environment to learn, live and thrive. We offer:

• An extensive range of highly ranked undergraduate and postgraduate courses to choose from
• Excellent student services and peer to peer support throughout your time at UCC to ensure your success
• A truly international student and alumni community that you will be part of for life, with over 3000 students from over 100 countries and over 130,000 alumni worldwide
• Career guidance and support with an exceptionally high number of graduates securing employment within three months of graduation
• A well rounded student experience with first class facilities and services
• A highly respected university in the top 2% of universities in the world
• A vibrant student experience, with over 100 sporting clubs and societies to choose from
• A beautiful campus that is recognised by Tripadvisor’s site, Flipkey, as one of the top-40 ‘must-see’ universities in the world
• An extensive range of modern, purpose built campus accommodation for international students

Our performance across various global rankings and accreditations is testament to the quality of our degrees and calibre or our teaching, research and student experience:

• University College Cork is The Sunday Times University of the Year 2016 and UCC is the only university in Ireland to have been voted Sunday Times University of The Year four times.
• Our performance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 has reinforced our position as a leading university internationally, with 14 subject areas featuring in the top 300 globally whilst our Nursing and Midwifery disciplines are now listed within the top 50 worldwide.

Our reputation for research excellence was further reinforced by the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 in May. Looking at the top 1% publications in their field, UCC ranked 1st in Ireland, 16th in Europe and 52nd globally (from a field of 750 universities)

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