• #=126 QS Global World Ranking
  • PublicStatus
  • Very HighResearch Output
  • 23,341Total Students
  • 1,726Faculty
  • 7,383Int'l Students

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UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 9,500 graduate students benefitting from the research-led education culture at UCD. UCD offers Ireland’s widest range of graduate study programmes across its six colleges and provides a vibrant and stimulating environment in which to learn, with research-led teaching from lecturers and professors who are recognised worldwide for their subject expertise.

Our faculty engage in international research collaborations, sharing and contributing to a global bank of knowledge. Over the last decade UCD researchers have increased their annual number of papers in the international literature by 40% and have authored more than 31,000 papers in total. 54% of the papers were co-authored with researchers from more than 130 countries. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 71% above the world average.

UCD expertise is recognised worldwide, with international accreditations for UCD degrees from the world's leading professional organisations in Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Regional and Urban Planning, and Engineering. The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is one of less than 60 schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from the US, Europe and the UK accrediting bodies, and the MSc in International Management there is now regarded as the seventh in the world, according to the Financial Times Global Master in Management Ranking 2019.

In order to further expand its global engagement UCD has developed a network of UCD Global Centres in North America, UAE, India, China and Malaysia; each of which provides a hub of research and education connections for students, faculty, alumni and partners.

To read more about UCD graduate studies see: https://www.ucd.ie/global/

 

About

UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 9,500 graduate students benefitting from the research-led education culture at UCD. UCD offers Ireland’s widest range of graduate study programmes across its six colleges and provides a vibrant and stimulating environment in which to learn, with research-led teaching from lecturers and professors who are recognised worldwide for their subject expertise.

Our faculty engage in international research collaborations, sharing and contributing to a global bank of knowledge. Over the last decade UCD researchers have increased their annual number of papers in the international literature by 40% and have authored more than 31,000 papers in total. 54% of the papers were co-authored with researchers from more than 130 countries. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 71% above the world average.

UCD expertise is recognised worldwide, with international accreditations for UCD degrees from the world's leading professional organisations in Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Regional and Urban Planning, and Engineering. The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is one of less than 60 schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from the US, Europe and the UK accrediting bodies, and the MSc in International Management there is now regarded as the seventh in the world, according to the Financial Times Global Master in Management Ranking 2019.

In order to further expand its global engagement UCD has developed a network of UCD Global Centres in North America, UAE, India, China and Malaysia; each of which provides a hub of research and education connections for students, faculty, alumni and partners.

To read more about UCD graduate studies see: https://www.ucd.ie/global/

 

Available programs

University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2012
    #131
  • 2014
    #139
  • 2015
    #139
  • 2016
    #154
  • 2017
    #176
  • 2018
    #168
  • 2019
    #=193
  • 2020
    #185
  • 2021
    #=177
  • 2022
    #=173
  • 2023
    #=181
  • 2024
    #=171
  • 2025
    #=126

Student & Staff

Total students
23,341

28%
72%

International students
7,383

51%
49%

Total faculty staff
1,726

795
931

Total students
23,341

28%
72%

International students
7,383

51%
49%

Total faculty staff
1,726

931
795
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Campus locations

Main Campus,

Belfield , Dublin , Dublin , Ireland ,

Blackrock Campus,

Blackrock , Dublin , Ireland ,

English language requirements

University College Dublin EN