School of Nursing and Midwifery celebrates being ranked 41 in the global QS rankings

11 Apr 2022

Staff at University College Cork’s School of Nursing and Midwifery are delighted to celebrate being ranked 41 in the 2022 global QS rankings for “Nursing” as a Subject.

According to the QS rankings, UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery is ranked as the top School of Nursing in Ireland and is the top ranked subject in UCC.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject considers employer reputation, academic reputation, and research impact to rate institutions globally.

Over 1,300 students are registered on 26 programmes with opportunities for nurses and midwives to study for undergraduate, postgraduate, masters and doctoral level qualifications. Students within the School benefit from a 21st-century immersive and engaging learning experience within state-of-the-art clinical skills and simulation facilities. Since its foundation in 1994, the School has graduated more than 5,500 nurses and midwives and provided postgraduate education and continuing professional development to 2,500 nurses and midwives. It is the contribution of these graduates in many and varied employment contexts which forms the basis for the employer reputation metric.

The research impact metric positively reflects intensive activity within six internationally connected research clusters which produce a consistent scholarly output of over 100 peer reviewed publications per annum. Research within the School improves lives by impacting positively on health service and patient level outcomes.

 The six research areas include:

1. Centre for Safer Staffing and Healthcare Systems Research (The CATALYST Centre)
2. Ageing Integrated Research
3. Enhancing Cancer Awareness & Survivorship Programmes
4. Mental Health and Wellbeing for the 21st Century: People, Organisations, and Places
5. J.U.S.T.I.C.E: Just, Universal, Sustainable, Trusted, Inclusive, Caring & Ethical Health Care in Life and Death
6. Maternity, Family and Primary Care

University College Cork (UCC) is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide according to the major World University Rankings. 

The Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Professor Josephine Hegarty said, “The top 50 QS ranking is certainly a huge achievement for UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. The ranking is a testament to all the hard work of our incredible students, faculty, and clinical partners. We’re extremely proud of the achievement and look to continue to push boundaries in ensuring academic excellence in Nursing and in advancing research capabilities and impact.”