Research Expertise at UCD
University College Dublin is the largest university in Ireland with 5 Colleges and 35 Schools and almost 22,000 students, a quarter of whom are postgraduate students..
An element of UCD’s vision is to become a leading international research-intensive university where bold and imaginative teaching programmes and excellence in teaching and learning go hand-in-glove with a commitment to research, scholarship, innovation and creativity.
The following criteria are envisaged in using the term research-intensive university:
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An institution dedicated to the search for knowledge and marked by a spirit of critical inquiry;
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An institution where intensity of research and dedication to scholarship drives and stimulates teaching and learning and inspires students.
Research includes the creation, preservation, interpretation and re-interpretation of knowledge. Scholarship, creativity, discovery and innovation are all facets of university research. UCD will be a research-intensive university which celebrates equally a diversity of world-class research outputs; books, journal papers, patents, policy papers, literature and art. The reputation and impact of a research-intensive university depends upon the quality of the work done, the mark of quality being its academic, social, cultural or technical impact.
In recent years, the level of research at UCD has increased significantly. The total value of contracts competitively awarded to UCD's research community during the academic year 2006/2007 was €96 million.
The University has attracted funding for a number of major initiatives in areas such as Life Sciences and Information and Communication Technology.
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