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University College Cork Data
Total number of students
18,073
Number of international students
3,623
Total number of academic staff
866
Number of international staff
245
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
3,483
Number of master's degrees awarded
1,948
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
179
Number of research only staff
616
Number of new undergraduate students
3,884
Number of new master's students
1,474
Number of new doctoral students
379
University College Cork Rankings
University College Cork is ranked #397 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
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2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University College Cork's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
54.5
Global research reputation
#654
Regional research reputation
#462
Publications
#519
Books
#202
Conferences
#537
Normalized citation impact
#241
Total citations
#419
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#452
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#429
International collaboration - relative to country
#971
International collaboration
#298
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#351
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#194
Agricultural Sciences overall score
62.2
Agricultural Sciences global research reputation
#160
Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation
#29
Agricultural Sciences publications
#109
Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact
#63
Agricultural Sciences total citations
#77
Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#70
Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#74
Agricultural Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#332
Agricultural Sciences international collaboration
#151
Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#41
Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#47
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
39.0
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#171
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#158
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#495
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#121
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#372
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#294
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#40
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#324
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#66
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#234
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#59
Clinical Medicine overall score
54.1
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#595
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#237
Clinical Medicine publications
#433
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#91
Clinical Medicine total citations
#269
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#329
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#176
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#365
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#108
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#263
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#105
Engineering overall score
35.9
Engineering global research reputation
#822
Engineering regional research reputation
#260
Engineering publications
#589
Engineering conferences
#490
Engineering normalized citation impact
#431
Engineering total citations
#558
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#531
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#448
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#404
Engineering international collaboration
#64
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#612
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#614
Environment/Ecology overall score
41.0
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#149
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#133
Environment/Ecology publications
#690
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#257
Environment/Ecology total citations
#590
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#565
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#330
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#382
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#123
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#453
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#219
Food Science and Technology overall score
58.5
Food Science and Technology publications
#34
Food Science and Technology conferences
#73
Food Science and Technology normalized citation impact
#91
Food Science and Technology total citations
#35
Food Science and Technology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#50
Food Science and Technology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#129
Food Science and Technology international collaboration - relative to country
#233
Food Science and Technology international collaboration
#131
Food Science and Technology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#39
Food Science and Technology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#70
Microbiology overall score
46.5
Microbiology global research reputation
#105
Microbiology regional research reputation
#24
Microbiology publications
#168
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#21
Microbiology total citations
#91
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#78
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#12
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#205
Microbiology international collaboration
#81
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#31
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#4
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
47.8
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#123
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#15
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#417
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#25
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#293
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#239
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#10
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#340
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#90
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#149
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#3
Optics overall score
30.7
Optics publications
#252
Optics conferences
#130
Optics normalized citation impact
#144
Optics total citations
#227
Optics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#254
Optics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#244
Optics international collaboration - relative to country
#216
Optics international collaboration
#54
Optics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#174
Optics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#139
Physics overall score
33.9
Physics global research reputation
#329
Physics regional research reputation
#235
Physics publications
#512
Physics normalized citation impact
#675
Physics total citations
#603
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#654
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#735
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#703
Physics international collaboration
#269
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#601
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#674
Plant and Animal Science overall score
38.4
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#359
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#135
Plant and Animal Science publications
#649
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#224
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#525
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#474
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#233
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#113
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#23
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#318
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#92
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
35.9
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#318
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#101
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#434
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#54
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#337
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#387
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#223
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#281
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#74
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#148
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#6