University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public

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, Ireland, and a member institution of the

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. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest university. UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the

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on the feast of

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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". Originally located at St Stephen's Green and Earlsfort terrace in Dublin's city centre, all faculties later relocated to a campus at Belfield, six kilometres to the south of the city centre. In 1991, it purchased a second site in Blackrock, which currently houses the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. A report published in May 2015 asserted that the economic output generated by UCD and its students in Ireland amounted to €1.3 billion annually. Notable

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and faculty of UCD include five Nobel laureates, four Taoisigh of Ireland, three Irish Presidents, and one President of India. The university has produced 32 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 29

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Scholars, 3

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winners, and 3 Pritzker Prize recipients. Additionally, UCD is associated with writers such as

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, and

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; physicist Dennis Jennings;

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recipients Carroll O'Connor and Gabriel Byrne;

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winner

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; one of the co-developers of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Teresa Lambe; and many CEOs, including those of

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, Mediahuis Ireland, Chevron Corporation, and BP.

History

UCD can trace its history to the institution founded in 1854 as the

. Renamed University College in 1883 and put under the control of the

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in 1883, it became University College Dublin in 1908, a constituent college of the

under the Universities Act.

Catholic University of Ireland

After the Catholic Emancipation period of Irish history, Archbishop of Armagh attempted to provide, for the first time in Ireland, higher-level education for followers of the

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and taught by such people. The Catholic hierarchy demanded a Catholic alternative to the University of Dublin's Trinity College, whose

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origins the hierarchy refused to overlook. Since the 1780s, the University of Dublin had admitted Catholics to study; a religious test, however, hindered the efforts of Catholics in their desire to obtain membership in the university's governing bodies. Thus, in 1850 at the

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of Thurles, it was decided to open a university in Dublin for Catholics. As a result of these efforts, a new "Catholic University of Ireland" opened in 1854 on St Stephen's Green, with John Henry Newman appointed as its first rector. The Catholic University opened its doors on the feast of St Malachy, 3 November 1854. In 1855, the Catholic University Medical School was opened on Cecilia Street. As a private university, Catholic University was never given a royal charter, and so was unable to award recognised degrees and suffered from chronic financial difficulties. Newman left the university in 1857. In 1861, Bartholomew Woodlock was appointed Rector and served until he became Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise in 1879. Henry Neville was appointed Rector to replace Woodlock. In 1880, the Royal University of Ireland was established and allowed students from any college to take examinations for a degree.

Foundation of University College Dublin

In 1882, Catholic University reorganised, and the St Stephen's Green institution (the former Arts school of the Catholic University) run by the Irish Jesuits, was renamed University College, and it began participating in the Royal University system. In 1883, Fr William Delany SJ was appointed the first president of University College. The college attracted academics from around Ireland, including Fr.

and

. Some notable staff and students at the school during this period included Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Patrick Pearse, Hugh Kennedy, Hannah O'Leary,

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, Kevin O'Higgins, Tom Kettle, James Ryan, Douglas Hyde and John A. Costello. GerardManleyHopkins

In 1908, the

was founded and the following year the Royal University was dissolved. This new university was brought into existence with three constituent University Colleges – Dublin,

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and Cork. Following the establishment of the NUI, D. J. Coffey, Professor of Physiology, Catholic University Medical School, became the first president of UCD. The Medical School in Cecilia Street became the UCD Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Commerce was established. Under the Universities Act, 1997, University College Dublin was established as a constituent university within the National University of Ireland framework. In 1911, land donated by

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helped the university expand in Earlsfort Terrace/Hatch Street/ St Stephen's Green. Iveagh Gardens was part of this donation.

UCD and the Irish War of Independence

UCD is a major holder of archives of national and international significance relating to the

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. In 1913, in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers, Eóin MacNeill, professor of early Irish history, called for the formation of an Irish nationalist force to counteract it. The Irish Volunteers were formed later that year and MacNeill was elected its Chief-of-staff. At the outbreak of

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, in view of the Home Rule Act 1914 and the political perception that it might not be implemented, the leader of the Home Rule Party, John Redmond, urged the Irish Volunteers to support the British war effort as a way of supporting Irish Home Rule. This effort on behalf of Home Rule included many UCD staff and students. Many of those who opposed this move later participated in the

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. Several UCD staff and students participated in the rising, including Pádraig Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Michael Hayes and James Ryan, and a smaller number, including Tom Kettle and

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, fought for the British in

. Many UCD staff, students and alumni fought in the

. Following the signing of the

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, four UCD graduates joined the government of the Irish Free State. UCD graduates have since participated in Irish political life – three of the nine Presidents of Ireland and six of the fourteen Taoisigh have been either former staff or graduates.

Expansion

In 1926, the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act transferred the Royal College of Science in Merrion Street and Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin to UCD. In 1933, Belfield House was purchased for sporting purposes.

Move to Belfield

In 1940, Arthur Conway was appointed president. By the early 1940s, the college had become the largest third-level institution in the state and the college attempted to expand the existing city centre campus. It was later decided that the best solution would be to move the college to a larger greenfield site outside of the city centre and create a modern campus university. This move started in the early 1960s when the faculty of science moved to the new park campus at Belfield in a suburb on the south side of Dublin. The Belfield campus developed into a complex of modern buildings and inherited Georgian townhouses, accommodating the colleges of the university as well as its student residences and many leisure and sporting facilities. One of UCD's previous locations, the ''Royal College of Science'' on Merrion Street, is now the location of the renovated

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Building, where the Department of the

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(Irish prime minister) is situated. University College Dublin also had a site in Glasnevin for much of the last century, the Albert Agricultural College, the southern part of which is now occupied by

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, the northern part is where parts of the suburb of Ballymun are located.

Architecture

The new campus was largely designed by A&D Wejchert & Partners Architects and includes several notable structures, including the UCD Water Tower which was built in 1972 by John Paul Construction. The Tower won the 1979 Irish Concrete Society Award. It stands 60 metres high with a dodecahedron tank atop a pentagonal pillar. The Tower is part of the UCD Environmental Research Station. O'Reilly Hall, opened in 1994, was designed by the Irish architecture firm Scott Tallon Walker.

1950–2000

In 1964, Jeremiah Hogan was appointed president and Thomas E. Nevin led the science faculty to move to a new campus at Belfield. Also that year, UCD became the first university in Europe to launch an MBA programme. In 1967, Donogh O'Malley proposed a plan to merge UCD and Trinity. Between 1969 and 1970, the Faculties of Commerce, Arts and Law moved to Belfield. In 1972, Thomas Murphy was appointed president. In 1973, the library opened. In 1980, the college purchased Richview and 17.4 acres and the architecture faculty moved there. In 1981, the Sports Complex opened. In 1986, Patrick Masterson was appointed president. From the 1980s until his death in January 2021, a solitary, non-verbal homeless man affectionately known as Old Man Belfield became a fixture of campus life at Belfield, becoming well known to students and staff alike. The man, whose real name was Michael Byrne, slept rough on campus for the last 30, if not 40 years, of his life. Despite not speaking, he came to be "loved and respected by generations of students and staff" and accepted as "part of the UCD community". During the 1990s, some of the students of Women's Studies, led by Niamh Nolan, petitioned to rename their Gender Studies building after Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington to honour her contribution to women's rights and equal access to third-level education. Her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington was himself an alumnus of the university and Hanna of the Royal University, a sister university of UCD. Their campaign was successful and the building was renamed the Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington Building. In 1990, UCD purchased Carysfort College, Blackrock, and became the location of the Smurfit Graduate school of business. The first student village, Belgrove, opened that year as well. In 1992, the second student village, Merville, opened and the Centre for Film studies was established. In 1993, Art Cosgrove was appointed president. In 1994, O'Reilly Hall was opened. In

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, UCD and

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(RCSI) owns a private medical university RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC) within

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. Established in 1996, RUMC, as a branch campus of UCD, offers a twinning programme in medicine where students spend the first half of their course in either RCSI or UCD, before completing their clinical years at RUMC.

2000s

In 2003, NovaUCD, a Euro Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre, opened. In 2004, Hugh Brady was appointed president. In 2006, UCD Horizons begins. In 2009, Trinity and UCD announce the Innovation Alliance. In 2010, NCAD and UCD form an academic alliance. In 2012 the expanded Student and Sports Centre opened. In 2012, the college closed the athletics track and field facilities and students demanded an apology. In 2013, the UCD O'Brien Centre for Science opened and the UCD Sutherland School of Law opened. It is now the largest

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law school in the European Union. In 2015, UCD opened a global centre in the US. In 2019, UCD became the first Irish university to launch a Black Studies module, coordinated by Dr Ebun Joseph and Prof Kathleen Lynch. In March 2022 Prof Andrew Deeks resigned to take up the role of vice-Chancellor at Murdoch University, in Perth, Western Australia. Prof Mark Rogers was appointed acting president.

Academic

Colleges and schools

UCD consists of six colleges, their associated schools (37 in total) and multiple research institutes and centres. Each college also has its own

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, for postgraduates. List of colleges and their respective schools following restructuring in September 2015. ; UCD College of Arts and Humanities : UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy : UCD School of Classics : UCD School of English, Drama and Film : UCD School of History and Archives : UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore : UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics : UCD School of Music ; UCD College of Business : UCD School of Business ::UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business ::UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business ; UCD College of Engineering and Architecture : UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy : UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering : UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering : UCD School of Civil Engineering : UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering : UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering ; UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences : UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science : UCD School of Medicine : UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems : UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science : UCD School of Veterinary Medicine ; UCD College of Social Sciences and Law : UCD School of Archaeology : UCD School of Economics : UCD School of Education : UCD School of Geography : UCD School of Information and Communication Studies : UCD School of Law : UCD School of Philosophy : UCD School of Politics and International Relations : UCD School of Psychology : UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice : UCD School of Sociology ; UCD College of Science : UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science : UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science : UCD School of Chemistry : UCD School of Computer Science : UCD School of Earth Sciences : UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics : UCD School of Physics

UCD College of Business

The UCD College of Business is made up of the Quinn School of Business, the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, and UCD Business International Campus. The former constituent school, the UCD Quinn School of Business (commonly The Quinn School), is the building in which the UCD College of Business's undergraduate programme is based. It is located in a three-story building on the Belfield campus and is named after Lochlann Quinn, one of the main financial contributors to the school. Other donors included Bank of Ireland, AIB, Irish Life & Permanent, Accenture, KPMG,

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, Dunnes Stores and

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. When first opened in 2002, it claimed to be the only business school in Europe with a specific focus on technology and e-learning.

UCD Horizons

At the beginning of the 2005/2006 academic year, UCD introduced the ''Horizons'' curriculum, which completely semesterised and modularised all undergraduate courses. Under the new curriculum, students choose ten core modules from their specific subject area and two other modules, which can be chosen from any other programme at the university.

UCD Professional Academy

UCD is also home to UCD Professional Academy, which offers career development through a range of professional diplomas. Subject areas include Business, IT, Management, Marketing and Design.

Fees

Undergraduate fees are funded in part by the Irish State (for EU citizens) and by students themselves under the "Free Fees Initiative". Postgraduate fees vary depending on the student nationality, course and degree type, ranging from 7,000€ to 22,000€ per year.

Reputation

Patrons and benefactors

The initial patrons and benefactors of UCD were the Catholic Church. Amongst the most recent patrons include actor

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, who was a founding patron of the School of Film. Other benefactors include Lochlann Quinn ( UCD Quinn School of Business), Michael Smurfit ( Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School), Peter Sutherland (Sutherland School of Law),

Tony O'Reilly Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly (7 May 1936 – 18 May 2024) was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from ...

(O'Reilly Hall) and

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(O'Brien Science Centre).

Rankings

In the 2025 ''

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'', UCD was ranked as 126th in the world. The 2022 ''QS World University Rankings'' for employability and reputation rate UCD as first in Ireland and 87th in the world. The 2023 ''

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'' placed UCD in the range of 201–250. It also ranked it 101–200th in the 2022 Impact Rankings. The ''QS'' Subject Ranking: Veterinary Science, 2018 ranked UCD 24th globally and first in Ireland. The 2024 '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked UCD as the second best university in Ireland and 253rd globally. UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is ranked 22nd in the Financial Times' ranking of leading European Business Schools in 2022 and 1st in Ireland. UCD was The Sunday Times University of the Year 2006 and 2020.

Research and innovation

UCD had a research income of €155.7 million during 2021/22. The School of Physics hosts research groups in Astrophysics, space science and relativity theory (members of the VERITAS and

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experiments) and Experimental particle physics (participating in the

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experiments

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and CMS).

Research institutes

Amongst the research institutes of the university are: * Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation * UCD Conway Institute * UCD Institute of Food & Health * UCD Earth Institute * UCD Energy Institute * UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy * UCD Humanities Institute * UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute – for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation. Founded in 2000 as part of the UCD-OFM (Orders of Friars Minor) Partnership which also initiated the transfer of the priceless Irish

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archive to UCD, which included the papers of Eamon De Valera.

External collaborations

Wide partnerships in which UCD is involved include: * Adaptive Information Cluster (with DCU) * Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (with NUI Galway and DCU) * Centre for research on adaptive nanostructures and nanodevices (with TCD and UCC) * CTVR Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain-Driven Research (with DCU, TCD, NUI Maynooth, UCC, UL, DIT and Sligo IT). * National Digital Research Centre (with

and

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). * National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (with

and Sligo IT). *Programme for Research on Grid-enabled Computational Physics of Natural Phenomena (with DCU, TCD, UCC DIAS, NUI Galway, HEAnet,

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, Armagh Observatory and Grid Ireland). * Advanced Biomimetic Materials for Solar Energy Conversion with the

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, Airtricity, OBD-Tec and Celtic Catalysts.

Current and former campus companies

The most prominent UCD-related company is the IE Domain Registry; many UCD academics continue to sit on the board of directors. UCD originally gained control of the .ie domain in the late 1980s. The NovaUCD initiative is UCD's innovation and technology transfer centre, funded through a public-private partnership. In 2004, Duolog relocated its Dublin headquarters to NovaUCD.

Satellite development

The Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1, was a

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developed at UCD with the support of the Education Office of the

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. It was Ireland's first satellite , launched on 1 December 2023.

Student life

Students' Union

The

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in the college has been an active part of campaigns run by the National Union, USI, and has played a role in the life of the college since its foundation in 1974. The Union has also taken stances on issues of human rights that have attracted attention in Ireland and around the world; in particular, it implemented a ban of

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products in Student Union controlled shops on the basis of alleged human and trade union rights abuses in

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. This ban was overturned in 2010.

Sport

UCD has over 60 sports clubs based on campus with 28 sports scholarships awarded annually. UCD competes in the most popular Irish field sports of

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, soccer and

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. UCD is the only Irish university to compete in both the major Irish leagues for rugby and soccer, with University College Dublin A.F.C. and University College Dublin R.F.C. competing in the top leagues of their respective competitions. UCD GAA have won the most

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(Gaelic football) titles, whilst they have the second most Fitzgibbon Cup (hurling) wins, both the major university competitions in the sports in Ireland. UCD sport annually compete in the Colours Match with

in a range of sports, including in rugby. The rugby side has won 35 of the 57 contests. UCD RFC has produced 13

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as well 70 Irish Rugby International and 5 for other nations. In 1985, UCD drew with Everton F.C. in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which Everton went on to win. Other team sports in the college basketball side, UCD Marian, victors in the 2012 Irish Basketball Superleague. Ucdswimming

The Belfield campus is home to a number of sports facilities. These include the National Hockey stadium (which has previously hosted the Women's Hockey World Cup Finals and the Men's Hockey European Championship Finals) and UCD Bowl a 3,000 capacity stadium used for rugby and soccer. UCD has one of the largest fitness centres in the country, squash courts, tennis courts, an indoor rifle range, over twenty sports pitches (for rugby, soccer and Gaelic games), an indoor climbing wall and two large sports halls. The Sportscenter was added to in 2012 with the competition of an Olympic-size swimming pool, a tepidarium and an updated fitness center as part of the re-development of the UCD Student Centre. UCD hosted the

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in October 2006. UCD Boat Club represents the college in rowing. Crews train on the

River Liffey The River Liffey (Irish language, Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major Tributary, tributaries include t ...

at Islandbridge and on Poulaphouca Reservoir in Blessington, in addition to land-based training on campus. The UCD men's eight were victorious at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1974. In later years, the club has had successes in both ladies' and men's rowing. UCD ladies have won many National Senior Championships, most recently in 2015. As of 2023, UCD were the champions in the men's Senior 8 oar event, having won this event for four consecutive years. UCD have also held national titles also in men's Senior 4 oar and Novice 8 oar championships. Several members of the club have represented Ireland at the World Championships and Olympic Games. The club competes annually in the Gannon Cup – the colours race against Trinity College on the Liffey. The event was first contested in 1947. As of 2025, the record in the competition is 37 victories apiece, with one dead heat. UCD Ladies compete for the Corcoran cup for the colours with UCD having won 27 times to 17 by Trinity.

Leinster Rugby

Leinster Rugby's headquarters and training facility are located on campus, housing the academy, senior squad and administrative arms of the rugby club. Their facilities include an office block and a high performance facility, located next to the Institute of Sport and Health (ISH). It was completed in 2012 at a cost of 2.5 million euro. They also use UCD's pitches.

Societies

As of 2022, UCD had more than seventy student societies, including large-scale party societies such as Ag Soc, Arts Soc, Commerce and Economics Society, ISS (and its subgroup AfricaSoc), INDSoc (Indian Society) and MSoc (Malaysian Society) who have the largest student communities of Indian and Malaysian students in Ireland. There are also religiously interested groups such as the Christian Union, the Islamic Society, the Atheist and Secular Society, a television station Campus Television Network, academic-oriented societies like the Economic Society, UCD Philosophy Society, Mathsoc, Classical Society, and An Cumann Gaelach, an Irish-language society and such charities as St. Vincent de Paul, UCDSVP. There are two main societies for international students, ESN UCD (part of the Erasmus Student Network) and the International Student's Society. The UCD Dramsoc is the university's drama society. The oldest societies include the Literary and Historical Society (known as the L&H and which dates itself to 1855), the Commerce & Economics Society (in its 110th session as of 2022), and the Law Society (founded in 1911). At the start of the 2012/13 Academic Year, the L&H had a membership of 5,143 becoming the largest student society in UCD and in Europe. The Commerce & Economics Society, which describes itself as "Ireland's largest and oldest business orientated university society", was originally a debating society. By 1999 it was, according to an article in the ''Irish Times'', the "largest college society in UCD, Ireland and the British Isles". The society runs a number of events, including the formal black-tie 'Comm Ball', as well as mock interviews and networking events. Its notable former auditors and members include ex- Taoisigh Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald. In competitive debating, the L&H and Law Society have represented the college several times, with the L&H securing 11 team wins and 12 individual wins in the Irish Times Debate and the Law Society achieving 2 team wins and 2 individual wins. The two societies have also been successful at the UK and Ireland John Smith Memorial Mace (formerly The Observer Mace) with the L&H winning 5 titles and Law Society 2 titles. UCD has hosted the World University Debating Championships twice, including the 2006 event. A number of UCD societies engage in voluntary work on-campus and across Dublin. For example, the UCD Student Legal Service is a student-run society that provides free legal information clinics to the students of UCD. Irish political parties are also represented on campus, with chapters of Ógra

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, Young

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, Ógra Shinn Féin, the Young Greens, People Before Profit and Labour Youth. UCD's "flagship instrumental ensemble", the University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra, was celebrating its 20th anniversary season as of 2022/2023.

Student publications and media

Newspapers

UCD has two student newspapers currently published on campus, the broadsheet ''University Observer'' and the tabloid ''College Tribune''

= ''The University Observer''

= '' The University Observer'' has won several awards, including five "newspaper of the year" awards at Ireland's National Student Media Awards. Founded in 1994, its first editors were Pat Leahy and comedian Dara Ó Briain. Several figures in Irish journalism have held the position of editor including ''The Irish Times'' political editor Pat Leahy,

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News reporter Samantha Libreri, and Virgin Media News political correspondent Gavan Reilly. In 2001, in addition to several Irish National Student Media Awards, the ''University Observer'' took the runner up prize for "Best Publication" at the '' Guardian'' Student Media Awards in London. The main sections within the paper are campus, national and international news, comment, opinion and sport. Each issue is also accompanied by an arts and culture supplement called ''O-Two'', with music interviews, travel, fashion and colour pieces.

= ''College Tribune''

= The '' College Tribune'' was founded in 1989, with the assistance of political commentator Vincent Browne. Then an evening student at UCD, Browne noted the lack of an independent media outlet for students and staff and set about establishing a

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. The paper was initially established with links to the '' Sunday Tribune'', though over time these links faded and ultimately, the ''Tribune'' would outlast its national counterpart. The paper supports itself financially through commercial advertising in its print edition, and maintains editorial independence from both university authorities and the Students' Union. The ''Tribune'' has been recognised on a number of occasions at the National Student Media Awards, and won Student Newspaper of the Year at the 1996 USI &

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Media Awards. ''College Tribune'' sections include news, sport, features, arts, film and entertainment, music, fashion, business, and politics & innovation. It also has an arts culture supplement, ''The Trib'', and a satirical 'paper within a paper', ''The Evil Gerald''.

Radio and television

UCD also has a student radio station, Belfield FM, broadcasting throughout the academic year online on the station's website. The station is independently run by the UCD Broadcasting Society and has produced well known Irish radio presenters such as

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and Rick O'Shea (of

fame) and Barry Dunne of 98FM. Belfield FM is the successor to UCD FM, which was operated within the entertainment office of the

as a service for students. Initially launched in 1992, the station rebranded in 2000 and has operated since then under the current name. As a result of the implementation of the students' union's new constitution at the beginning of the 2012 / 2013 academic year, the station now operates as a student society.

UCD scarf colours

In later years, students have been given a scarf of St Patrick's blue, navy and saffron at the President's Welcome Ceremony when they are officially welcomed. These colours have replaced "Faculty" colours and are now worn at graduation also.

Notable people

Presidents

* William Delany SJ (1883–1888 and 1897–1909) * Robert Carbery SJ (1888–1897) * Denis Coffey, Dean of Medicine (1910–1940) * Arthur W. Conway (1940–1947) * Michael Tierney (1947–1964) * Jeremiah Hogan (1964–1972) * Thomas Murphy (1972–1985) * Patrick Masterson (1986–1993) * Art Cosgrove (1993–2003) * Hugh R. Brady (2004–2013) * Andrew J. Deeks (2014–2022) * Mark Rogers (acting president 2022) * Orla Feely (2023–present)

Alumni

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Former presidents of Ireland

* Douglas Hyde (faculty) *

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* Patrick Hillery

Former Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) of Ireland

* John A. Costello * Charles Haughey * Garret FitzGerald *

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* Brian Cowen

Contemporary politicians and current members of Cabinet

* Richard Bruton * Stephen Donnelly * Charles Flanagan * Seán Fleming * Emer Higgins * John McGahon *

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, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
the Capital Markets Union * Charlie McConalogue * Paul Murphy * Cian O'Callaghan * Jim O'Callaghan * Éamon Ó Cuív * Anne Rabbitte * Eamon Ryan * Neale Richmond * Róisín Shortall * Brendan Smith * Eóin Tennyson * Barry Ward

International affairs

In International affairs UCD's alumni include: * Anne Anderson, first female Ambassador of Ireland to the US, UN, EU, France and Monaco * H.E. Mako Komuro, Princess of Japan * Catherine Day, former Secretary-General of the European Commission, the first woman to hold the position * Tiziano Peccia, international scholar ( IESEG School of Management, Université Paris Cité) and manager * Dermot Gallagher, Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador of Ireland to the USA * Mahon Hayes, lawyer, diplomat and the only Irish person to serve on the International Law Commission * Seán MacBride, one of the founders of Amnesty International and recipient of the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize. *

Emily O'Reilly Emily O'Reilly is an author and former journalist and broadcaster who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy. On 3 July 2013, she was voted European Ombudsman by the European Parliament. She was re-elected ...

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elected by the

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. * Peter Sutherland, one of the major negotiators in the foundation of the World Trade Organization, and its first Director-General * V. V. Giri the fourth President of India *

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, a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. * James Dooge (alumnus and faculty), chairman of the "Dooge Report" which led to the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht Seven of Ireland's former European Commissioners are alumni. Irish revolutionaries Pádraig Pearse and Thomas MacDonagh, two of the leaders of the

and signatories of the

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were, respectively, a student and member of faculty at the university. As well as former president Douglas Hyde and Pádraig Pearse, UCD Professor Eóin MacNeill had a key role in the

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in Ireland. Since the foundation of the Irish state in 1922, UCD has produced the largest number of Justices of the

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, the largest number of Chief Justices and the largest number of Attorneys General of Ireland of any Irish institution of higher education. Alumna Síofra O'Leary is Judge at the European Court of Human Rights and three of the six current justices of the Supreme Court are UCD alumni.

Healthcare

In 2008, Tony Holohan was appointed Chief Medical Officer for Ireland. In 2010, UCD School of Medicine graduate and cardiothoracic surgeon Eilis McGovern was elected 168th President of the

and thereby became the first female President of any surgical Royal College in the world.

Writers and artists

Notable writers include

, Kate O'Brien, Austin Clarke, Benedict Kiely, Pearse Hutchinson, Thomas Kinsella, John Jordan, John McGahern, Paul Lynch and Hugh McFadden. Dee Forbes, Director General

and Miriam O'Callaghan, presenter of RTÉ's leading current affairs show, Prime Time, are alumni, as are comedians Dermot Morgan (1952–1998) and Dara Ó Briain who were major figures in the university's debating scene for many years, and Foil Arms and Hog who met at the Drama Society (Dramsoc).

Sport

UCD has produced a number of notable athletes, including in field sports such as

and

. Many played within the university's club sides such as

who played for University College Dublin R.F.C. The club has produced numerous

including O'Driscoll, with several others attending as students. Notable GAA athletes include Rena Buckley, one of the most decorated players in GAA history, having won a total of 17 All-Ireland senior medals; Seán Murphy, a medical school graduate and member of the Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium; and Nicky Rackard, included in the Hurling Team of the Century. Kevin Moran, formerly a Gaelic football but also a soccer player for

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, graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1976. Alumni include Ireland's fastest man Israel Olatunde.

Business

Alumni involved in business include: * David J. O'Reilly, formerly CEO and chairman of the Chevron Corporation * Niall FitzGerald, former CEO and chairman of

* Pearse Lyons (1944–2018), founder and President of Alltech *

, who previously served as the CEO of H. J. Heinz Company as well as owning Independent News & Media *

, founder of Digicel * Alison Darcy, research psychologist and founder of Woebot Health

Religious figures

A number of catholic religious figures studied or played significant roles at UCD, including Cardinals Tomás Ó Fiaich and Desmond Connell, as well as the founding rector Cardinal Newman. Clerical students from Clonliffe College, All Hallows College, St. Joseph's, Blackrock (Vincentians), the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) in Blackrock College and Kimmage Manor, The Priory Institute, St. Mary's Priory (Dominicans) and the Jesuit Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Milltown Park (and Rathfarnham Castle) would have studied for degrees at UCD while studying theology in their seminaries, as theology prohibited by the Royal University and National University of Ireland until 1996. * Bishop Michael J. Cleary B.A., C.S.Sp., arts graduate, Bishop of Banjul, Gambia. * Cardinal Desmond Connell, former Archbishop of Dublin, graduate and professor in UCD, and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology * Bishop James Corboy SJ, First Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Monze, Bishop of Monze, Zambia (1962–1992), Rector of Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Milltown (1959–1962) * Bishop Robert Ellison (Roman Catholic bishop), Robert Patrick Ellison B.Sc. C.S.Sp. Science graduate, Bishop of Banjul, Gambia. * Rev. Prof. Thomas A. Finlay SJ, graduate of UCD, and Professor of Classics, Philosophy and Political Economy * Fr. Aengus Finucane, missionary, one of the founders of Concern Worldwide * Fr. John Fogarty (priest), John Fogarty, B.Sc., C.S.Sp., 24th Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, Spiritans (2012–2021) * Rev. Dr. Desmond Forristal, co-founder of Radharc films * Fr. Francis Griffin (priest), Francis Griffin C.S.Sp., first non-French Superior General of the Spiritans * Fr. Michael Hurley (Jesuit), Michael Hurley SJ, co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics * Bishop James Kavanagh (bishop), James Kavanagh, auxiliary bishop of Dublin, a graduate of UCD and Lecturer. * Archbishop Ambrose Kelly C.S.Sp, served as Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, in Sierre Leone. * Sr. Dr. Maura Lynch, catholic nun, doctor, women's rights advocate, in Angola and Uganda * Archbishop James Leen B.A., C.S.Sp. (1888–1949), served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis, Bishop of Port Louis in Mauritius (1926–1949). * Bishop Daniel Liston B.A., C.S.Sp., (1900–1986), served a Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis, Bishop of Port Louis in Mauritius (1949–1968). * Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin * Bishop John Joseph McCarthy B.A., C.S.Sp., Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya * Fr. Peter McVerry SJ, founder of the Peter McVerry Trust is a science graduate from UCD. * Archbishop John Charles McQuaid B.A., M.A., H.Dip.Ed., C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Dublin (1940–1972) * Sr. Dr Mary Aquinas Monaghan, Columban missionary in China and Hong Kong, a specialist in the treatment and management of tuberculosis. * Sr. Dr. Lucy O'Brien (doctor), Lucy O'Brien, missionary nun and medical doctor in Africa. * Rev. Prof. E. F. O'Doherty, experimental psychologist, professor of psychology, and registrar of UCD. * Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh. * Cardinal Maurice Piat CSSp, GCSK, Archbishop of Port Louis, Mauritius * Archbishop Dermot Ryan, Archbishop of Dublin, UCD Professor of Oriental Languages * Sr. Dr. Mona Tyndall, medical doctor and missionary nun in Nigeria and Zambia Amongst the number of humanitarians to attend are John O'Shea (humanitarian), John O'Shea founder of GOAL and Tom Arnold (economist), Tom Arnold the CEO of Concern Worldwide. Former faculty include Dennis Jennings of the School of Computing, considered to be an List of Internet pioneers, Internet pioneer for his leadership of National Science Foundation Network, NSFNET, the network that became the Internet backbone. Other notable faculty include Patrick Lynch (economist), Patrick Lynch, logician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz, Professor of Science and Society James Heckman who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2000, and Geotechnical engineering, geotechnical engineer Éamon Hanrahan.

In popular culture

In literature

's novel ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'' is partially set in UCD (when it was sited on Earlsfort Terrace) where Stephen Dedalus (now the name of the IT building) is enrolled as a student. Joyce's posthumously published autobiographical novel ''Stephen Hero'' contains stories of his time in UCD. Brian O'Nolan, Flann O'Brien's novel ''At Swim-Two-Birds'' features a UCD student who writes a meta-novel wherein the author is put on trial by the characters of his novel. Maeve Binchy's novel, ''Circle of Friends (novel), Circle of Friends'', deals with three female friends starting college in UCD in the 1950s. However, shots of Trinity College were used in the Circle of Friends (1995 film), 1995 film. The second Ross O'Carroll-Kelly novel, ''The Teenage Dirtbag Years'', follows the titular character as he enters UCD.

In music and film

Christy Moore wrote a tongue in cheek song about UCD's Literary and Historical Society called "The Auditor of the L and H". Conor McPherson's third film ''Saltwater'' was filmed in Belfield, UCD. In ''Boston Legal'', Season 2, Episode 21 "Word Salad Day", there is a reference to a fictional study from University College Dublin that "found that the effects of divorce on children are far more damaging than the death of a parent".

References

External links

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The Library of University College Dublin
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History

Catholic University of Ireland

Foundation of University College Dublin

UCD and the Irish War of Independence

Expansion

Move to Belfield

Architecture

1950–2000

2000s

Academic

Colleges and schools

UCD College of Business

UCD Horizons

UCD Professional Academy

Fees

Reputation

Patrons and benefactors

Rankings

Research and innovation

Research institutes

External collaborations

Current and former campus companies

Satellite development

Student life

Students' Union

Sport

Leinster Rugby

Societies

Student publications and media

Newspapers

= ''The University Observer''

= ''College Tribune''

Radio and television

UCD scarf colours

Notable people

Presidents

Alumni

Former presidents of Ireland

Former Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) of Ireland

Contemporary politicians and current members of Cabinet

International affairs

Healthcare

Writers and artists

Sport

Business

Religious figures

In popular culture

In literature

In music and film

See also

References

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