President's Office
With more than 24,000 students, University College Cork seeks to secure a bright future through excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. Our strengths are strategically aligned with critical societal issues – from ensuring the health of our communities to safeguarding the environment and securing our future for generations to come. This website provides information about the President's Office, strategic initiatives and priorities, and contact details.
Vision for UCC
Recent News
18 Jul 2025
Groundbreaking Maritime and Offshore Safe Pass Pilot Programme Launched in Cork
UCC President Professor O’Halloran MRIA recently attended the launch of the Groundbreaking Maritime and Offshore Safe Pass Pilot Programme at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) in Ringaskiddy. The launch underlines the commitment and partnership between the education providers in Cork to develop and deliver an extended programme of courses over the coming years to serve the renewable energy sector, and sectors of the economy linked to these developments. This commitment is evidenced and underpinned by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Cork ETB, University College Cork and Munster Technological University that sets out the partners joint ambitions in this regard.
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16 Jul 2025
UCC Celebrates Surgeon Noonan Achievements
Founded in 1977 by UCC medical students, Surgeon Noonan was established in honour of Dr Tim Noonan, a UCC-trained surgeon who dedicated much of his career to medical work in Nigeria and the Congo before his death in 1975. Now the largest student-run charity in Ireland, Surgeon Noonan supports medical aid in sub Saharan Africa—funding infrastructure such as maternity wards and HIV clinics, along with essential supplies like antibiotics and sterile equipment.
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26 Jun 2025
UCC President Attends King's Birthday Celebration
University College Cork President, Professor John O’Halloran, MRIA, was among the distinguished guests at a celebration hosted by British Ambassador Paul Johnston and his wife Nicola at their official residence at Glencairn, Sandyford, on Thursday, 26 June.
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18 Jun 2025
UCC ranked inside the top 250 universities in the world
University College Cork (UCC) has risen twenty-seven places in one of the world’s leading education rankings, the QS World University Rankings.
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