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A patent pending tool to determine colorectal cancer status by screening the oral microbiota alone or in combination with fecal microbiota.


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Showcasing the companies that have emerged from UCC Innovation over the years, illustrating a diverse range of technologies across a wide variety of areas.


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Our Impact

€125m Research Income in 2022/23

Highest ever research generated income

44 spin-out companies created since 2008 based on UCC Intellectual Property

UCC have 20 European Research Council grant awardees, 10 of which were awarded since 2021 in Horizon Europe.

190 graduate founders working on 160 start-up ideas, the most successful of which now employ almost 370 staff

2,853 publication outputs in 2021

105,343 citations (2019-2021)

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Photo (L-R): Dr Margaret Steele and Dr Janas Harrington, from the School of Public Health at UCC, authors of a report on Ireland's first Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and Population-level Nutrition and the Business Impact Assessment on Sustainability. Image credit: Max Bell (UCCTV).
13 Dec 2024

Ireland’s food industry falls short on health and sustainability goals

Ireland’s food industry could be part of the solution to the health and sustainability crisis in our food system, but are trailing international counterparts, according to a report published today by researchers at University College Cork’s (UCC) School of Public Health.
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12 Dec 2024

UCC ranked fourth in global environmental rankings

University College Cork (UCC) is one of the most environmentally-friendly universities in the world, according to an international ranking of third-level institutions from around the globe. UCC has placed fourth in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, announced at a ceremony in São Paulo, Brazil today.
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Lord David Puttnam, Jeremy Irons, Adi Roche, and Dominic Casey who were awarded with honorary degrees by University College Cork on Wednesday evening. Picture Daragh McSweeney/Provision
12 Dec 2024

Leading figures from film, sport and activism receive honorary degrees at UCC

Leading figures from film, sport and activism were awarded with honorary degrees by University College Cork (UCC) last night. Jeremy Irons, Adi Roche, Lord David Puttnam and Dominic Casey were all recognised for their achievements at a special ceremony in UCC’s Aula Maxima.
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Chairman of UCC’s Governing Authority, Sean O’Driscoll, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath, Head of the UCC College of Business and Law Prof. Thia Hennessey, and UCC President Prof. John O'Halloran at the launch of the Economic and Societal Impact of University College Cork report. Photo: Daragh McSweeney/Provision.
10 Dec 2024

UCC generates €3.2 million every day for the Irish economy

University College Cork (UCC) generates €3.2 million every day for the Irish economy, according to a new report published last night. The independently verified report, Economic and Societal Impact of University College Cork, shows that the University supports almost 1 in every 13 jobs in Cork city and county and provides a return of €6 for every €1 of state investment.
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