Ireland – Where Education Meets Opportunity

Maynooth University is located 25 kilometres from Dublin, in Ireland. The university is an internationally esteemed ‘young’ university, with a rich heritage, that offers an excellent learning experience. It was ranked as one of the top three Young Universities in Ireland and 86th in the world in the Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings 2024.

Maynooth University is one of four constituent universities of the National University of Ireland. Approximately 16,000 students, representing over 100 countries, call Maynooth home.

Maynooth University has 37 academic departments within three faculties, covering science, engineering and social science, the arts, languages and philosophy. The departments all offer degrees at undergraduate, master’s and PhD levels. Undergraduates benefit from the flexible learning system, where they have the power to choose subject combinations across different departments. There are also many one-year taught master’s degree programmes on offer, several of which include internships.

Maynooth is also close to industry giants and has formed strong links with global businesses. Interdisciplinary research is integral to the university’s academic endeavours, and Maynooth University prides itself on applying equal emphasis to teaching and research. The campus features twelve research institutes and two university centres that conduct pioneering work. Two Nobel Peace Prize winners have been among Maynooth University’s alumni and staff.

Based in the centre of the only university town in Ireland, Maynooth University provides all the resources needed to study, while giving students the chance to explore the fascinating country of Ireland, with its stunning coastlines, castles and countryside.

Maynooth University offers a range of scholarships. This is to encourage and reward achievement for both current and incoming students. Students are encouraged to look at what is available as well as any deadlines and eligibility requirements.

Dublin City University (DCU) is world-renowned for the quality of its teaching, learning environment, research, and innovation. The QS World University Rankings rates DCU as one of the best young universities on the planet, and Times Higher Education places the university in the top 350 universities in the world. The university is noted for its excellent student to academic staff ratio, which is the best in Ireland.

DCU runs an innovative program of degree courses, spanning a wide variety of subject areas, and offers a lively student experience to match. The university has been consistently rated number one in Ireland for graduate employment, according to the QS Graduate Employability Rankings, meaning that DCU students are ideally placed to seek and secure top employment opportunities in Ireland and beyond.

The University is committed to developing and supporting a culture of wellbeing. DCU Care & Connect is a whole-of-university approach to positive mental and physical health and student wellbeing. We aim to develop a caring community where students and staff know that they matter as individuals and that their development is at the heart of everything we do at the University.

Additionally, the university has superb sustainability credentials, which reflect its forward-thinking approach to learning and tuition. DCU was ranked among the top 100 universities globally for its contributions to climate action, sustainability, and health and wellbeing, based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

On top of all this, DCU students benefit from living and studying in Dublin, which is a vibrant European capital and is frequently voted among the best student cities in the world. Its three city-centre campuses place students in the very the heart of Dublin, where they’ll find world-class facilities, excellent student support, and great transport links within a rich cultural landscape with so much to explore and discover. The university is a dynamic and diverse institution committed to transforming lives through innovation, research, and education.

Welcome to the Cork University Business School (CUBS) at University College Cork (UCC). At Cork University Business School we are not just a business school; we provide an approach to life in business and to the direct application of learning in the knowledge-based economy – we are a school that is ideal for study, research, and industry-led work integration.

University College Cork is ranked in the top 1.1% of universities in the world. It is Ireland’s leading institution for the delivery of research impact and the top Irish institution for highly cited researchers. We are the leading global university for sustainability and the Irish university with the highest level of industry collaboration.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) supports UCC’s vibrant community of diverse and independent thought leaders in the delivery of broad-ranging transformative impacts across key areas of social, economic, cultural, and environmental importance. Through the lens of the UN Sustainability Development Goals, UCC researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs are driving real-world impacts that directly address current and emerging societal needs, including some of the most pressing global grand challenges of our time.

In 2021, UCC radically transformed its research and innovation approach, launching the UCC Futures Framework which focuses on ten interdisciplinary themes across the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Here, talented researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs mine the frontiers of curiosity and inquiry at the very intersection of disciplines. UCC Futures provides the framework that encourages novel strategic partnerships and supports those partners to think differently. This holistic approach integrates disciplines across learning and teaching, research, knowledge exchange, and commercialization. It results in the generation of robust, implementable, and translational solutions of impact and value, the need for which has never been greater.

The OVPRI is further committed to supporting the delivery of equitable and sustainable research within the context of engaged and open practice across the entire research and innovation ecosystem. Our aim is for UCC to be the leading Irish University for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship based on a reputation for discovery, critical thinking, research integrity, and sustainability – a place where our students are taught by global research leaders within a research-informed curriculum. UCC’s entrepreneurial campus provides students, graduates, and staff with the ecosystem, support, and expertise to create successful new ventures that develop products and services of benefit to society.

In 2024, we launch our Research Charter which will define the core principles, culture, and values that support our researchers in creating, and in securing, the future through excellence in research. UCC’s Research Charter will enable and amplify curiosity, creativity, diversity, and excellence. It will value research and researchers - from individuals to groups of all sizes - across the disciplines, continuing to define the frontiers of knowledge that will secure an equitable, inclusive, and sustainable future for us all.

UCC researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs are already making a difference. The OVPRI team is here to inspire, engage, and enable our research and innovation community to create the future. We marry knowledge with a creative and supportive environment to enhance, expand, and translate the unlimited curiosity, vision, and passion of the research and innovation community at UCC.

Student Life

Campus life is an exciting, ever-changing mix of activities, opportunities, and possibilities. With more than 8 societies within the Cork University Business School, and over 61 clubs across the university, you will develop close ties with people in your own program, across the business school departments as well as students and individuals from other parts of the university.

Accommodation

UCC provides high-quality student campus accommodation. By living together and sharing experiences with others from different parts of Ireland and the world, our students learn and develop in ways that complement the formal learning that takes place within the chosen course of study.

Accreditation

Accreditation is a voluntary activity initiated by an institution that requires a rigorous self-evaluation and an independent, objective appraisal of the overall educational quality by peers. Accreditation emphasizes quality assurance and a commitment to continuous quality improvement and helps determine if an institution meets or exceeds minimum standards of quality. UCC has over 100 programs that are reviewed for academic accreditation by external bodies. This accreditation results in full or part accreditation including:

• Professional body accreditation
• Statutory body accreditation
• Programme fully recognized for exemptions in subsequent professional examinations
• Programme recognized for partial exemptions in subsequent professional examinations
• Recognised for entry to subsequent professional examinations

These programs require a combination of some of the following types of reviews: desk review, self-evaluation, site visit, criteria review, and review by International/peer experts.

Professional and Statutory body accreditation is another indication of the quality of UCC program offerings.