University College Dublin (UCD) has been ranked globally at 185th place by QS World University Rankings and is within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. It is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities and offers undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement. UCD is also a global university with over 30,000 students from 136 countries, including almost 4,000 students based at locations outside of Ireland. The Institute embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland through the study of people, society, business, economy, culture, languages and the creative arts, as well as through research and innovation.
With 400 partner universities for student exchange, UCD offers extensive global study opportunities and is engaged in partnerships with networks such as Universitas 21, the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), UNICA and the EUA. For the last three years, UCD has ranked number one in Ireland for Graduate Employability It also globally recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning. Further, QS has ranked 14 subjects in the top 100 in the world.