102 Cothrom na Féinne Scholars, with an additional 26 centrally funded by UCD. 3 Post-graduate scholarships.10 new undergraduate scholarships with provision for 5 Ad Astra Scholars.
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4,000 UCD graduates became UCD Champions in the academic year 2017/2018 by kindly supporting our scholarship student.
UCD graduates raised €2.3 million in cash and pledges of future support towards our annual giving programme.
In addition to ongoing support of existing scholars, UCD alumni helped us assign an extra €816,200 to new entrants for the academic year 2018/2019, €80,000 of which is in support of post-graduate students.
Thanks to our incredible alumni we were also able to dedicate €180,000 to ensure the mental health needs of our students are cared for. This was the no. 1 priority for the student population last year.
Each of the seven schools in the UCD College of Science engages in exciting and internationally recognised research. Research includes drug discovery, development and delivery which aim to identify biomarkers, novel therapeutic targets to guide drug development and target medicines toward specific populations.
The James Joyce Library receives on average one million visits per year. Behind these doors there is vast study space amongst hundreds of books and academic journals. The library’s special collections houses the first documentation of the Flight of the Earls, a letter written to Éamon de Valera as well as numerous manuscripts by some of Ireland’s most celebrated writers such as Frank McGuinness, Edna O’Brien, and Maeve Binchy.
The UCD Student Centre is home to the UCD Student Union which aims to promote student wellbeing on campus be it mental health, disability rights, mature students or accommodation support. The UCDSU provides free counselling services as well as running life skills courses for students suffering from depression or anxiety.
Newman is a multi-storey mixture of the arts and social sciences. With lecture theatres that can house up to 500 students as well as smaller spaces for tutorials, students can share ideas with both their peers and their tutors. Whether it be current politics, history or literature there are a wide array of topics up for debate and discussion.
There is no better training for students than in Richview, the home of architecture in UCD. This space includes design studios, a well-equipped workshop and building laboratory, exhibition spaces and the most extensive architectural library in the country.