University College Cork Ranking

University College Cork, a world-class university founded in 1845, has a long history of teaching, research, and scholarship. UCC is a comprehensive globally-oriented research-led university in the south of Ireland, located in Cork, Ireland’s second-largest city, and offering a full variety of internationally recognized programmes across all disciplines. UCC’s academic programmes are unrivalled in terms of quality. Its courses are internationally recognized, and its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are attended by over 20,000 students. UCC has a global reputation, attracting 3,300 students from more than 100 countries. The institution provides a research-led programme that draws top-tier Irish and foreign students.  Let’s explore the latest University College Cork rankings, courses, and more!

University College Cork International Rankings

Times Higher Education World Impact Ranking

In this global ranking, UCC has risen to the eighth most impactful university in the world. This is an evidence-based ranking that assesses the university’s influence through the lens of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UCC’s impact score of 96.0 (out of 100) places it in the top 1% of universities worldwide. In addition to the overall score and rank, UCC has fared exceptionally well across the individual UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ranking in the Top 20 across 7 of the 17 SDGs (it ranked in the Top 20 across 5 of the 17 SDGs last year):

SDG	RANK	SCORE
Clean water and sanitation	6	80.2
Life below water	4	92.2
Life on land	3	92.9
Partnership for the Goals	17	94.8
Responsible consumption and production	3	90.3
Sustainable cities and communities	13	88.2
Zero hunger	12	79.2

QS World University Ranking

In the renowned QS World University Ranking 2021-22, UCC is ranked 298th. This year, 1,673 universities were considered, with 1,300 making the final published list. It assesses performance using a variety of variables, including academic reputation, employer reputation, student-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, and the number of international professors and students. The International Faculty indicator is the strongest for UCC, ranking 136 internationally.

Times Higher Education World University Ranking

UCC moved up to the 251-300 band in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking, which was published on September 2, 2021. This is THE’s flagship ranking and a crucial ranking for UCC, as outlined in UCC 2022. The final published ranking included over 1,600 universities from around the world.UCC improved its overall score, as well as its scores and rankings in each of THE’s five pillars: Teaching, Research, Citations (research Impact), Industry Income, and International Outlook. According to this ranking, UCC is the top Irish institution in terms of Research Impact and Industry Income.

ARWU – Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking)

The top and most respected university ranking. In the most recent cycle of this ranking, UCC moved up to the 301-400 range and increased its total score. UCC is presently tied for second place in Ireland with UCD in this rating, which is limited to the top 2,000 universities in the world, of which 1,000 make the final published list. In this assessment, UCC retained its position as the top Irish university for highly cited researchers.

US News – Best Global Universities

UCC climbed 45 positions to 392 and improved its score in the most recent cycle of this global ranking, which was published on October 25, 2021. This ranking evaluates 1,849 colleges worldwide, with “Books” rating as UCC’s strongest indicator at #210. ‘Normalized citation impact,’ ranked #245, and ‘percentage of highly cited papers in the top 1% cited,’ ranked #258, are other significant markers for UCC in this ranking.

University College Cork Other Notable Rankings

UI Green Metric

UCC is ranked eighth in the world for sustainability. The UI Green Metric rating assesses the development of sustainability at 956 institutions worldwide. UCC is a world leader in this field, rising from ninth last year to eighth this year. As a result, UCC has remained in the top ten for the past six years of this rating.

QS Graduate Employability Rankings

In this rating, UCC moved up to the 201-250 band from the 251-300 band in 2019. The rating, which looks at the university’s measures for finding jobs for their graduates, was paused by QS in 2020 due to Covid-19 and will resume in 2021.

Financial Times Executive Global Rankings

According to the most recent Financial Times worldwide rankings, IMI (Irish Management Institute) has maintained its position in the world’s top 100 in execution education for Open and Custom programmes. For the 12th year in a row, IMI has maintained its position in the Customized Executive Education Global Rankings. This year, IMI is ranked 66th in the globe for customized executive education, and 10th in the United Kingdom and Ireland. For the third year in a row, IMI maintains its position in the Open Enrollment Global Rankings. IMI has maintained its global ranking of 67th and is ranked 7th in the UK and Ireland for open enrolment programmes.

European Research Ranking

In the European Research Ranking, UCC is ranked first in Ireland and impressively 33rd in Europe. The data source is Cordis, and the ranking criteria include total funding per partner, the total number of projects, total project funding, networking rank (reputation), partner constancy, project leadership index, and diversity index.

Subject Specific Rankings

Times Higher Education World Subject Rankings

Each October/November, rather than ranking specific subjects, THE releases rankings across eleven general subject areas. UCC has increased its standing and is now placed 151-175 for Clinical/Pre-clinical & Health, placing joint-first in Ireland with TCD. UCC is ranked 176-200 in the world for Life Sciences, whereas Psychology and Education are ranked 251-300.

US News – Global Subject Rankings

15 UCC disciplines made the most recent version of the US new Best worldwide subjects list, up from nine last year. The following are some of the top performers:

• Food Science and Technology (new rating of #59)
• Agricultural Sciences (#72)
• Microbiology (#92)
• Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (#110)
• Neuroscience and Behavior (#124)

Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – Shanghai 

A growing number of UCC disciplines are being included in the coveted Shanghai Ranking of worldwide subjects. In the most recent cycle, UCC appears in 16 of Shanghai’s subject areas:

• Engineering & Food Science (49)
• In-home care (Top 75)
• Dental care (Top 75)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy (Top 150)
• Medicine in Practice (Top 150)
• Biotechnology (Top 150)
• Public Health (Top 150)

QS World University Rankings by Subject

UCC performed admirably in the most recent QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. According to the most recent ranking, issued on 6 April 2022, it is one of the world’s best institutions for the study of 23 subjects. UCC is ranked in the top 50 for one discipline (Nursing, at number 41) and in the top 100 for three others (Agriculture and Forestry, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, and Law at 59, 66, and 75 respectively).

UCC is ranked in the top 200 for 9 subjects: Nursing (No. 41), Agriculture and Forestry (No. 59), Pharmacy & Pharmacology (No. 66), Law (No. 75), Anatomy & Physiology (No. 101-150), English Language and Literature (No. 151-200), Politics and International Studies (No. 151-200), and Medicine (No. 151-200).

• Modern Languages, Engineering – Chemical, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Nursing, Chemistry, and Law were the six disciplines that advanced a band. UCC also has two new subjects in the QS Subject Rankings: Anatomy and Physiology and Politics and International Studies.
• Nursing has the highest ‘academic reputation’ indicator score in comparison to its peers.
• Archaeology has the highest score for the ’employer reputation’ indicator when compared to peers.
• Agriculture and Forestry had the highest score for the ‘citations per paper’ metric in comparison to its peers.
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology has the greatest ‘h-Index indication’ score in comparison to its rivals.

Overall, UCC now has four top 100 subjects (up from three), nine top 200 subjects (up from six), and appears 23 times on this global ranking (up from 20 last year). This is a significant improvement.

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