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University College Cork

The University College Cork (abbreviated UCC , Irish Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh ) is a university in the city of Cork in Ireland . The college , which has over 21,000 students studying, is part of the National University of Ireland .

The campus of the UCC is located on the southern canal of the River Lee , at the point where a monastery founded by Saint Finbarr (Gill Abbey) and his school stood in the Middle Ages ; therefore the motto of the university is "where Finbarr taught, let Munster learn" - "where Finbarr taught, let Munster learn."

Historical

The UCC was founded in 1845 by Queen Victoria as Queen's College (together with Queen's University Belfast and Queen's College Galway, now NUI Galway ) and is therefore (together with the above-mentioned universities) the second oldest university in Ireland after Trinity College Dublin . The first president of the university was the Irish chemist Robert Kane (1809-1890). George Boole (1815–1864) is known from the academics of Queen's College , who founded the Boolean algebra named after him and who was the first mathematics professor there. In 1908 the UCC was raised under its current name as a constituent college part of the National University of Ireland and in 1997 to a constituent university .

Students

At the beginning of 2020, over 21,000 students were enrolled . In 2018/2019 there were 20,142 students, 15,454 of them before the first degree ( undergraduate ) and 4,688 afterwards ( postgraduate ). There are also 1,720 course participants in adult continuing education and 1,005 doctoral students ( PhD students ). Over 3,000 students come from abroad.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fergus Brady: Sir Robert John Kane, Irish chemist. In: RCPI Heritage Center Blog. The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland RCPI, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  2. ^ Discover UCC. In: University College Cork> Discover UCC> UCC Fast Facts. University College Cork UCC, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Fact Book. Student Headcount Summary - 6 year Trend. In: Academic Systems Administration Office. University College Cork UCC, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ International Office. In: University College Cork> Study> International Office. University College Cork UCC, accessed April 9, 2020 .
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Universities

Dublin City University  • National University of Ireland ( Cork , Dublin , Galway , Maynooth ) • Technological University Dublin  • University of Dublin ( Trinity College ) • University of Limerick

Other higher education institutions

Dublin Institute of Technology  • QQI  • King's Inns  • Pontifical University  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Institutes of technology

Athlone  • Blanchardstown  • Carlow  • Cork  • Dublin  • Dundalk  • Dún Laoghaire  • Galway Mayo  • Letterkenny  • Limerick  • Sligo  • Tallaght  • Tralee  • Waterford

Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 36.6 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 30.7"  W.