• 1,582 Academic Staff
• 1,743 PhD Students
• 7,007 Graduate Students
• Produces 25% of Ireland's PhD graduates each year

• Top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide
• Ranked 65th in Europe
• Ranked 159th in the World
Source: Times Higher Top European Universities 2011 - 2012

• €103M in new externally funded research awards for 2010/11
For more detail see Research Income

• Impact increase of 62% from 2001 to 2010

• Volume of publications has more than doubled from 2001 to 2010
Source: Thomson Reuters InCites, National Citation Report

• Collaboration with universities, institutes & companies from 121 countries
For more detail, see Collaboration

In 2010

• 57 invention disclosures
• 38 Patent applications
• 16 licensing agreements
For more detail, see Knowledge Transfer