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Flourishing for over 160 years

UCD is a research-intensive global university with purpose, drive and ambition

About UCD

Explore how UCD, ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide, has become Ireland’s global university

Strategy

UCD Strategy 2020-2024

Leadership

UCD leadership encompasses the governance, management and budgetary structures to enable the University’s vision

UCD at a Glance

1854

1854

Year founded by John Henry Newman
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Research and Scholarship
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Hectare Parkland campus
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Defining educational excellence
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Ireland’s most International University
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Innovation and Commercialisation
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Heritage
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Study at UCD
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