Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath | |
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Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis apud Dublinum | |
Motto | Ad Astra; Cothrom na Féinne |
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Motto in English | To the Stars; Justice and equality |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1854 |
Endowment | €554 million (2022)[1] |
Budget | €718 million (2021/22)[1] |
President | Orla Feely[2] |
Academic staff | 1,974[3] |
Administrative staff | 2,164[3] |
Students | 37,889[3] |
Postgraduates | 10,951[3] |
1,666[3] | |
Location | , Ireland |
Campus | Urban, 133 hectares (330 acres) |
Language | English, Irish, others |
Newspaper | College Tribune The University Observer |
Colours | |
Affiliations | AMBA EUA NUI IUA Universitas 21 UI CESAER |
Website | ucd.ie |
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest university,[4] and amongst the most prestigious universities in Europe.[5][6][7][8] Five Nobel Laureates are among UCD's alumni and current and former staff.[9][10] Additionally, four Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) and three Irish Presidents have graduated from UCD, along with one President of India.[11][12]
UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the Catholic University of Ireland on the feast of St. Malachy 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".[13]
Originally located at St Stephen's Green[14] and Earlsfort terrace in Dublin's city centre, all faculties later relocated to a 133-hectare (330-acre)[15] campus at Belfield, six kilometres to the south of the city centre. In 1991, it purchased a second site in Blackrock,[16] which currently houses the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
A report published in May 2015 showed the economic output generated by UCD and its students in Ireland amounted to €1.3 billion annually.[17]
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