UCD graduate students benefit from an education delivered by experts at the leading edge of their field internationally and a ... curriculum constantly updated by the latest research. No. 1 for Graduate Education... With over 9,500 graduate students, almost 20% of whom are graduate research students. Over 1,600 PhD students benefit from a structured PhD programme as well as the research-led education culture at UCD. No.1 for Graduate Employability... For the third year in a row, University College Dublin is ranked number one in Ireland for graduate employability by QS World University Rankings and 78th in the world. No.1 for Research... UCD has the highest volume of publications across all Irish universities. It is the number one university globally on citations per paper in the area of Food Science. No.1 for Global Connections... UCD is the most connected and networked university with government, industry and society in Ireland. As the number one 'university of destination' for international students coming to Ireland, international students make up 29% of the student body, while international academics make up 30% of UCD's faculty and over 50% of UCD research-funded staff is non-Irish. No.1 for Global Community... With over 8,000 international students from 139 countries UCD has the largest international student population in Ireland. Many of the 269,000 global alumni network, living in 165 countries, hold positions in leading organisations around the world. The UCD alumni network is influential, successful, active and truly international. No.1 for Campus & Facilities... The main UCD Belfield campus has a huge range of facilities including: restaurants, cafés, a bookshop, a bike shop, a barber shop, a post office, a bank, a bar, a grocery store, a large student centre and outstanding sports facilities. read more