Entities

University College Dublin

Acronym
UCD
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Founding Date
1854

The University College of Dublin (UCD) is a public research university known as Ireland’s largest university with over 30,000 students drawn from 136 countries. UCD is Europe’s leading research-intensive universities and ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide, with individual scholars, research groups, start-up companies, and large-scale collaborations with industry and other partners. Receiving some of the most prestigious European awards including the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie schemes, UCD is globally recognized for its excellence in teaching and learning – 14 subjects are ranked in the top 100 in the world.