Ucd is a vibrant modern national university with a worldwide reputation for high quality education and pioneering research projects.
Its roots can be traced back to the Catholic University of Ireland, founded in 1854.
In 1908 the Catholic University of Ireland merged with Queen’s University College Cork and Queen’s University College Galway to form the National University of Ireland. The former Catholic University of Ireland was renamed University College Dublin.
Ucd is located on the 300-hectare Campus in Bellfield.
The school focuses on research and innovation and has a flexible bachelor’s and master’s structure.
Ucd consists of five Colleges, with 35 Schools and 18 institutes and research centres.
The schools include: The School of Arts and Celtic Studies, the School of Business and Law, the School of Engineering, The School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, the School of Humanities, and the School of Life Sciences.
Each college also has a graduate school for graduate students.
Such as: School of Archaeology, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, School of Classics, School of Drama and Film, School of History and Archives, School of Irish and Celtic Studies and Irish Folklore and Linguistics, School of Language and Literature, School of Music;
Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Biological Process Engineering, Faculty of Geological Sciences;
School of Applied Social Sciences, School of Economics, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, School of Physiotherapy and Performance, School of Public Health and Population Sciences.
Dublin University plays an important role in the development of Ireland.
It is consistently ranked in the top two universities in the Republic of Ireland.
It was ranked 89th in The Times Higher Education World Rankings 2009.
Many former Irish presidents and prime ministers graduated from the university.
James Joyce received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dublin in 1902.