- UCD is the largest provider of graduate education in Ireland.
- It is a diverse University both in academic disciplines and culture.
- Innovative research conducted at the University attracts some of
the world's most brilliant academics. - There are 115 nationalities studying in UCD
- UCD is in the top 100 Universities in the world, according to the Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings in 2010
- UCD is an integral part of Dublin, capital city of Ireland and gateway to Europe. The campus covers 132 hectares.
- UCD is Ireland's most International University. There are currently 4000 International students enrolled, representing 115 countries.
- For over 150 years, UCD has produced graduates of remarkable distinction including famous surgeons, writers (e.g., James Joyce) architects, entrepreneurs and five of Ireland's taoisigh.
The College has an excellent track record in attracting significant Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), European and industrial funding to support its many research activities. These include Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Energy and Materials research. Through research, the UCD College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences will continue to promote excellence in Graduate training. The range of interdisciplinary taught Master’s programmes now available within the college and initiatives including the Structured and Thematic PhD programmes, mean that the Graduate School is ideally placed to offer innovative graduate level training programmes.
The UCD School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering
The UCD School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering is home to our university’s community of staff and students engaged in research, teaching and learning on many facets of the designed environment. Their interests are diverse – buildings, urban spaces, rural environments, transport systems, water supply, flood control, bridges, tunnels, energy, historical fabric, landscapes - to mention just a few! Their specialisations may be diverse but they share a common desire to advance the boundaries of knowledge in an atmosphere that fosters curiosity, the joy of discovery and empowerment for life-long learning.
The School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
The School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering is the oldest and largest degree granting School of its type in Ireland, offering degrees up to the level of Ph.D.
The title of the school emphasises the strong research and teaching representation in both chemical and bioprocess engineering. The teaching received by graduate taught students is strongly supported by the intensive research underway in the School, demonstrated by its position as the most research intensive School of its type in Ireland. In addition, the size of the School means that staff and postgraduate students can communicate freely on a day-to-day basis, fostering a culture of insight, encouragement, and openness.
UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics
UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics is currently enjoying its most successful period to date. Its rapidly expanding curriculum and research agenda is matched with unprecedented growth in student and staff numbers . This growth, together with our modern new building, will allow UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics to lead the way into the future.
UCD School of Electrical, Electronic & Mechanical Engineering
The School provides access to education and research opportunities that reflect the expertise and interests of approximately 40 full-time academic staff.
The School recognises that, within the modern environment, it is unlikely that any engineer will operate in a discipline-specific vacuum and he or she will interact at an interdisciplinary level much more frequently and significantly than was historically the case. The long-established major disciplines of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical have now been supplemented with many subspecialties, such as Biomedical, Communications and Materials Engineering.
Research activity within the School covers a range of topics within the domains of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and is recognized as being nationally and internationally leading in many areas. Strategic research areas are those of Advanced Communications Engineering, Bioengineering, Energy and Materials & Manufacturing Engineering.
UCD School of Geological Sciences
We are the largest Geoscience School in Ireland, bringing together the skills and expertise of nine academic staff, six support staff, 15 contract research staff and 23 PhD students.
As a dynamic and active research school our staff have been very successful in obtaining research grants, from national and international funding agencies and from industry. Our research is focussed through a number of research groups within the School, all of which publish regularly in international scientific journals. The School hosts the recently established National Centre for Isotope Geochemistry.
The School’s main research groups are in the areas of Fault Analysis; Geochronology, Petrology & Isotope Geochemistry; Geophysics; Marine & Petroleum Geology; Palaeobiology; and Palaeoclimatology. All six research groups have strong international collaborative links.
UCD School of Mathemical Sciences
UCD School of Mathematical Sciences was recently reviewed and ranked amongst the very best schools in Ireland and Britain in our fields of expertise:
- Mathematics
- Applied and Computational Mathematics
- Statistics and Actuarial Science
The School is active in research and teaching in many areas within these fields and collaborates with a wide range of other disciplines.
UCD School of Physics
UCD School of Physics offers a taught MSc in NanoBio Science (full-time and part-time) and we have over 60 researchers pursuing PhD programmes. The school has recruited over 10 new academic staff since 2004, and the academic staffs make up a dynamic, international group researching across a wide range of disciplines within Physics. These include: Astrophysics (4), Atomic, Molecular and Laser Plasma Physics (6), Condensed Matter Theory (1), Computational Biophysics (4), Experimental NanoScience (5), Experimental Particle Physics (1), General Relativity Theory (1) and Radiation (2) (the numbers of academics in each area is shown in brackets.
With recent increased levels of research funding, and a government commitment to build or refurbish over 18,000 square metres of teaching and research space in Science, the future is very bright for the School of Physics.
UCD Conway Institute
The UCD Conway Institute is Ireland’s largest biosciences research institute, dedicated to achieving excellence in translational research, which benefits the advancement of health and the economy
UCD Urban Institute Ireland
The UCD Urban Institute Ireland was established to develop new technologies, policies and ideas designed to improve the quality of the working and living environment, and has become an important centre internationally for research on urban and development issues.
UCD Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory
The UCD Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL) is a multidisciplinary initiative that harnesses the skills and expertise of 175 UCD academics and researchers for the purpose of undertaking world-class research projects.
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