University College Dublin

University College Dublin is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland. It traces to the Catholic University of Ireland, founded in 1854 by John Henry Newman, and took its modern form in the early twentieth century. Since the 1960s the main campus has been at Belfield, about 133 hectares in the city's southern suburbs.

Six colleges cover arts and humanities, business, engineering and architecture, health and agricultural sciences, science, and social sciences and law. The university is known for agriculture, veterinary medicine, business, and the life sciences. The Conway Institute supports biomedical research, and Lyons Farm and the veterinary hospital support agricultural and clinical graduate work.

Enrollment is about 33,000, including several thousand graduate students. International students make up more than a quarter of the total and come from more than 130 countries. Academic staff number several thousand. Alumni include writer James Joyce, diplomat and lawyer Peter Sutherland, and many figures in Irish government and letters.

Graduate study includes taught master's degrees, research master's degrees, and the Ph.D. Taught programs are coursework-based; doctoral students work under a principal supervisor inside a structured doctoral program. The year is organized in semesters. Irish Research Council awards and university scholarships support research students. Belfield is a suburban campus with residences, a short bus ride from Dublin city center.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University College Dublin lists 4 graduate programs across 3 subjects: 3 master's programs and 1 doctoral program, with the widest choice in psychology, communication, media & journalism and public health. University College Dublin holds rank 155 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.