<p>University College Cork, a world-class university, was founded in 1845 and combines a rich tradition of teaching, research, and scholarship.</p><p><br></p><p>UCC is unrivaled in the quality of its academic programs. Its courses are internationally recognized and approximately 24,000 students take its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. International students are part of a dynamic, multicultural community of scholars, academics, and professionals. UCC enjoys a global reputation that draws 4,000 students from over 130+ countries across the world. The university offers a research-led curriculum that attracts the highest caliber of Irish and international students.</p><p><br></p><p>The university offers 130 degree and professional programs based in its four Colleges:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences</li><li>Business and Law</li><li>Medicine and Health</li><li>Science, Engineering and Food Science.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Situated in Cork, Ireland’s second city, UCC is the comprehensive globally-orientated research-led university of the south of Ireland, providing a full range of internationally recognized programs across all disciplines. UCC researchers work at the leading edge of high-impact academic scholarship, innovation, commercialization, and industry collaboration.&nbsp;UCC is one of Ireland’s leading research institutions and its research income, and collaboration rate with national and international industry is consistently very high.&nbsp;&nbsp;The university hosts several renowned research centers including the Tyndall National Institute, APC Microbiome Ireland, Environmental Research Institute, Boole Centre for Research in Informatics, and Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, to name a few.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>At UCC there is an emphasis on academic rigor, practical application, and participation in many courses including work placements and industry input. It’s why we have graduate employment rates of 96% for undergraduate studies and 96% for postgraduate studies, it’s how UCC helps create graduates that are both work-ready and world-ready.</p><p><br></p><p>Our vibrant and modern campus is located in picturesque Cork, where students can combine heritage and a contemporary lifestyle. It offers students all the advantages of a bustling, vibrant and cosmopolitan city. Cork is permeated with parks, galleries, shops, restaurants, theatres and historical buildings so students are never short of recreational options. The city and university work well together in providing students with a rich academic and extra-curricular experience.&nbsp;It’s the perfect environment to succeed and excel.</p>

<h2 class='university-title'>University College Cork</h2><div class='profile-section'><h3 class='section-title'>Profile</h3><p class='section-content'>UCC improved its position by 4 places and ranked an impressive 58 of 1,591 universities in the most recent edition of the global impact ranking published by Times Higher Education on 01 Jun 2023. This is an evidence-based ranking which examines the impact the university is having, through the prism of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In overall terms UCC scored 90.8 out of 100.
UCC improved its overall score by 0.7 and overall rank by 11 places in the QS World University Rankings 2023-24 which published on 27 June 2023. UCC now ranks 292 up from 303 last year. This year 2,963 universities were considered and 1,503 made the final published ranking. It measures performance across indicators including Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Student Faculty Ratio, Citation Per Faculty, Proportion of International Faculty and Proportion of International Students, as well as three new indicators relating to International Research Network, Graduate Employability and Sustainability.
Set on 42 acres of wooded ground, only a 10 minute walk from Cork City Centre, our college was established in 1845 after a long campaign for a higher education institution in Munster. On these pages you can find out more about the history of UCC.</p></div><div class='accommodation-section'><h3 class='section-title'>Accommodation</h3><p class='section-content'> </p></div><div class='other fees-section'><h3 class='section-title'>Other Fees</h3><p class='section-content'>nan</p></div><div class='language-requirements-section'><h3 class='section-title'>Language Requirements</h3><ul class='language-list'><li class='language-item'><strong>IELTS:</strong> 6.5</li><li class='language-item'><strong>PTE:</strong> 63.0</li><li class='language-item'><strong>TOEFL:</strong> nan</li><li class='language-item'><strong>CAE:</strong> 176.0</li><li class='language-item'><strong>DUOLINGO:</strong> nan</li></ul></div>

UCC improved its position by 4 places and ranked an impressive 58 of 1,591 universities in the most

University College Cork

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BA (Hons) in Digital Humanities and Information Technology

BA (Hons) in English

BA (Hons) in Film and Screen Media

BA (Hons) in World Languages

BSc (Hons) in Government and Political Science

BSc (Hons) in Public Health Sciences

BA (Hons) in Early Years and Childhood Studies

BCL (Hons) in Law and Business

BCL (Hons) in Law and French

BCL (Hons) in Law and Irish