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A research-led college of excellence, delivering a range of high quality undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in all STEM subjects.

STEM at UCC Fact File

Over 5,000 Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students Annually

1,200 STEM-Enabled Graduates Annually

Over 90% of Our Graduates are in Employment or Further Study

Food Science and Engineering Ranked in the Top 50 of the Prestigious Shanghai Ranking of Global Subjects 2021

Agriculture in UCC Ranked in the Top 100 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021

#1 For Student Experience in Ireland

Ranked 9th Globally in the UI Green Metric World University Ranking of Sustainable Universities

Cutting Edge Research with over 600 Academic and Research Staff

7 STEM Research Institutes and Centres

4 Academic Units in the College of SEFS with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, Addressing Gender Imbalances in STEM Disciplines.

In The News

08 May 2024

Conference: Massive Black Holes in the First Billion Years

The School of Physics, UCC recently hosted a conference on 'Massive Black Holes in the First Billion Years' inspired by groundbreaking observations made by the European Space Agency’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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07 May 2024

UCC researchers attend international Artificial Intelligence event in Amsterdam

Researchers from the SFI Centre for Research Training in Artficial Intelligence (CRT AI) attended a unique learning visit to the Amsterdam Science Park, Matrix 1 at the University of Amsterdam, for a series of lectures from leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) scientists.
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Prof Anita Maguire, Head, School of Chemistry & Lead, UCC Future Pharmaceuticals; Prof John Cryan, Vice President for Research and Innovation, UCC;  Prof Anne Moore, UCC & NIBRT appointed professor; Prof John O’Halloran, President, UCC; Prof Elena Matsa, UCC & NIBRT appointed professor; Dr Darrin Morrissey, CEO, NIBRT; Dr Tiffany Rau, Adjunct Professor, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, UCC; Prof Justin McCarthy, Head, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC; Prof Sarah Culloty, Head, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, UCC. Photo: Provision
03 May 2024

NIBRT and UCC collaborate to improve Advanced Therapeutics and Vaccine Development in Ireland

NIBRT (National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training) and UCC announced a strategic collaboration as part of the Future Pharmaceuticals initiative with the joint appointment of Professor Anne Moore, and Professor Elena Matsa as Principal Investigators at NIBRT and at the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in UCC.
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03 May 2024

UCC receives prestigious accreditation for BSc Nutritional Sciences

UCC’s BSc (Hons) in Nutritional Sciences was recently accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). The accreditation is a significant achievement, allowing graduates to be directly added to the professionally recognised Register of Nutritionists for the UK and Ireland with the title of Associate Nutritionist (ANutr) on graduation.
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Block E, Level 3, Food Science Building, UCC, Cork, T12 YN60.

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