7. The Largest
University in Ireland
655
Research
Funded Staff
1,520
Academic
Staff
Source About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/
about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/
Source RMS
8. The Largest
University in Ireland
1,546
PhD
Students
8,652
Graduate
Students
Source About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/
about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/
Source About UCD http://www.ucd.ie/
about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/
9. Produces
22%
of Ireland’s PhD
Graduates per year
The Largest
University in Ireland
Source HEA website
16. Research Awards
2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16
Irish State European Commission
Other Irish & International Business
€81.2m
€121.2m
€112.2m
Source RMS Grants
€119m
€93.7m
17. Science Foundation Ireland
European Commission
Enterprise Ireland
Irish Research Councils
Department of Agriculture,
Food and the Marine
Irish Foundations
Health Research Board
International Foundations
Irish Business
Others €42.9m
€16.7m
€21.3m
€24.1m
€24.9m
€35.2m
€37.2m
€47.3m
€88.3m
€164.6m
Funding Sources
in the last 5 years
Source RMS Grants
22. UCD Areas of Strength
Top 1% in 19 fields
1. Clinical Medicine
2. Physics
3. Chemistry
4. Molecular Biology & Genetics
5. Biology & Biochemistry
6. Agricultural Sciences
7. Neuroscience & Behavior
8. Computer Science
9. Plant & Animal Science
10.Environment/Ecology
Source Essential Science Indicators
https://esi.incites.thomsonreuters.com/IndicatorsAction.action
11. Immunology
12.Engineering
13. Social Sciences, General
14. Geosciences
15. Pharmacology & Toxicology
16.Microbiology
17. Psychiatry/Psychology
18.Economics & Business
19. Materials Science
23. Source QS Worldwide University Rankings by subject 2017
https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017
1. English
2. Nursing
3. Veterinary Science
4. Geography
5. Archaeology
6. Development Studies
7. History
Top 100
in the world
UCD has 13
subjects in
the top 100
8. Law
9. Modern Languages
10.Politics & International
Studies
11. Philosophy
12. Sports-related Subjects
13. Agriculture & Forestry
24. 1st in Irelandfor 40 out of 43 subject areas offered
Source QS Worldwide University Rankings by subject 2017
https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017
1. Arts & Humanities*
2. Engineering & Technology
3. Life Sciences & Medicine
4. Natural Sciences
5. Social Sciences & Management
UCD is # 1 in
Ireland for
each of the
five major
subject
groupings
*World top 100
25. Source Thomson Reuters InCites™, 20011-2015 data among
institutions publishing at scale (Min 500 papers)
#1 UCD is the #1 University Globally
on citations per paper in the area of
Agricultural Science
29. Collaboration
Trinity College Dublin Ireland 887
Imperial College London UK 781
Universite Paris Saclay France 762
CNRS France 750
Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and
Experimental Physics
Russian
Federation
695
Moscow State University
Russian
Federation
616
University of Manchester UK 610
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas Brazil 606
Institute for High Energy Physics
Russian
Federation
604
Top 10
Collaborating
Institutions
2011-15
By number of
co-authored
publications
Source Elsevier SciVal 2011-2015
34. Research
and Innovation
www.
Click below to find out more
www.ucd.ie/researchandinnovation
www.twitter.com/UCD_Research
www.slideshare.net/UCDResearch
www.twitter.com/UCDInnovation