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Welcome to UCD

With CAO on your mind, UCD, Ireland's largest university, can help you to find inspiration on that journey. With world class facilities and flexible learning, driven by lecturers at the cutting edge of their disciplines, UCD helps students reach their academic potential. With a vibrant community, a modern beautiful campus and a wide range of clubs, societies and amenities, UCD is where students sharpen their ambition, spark their intellect and rise to the future to meet the challenges and opportunities coming their way.

Facilities

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UCD has almost 150 societies and clubs, including:

Musical Society

Ladies' Boat Club

GAA

L&H (Debating)

Athletics

UCD Chess

I come from Cavan and didn’t know many people in UCD when I started. The L&H has been such a pivotal space – a place for me to develop my thoughts and express my personality in how I articulate things.

Samuel Ajetunmobi, Law

There’s so much to it, from Animal Science to Food and Agribusiness Management to Crop Science…there are just so many different majors that you can pick and choose from.

Klaudia Szarzankiewicz, Food & Agribusiness Management

It provides you with different ways of seeing the world – ways of interpreting what happens and ways of solving problems.

Jayson Pope, Social Work

The 6-month internship option was the highlight for me – I matured a lot. It was eye opening working with people in the industry.

Tara McGirl, Computer Science with Data Science

Careers Network

UCD Careers Network aims to enable and empower individuals to develop the skills, self-confidence and attitudes needed to flourish in learning and work within a global economy.

Peer Mentors

The transition from school to college life can be made easier and more fun with the help of the UCD peer mentoring team of students, who are always at hand whenever you need them. Peer Mentors are students who have already completed their first or second year of study in a similar area and understand what it is like to be a new student at UCD.