University College Dublin
Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath | |
| Motto | (Latin) Ad Astra; Cothrom na Féinne |
|---|---|
Motto in English | To the Stars; Justice and equality |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1854 |
| Founder | John Henry Newman |
| Endowment | €554 million (2022) |
| Budget | €718 million (2021/22) |
| President | Orla Feely |
| Provost | Paul Fanning |
Academic staff | 1,974 |
Administrative staff | 2,164 |
| Students | 37,889 |
| Postgraduates | 10,951 |
| 1,666 | |
| Location | , Ireland |
| Campus | Urban, 133 hectares (330 acres) |
| Language | English, Irish, others |
| Newspaper | College Tribune The University Observer |
| Colours | |
| Affiliations | AMBA EUA NUI IUA Universitas 21 UI CESAER |
| Website | ucd.ie |
University College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With more than 38,000 students, it is Ireland's largest university.
UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the Catholic University of Ireland on the feast of St. Malachy with John Henry Newman as its first rector; it re-formed in 1880 and chartered in its own right in 1908. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the constituent university as the "National University of Ireland, Dublin", and a ministerial order of 1998 renamed the institution as "University College Dublin – National University of Ireland, Dublin".
Originally located at St Stephen's Green and Earlsfort terrace in Dublin's city centre, all faculties later relocated to a 133-hectare (330-acre) campus at Belfield, six kilometres to the south of the city centre. In 1991, it purchased a second site in Blackrock, which currently houses the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. A report published in May 2015 asserted that the economic output generated by UCD and its students in Ireland amounted to €1.3 billion annually.