About University College Cork:

University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork, though it continues to be almost universally known as University College Cork.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
World University Rankings 394 397 376 431 410 397 454 439 431 425 423 406 425 407 409 361

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agriculture 231 264 258 181 37 205 200 208 243 227 219 237 262 270 285
Engineering - - - - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 401-450 401-450 - -
Life Sciences 248 202 - - - - - - - 295 260 274 286 279 216
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 289 254
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 451-500 401-450 - 451-500

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Sciences 36 37 38 42 48 51 38 40 46 62 68 64
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - 287 - 239
Chemistry - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350
Computer Science - 280 - - - - 451-500 451-500 - 451-500 451-500 401-450
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - -
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 401-450 451-500 - -
Environment / Ecology - 277 - - - - - - - - - -
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - -
Immunology - - - - - - - - 298 243 - 152
Materials Science - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 401-450 451-500 - -
Mathematics - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 - -
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 99 137 - 88
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - 292
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 216 172 - 148
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - 248 - - 247 235 242 211 211 243
Physics - - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - 401-450 351-400 351-400 - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - 216
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 401-450 401-450
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -