University College Cork is situated in south-west Ireland and was founded as a Queen’s College in 1845. The University has 16,000 full-time students. 13,000 are undergraduate students while 3,000 are on postgraduate programmes. UCC’s diverse student-body includes 2,000 international students representing 80-plus countries worldwide. In addition, the University’s Centre for Adult Continuing Education has 2,000 students. 2,800 people work at UCC including more than 800 faculty.

UCC is one of the leading research institutions in the State and its research income is consistently one of the highest in the country. The University offers a research-led curriculum that attracts the highest calibre of students. The University has over 120 degree and professional programmes given through some 60 departments.