Not to be confused with University of Dublin, Dublin City University, or Technological University Dublin.
University College Dublin
Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath
Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis apud Dublinum
Motto
Ad Astra; Cothrom na Féinne
Motto in English
To the Stars; Justice and equality
Type
Public university
Established
1854; 170 years ago (1854)
Endowment
€554 million (2022)[1]
Budget
€718 million (2021/22)[1]
President
Orla Feely[2]
Academic staff
1,974[3]
Administrative staff
2,164[3]
Students
37,889[3]
Postgraduates
10,951[3]
Doctoral students
1,666[3]
Location
Dublin
,
Ireland
Campus
Urban, 133 hectares (330 acres)
Language
English, Irish, others
Newspaper
College Tribune The University Observer
Colours
Affiliations
AMBA EUA NUI IUA Universitas 21 UI CESAER
Website
ucd.ie
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest university,[4] and amongst the most prestigious universities in Ireland.[5][6][7][8] Five Nobel Laureates are among UCD's alumni and current and former staff.[9][10] Additionally, four Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) and three Irish Presidents have graduated from UCD, along with one President of India.[11][12]
UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the Catholic University of Ireland on the feast of St. Malachy with John Henry Newman as its first rector; it re-formed in 1880 and chartered in its own right in 1908. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the constituent university as the "National University of Ireland, Dublin", and a ministerial order of 1998 renamed the institution as "University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin".[13]
Originally located at St Stephen's Green[14] and Earlsfort terrace in Dublin's city centre, all faculties have since relocated to a 133-hectare (330-acre)[15] campus at Belfield, six kilometres to the south of the city centre. In 1991, it purchased a second site in Blackrock.[16] This currently houses the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
A report published in May 2015 showed the economic output generated by UCD and its students in Ireland amounted to €1.3 billion annually.[17]
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^"QS World University Rankings 2021". QS World University Rankings. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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^"Nobel Prize Winners". ucd.ie. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^"Nobel Prize Winner Professor Richard Ernst". ucd.ie. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^"About UCD: Over 160 Years of Heritage".
^Rai, Mridu (6 December 2013). "University College Dublin announces special scholarships for Indian students". India Today.
^"History of the NUI". Nui.ie. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^"A day to remember Newman's contribution to Ireland". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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