page_title: University College Dublin
section_title: Colleges and schools
hierarchical_section_title: University College Dublin / Academic / Colleges and schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
context_page_description: University College Dublin is a research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. It has over 1,482 academic staff and 32,000 students, and it is Ireland's largest university, based on 2017/18 student enrolments. UCD originates in a body founded in 1854, which opened as the Catholic University of Ireland on the Feast of Saint Malachy and 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 in locations across Dublin city, all faculties have since relocated to a 133-hectare campus at Belfield, four kilometres to the south of the city centre.
  The 2020 U.S. News & World Report rates UCD as the highest globally ranked Irish university, and the 2019 QS World University Rankings rate UCD as 1st in Ireland and 78th in the world for employability and reputation.
context_section_description: UCD consists of six colleges, their associated schools (37 in total) and multiple research institutes and centres. Each college also has its own Graduate School, for postgraduates.
  List of colleges and their respective schools following restructuring in September 2015.
  UCD College of Arts and Humanities
  UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy
  UCD School of Classics
  UCD School of English, Drama and Film
  UCD School of History
  UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore
  UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
  UCD School of Music
  UCD College of Business
  UCD School of Business
  UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business
  UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
  UCD College of Engineering and Architecture
  UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
  UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering
  UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
  UCD School of Civil Engineering
  UCD School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences
  UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science
  UCD School of Medicine
  UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems
  UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
  UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
  UCD College of Social Sciences and Law
  UCD School of Archaeology
  UCD School of Economics
  UCD School of Education
  UCD School of Geography
  UCD School of Information and Communication Studies
  UCD School of Law
  UCD School of Philosophy
  UCD School of Politics and International Relations
  UCD School of Psychology
  UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
  UCD School of Sociology
  UCD College of Science
  UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science
  UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science
  UCD School of Chemistry
  UCD School of Computer Science
  UCD School of Earth Sciences
  UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics
  UCD School of Physics
caption: Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Blackrock
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