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UCD Rowers show their true Colours

UCD took three of the four titles on offer at a lively set of Colours Races in Dublin yesterday. Four very different contests in Colours rowing were laid out before fans and the early-morning strollers in Dublin’s city centre yesterday... read more

Business Alumni Awards Dinner

A special black tie fundraising dinner will be held on Friday 27th April in the Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin to publicly recognise our 2012 ‘Alumnus of the Year’ award winners... read more

UCD Sport - Easter Multi Sport Camp - Fit For Kids

Our Easter Multi Sport Camp will run for the two weeks of Easter break. The Camp will run for four days each week and promises to be packed full of activities, new friendships, fun filled days and freebies for all. Daily Rate available also... read more

Join the Alumni Association

Join the Alumni Association and avail of benefits, i.e. Reader's Card for all of UCD's libraries, discount on VHI membership, discount on Adult Education courses and more! read more

UCD Foundation News

Ipsen Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty-driven pharmaceutical company specializing in healthcare solutions for targeting debilitating diseases, has provided funding to support the research work of Dr Gadintshware Gaoatswe.

The UCD Newman Fellowship Programme was founded in 1989 to support excellent early-career researchers across the humanities and sciences...
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CAO first preference figures rise by 10.8% at UCD

UCD remains most popular university in Ireland. With a 10.8% climb in first preferences over 2011, UCD has reached a milestone of 8,385 first preferences, an increase of a record 818 extra students putting the university first on their CAO forms by the 31 January deadline... read more

Ancient fossil remains reveal Velociraptor's last meal

UCD Scientists have discovered a bone from a pterosaur (giant flying reptile or ‘pterodactyl’) in the guts of the skeletal remains of a Velociraptor (small predatory theropod dinosaur) that lived in what is now the Gobi Desert in Mongolia some 75 million years ago... read more

UCD Annual Student Awards

The annual presentation of awards, scholarships and medals, honours students (beyond first year) in academic, Irish language, music, sport and university life achievement... read more

Ferrari select UCD engineering student

Following its search for outstanding candidates with engineering degrees from across the world’s leading universities, Ferrari has selected Ian Whelan (24), a PhD student from the UCD School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, for its 6-month work experience package at Ferrari Headquarters in Maranello, Italy... read more

UCD SPORT

UCD Women win National IUAA Cross Country 2012

It had been 12 years since UCD won a national cross country title. This all changed on Saturday 10th March when UCD fielded a team that included Ciara Mageean (World junior silver medallist) Ciara Everard (National Indoor Champion) Laura Shaughnessy (National Intermediate XC Champion) and Sports Scholarship student Ellie Hartnett... read more

Martin Mulkerrins wins the US Collegiate title

Martin Mulkerrins became the first Irish champion in over seven years when he won the United States Collegiate Handball Open title in Springfield, Missouri. Mulkerrins, the first year Ag student, overcame a number of top American and Irish players... read more

Ciara Everard wins 800m at National Championship

Ciara Everard, UCD rounded off her short but very successful indoor season with another win at the National indoor athletics Championships... read more

OPPORTUNITIES


Performance Driven Marketing

'Performance Driven Marketing' is a three day programme led by Prof. Damien McLoughlin at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School on April 17th, 18th & 19th. It concentrates the unique insights and perspectives from the core marketing course of the Smurfit MBA programme into a three-day package.

Who is it for?
Directors and managers either assuming responsibility for marketing for the first time or with marketing responsibilities but without significant formal marketing education; entrepreneurs, heads of function and product managers with a need for greater understanding of marketing.

Limited places remain - for further information: email edel.mccormack@ucd.ie or tel (01) 716 8049...read more

50% MBA Scholarship

UCD Smurfit School in association with IMAGE Magazine are offering one exceptional female candidate the chance to win a 50% Scholarship for either the full or part-time MBA programme at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School commencing September 2012.

To find out more about the scholarship and how you can benefit from an MBA, come to our ‘Women on the MBA’ event on March 28th at 6pm- register at www.smurfitschool.ie/womenonthemba

Scholarship information is available at www.smurfitschool.ie/imagescholarship and is open to Irish applicants only.

UCD MA in Creative Writing Anthology contest

The annual UCD MA in Creative Writing Anthology Contest is currently accepting submissions. Categories include both short stories and poetry, one winner will be chosen from each. The competition is open to all writers, from now until midnight on Mon 30th April 2012. Each winning entry, along with the entrant's short biography will be published in the Class of 2012 Anthology called "New Tricks with Matches"... read more

Skills for Nurses - healthcare event

A unique event targeting nursing and midwifery professionals - Friday 27th April 2012... read more

UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science

Are you 60-80 years of age? Do you like to stay active and healthy with exercise? UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science is looking for men and women, aged 60-80 years to participate in an exercise-based research project... read more

Irish European Law Forum

The UCD Law School in association with the Competition Authority is hosting a conference on competition law enforcement... read more