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Established :
1854
University Type and Campus :
Urban, 133 hectares (330 acres)
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) (Irish: An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath), is a research university in Dublin, Ireland. With over 1,482 faculty and 32,000 students, it is Ireland's largest university. The university originates in a body founded in 1854 with John Henry Newman as the first rector known as the Catholic University of Ireland, 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".
Quick facts
Motto: To the stars
Endowment: N/A
Administrative staff: 1,686 FTEs
Students: 32,900 (2014/2015)
Undergraduates: 16,388 (2013/2014)
Postgraduates: 8,035 (2013/2014)
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