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Business Engagement at UCC


This UCC Business Engagement event will take place on Tuesday 15 October 2024 , 6pm - 8pm at Aula Maxima, UCC. Join us to learn more about the expertise at UCC and how to access industry supports including Access to Talent, Research Expertise, Skills For Work courses, Innovations and Corporate Partnerships.


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Research & Innovation at UCC



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Technology Spotlight - Method for Conformally Doping Substrate-Released Silicon Nanowire Devices


A new methodology offering advantageous gas-phase doping for future gate-all-around devices, and alternative device architecture.


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New Ventures Wall


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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04 Oct 2024

Ireland’s first CODA Festival to take place in Cork

Festival will celebrate the culture, language and identity of children of deaf adults. CODAs from USA, Australia, UK and across the world set to meet in Cork. It will showcase the lived experiences of an often-overlooked community.
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"Hands Across the Divide" sculpture, Derry by diego_cue
02 Oct 2024

Universities mark US-Ireland relations and peacebuilding

As Ireland celebrates a century of diplomatic ties with the United States, University of Galway, Queen's University Belfast, and University College Cork are partnering with the Irish Institute of Boston College to explore US-Ireland relations and peacebuilding.
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UCC English and Theatre students guest curate The Irish Times Magazine, pictured left to right Tess O’Regan and Dorothée Karekezi.
28 Sep 2024

UCC students selected as guest curators of The Irish Times Magazine

UCC English and Theatre students guest curate special edition of The Irish Times Magazine. Tess O’Regan and Dorothée Karekezi among four guest curators. Special edition explores key issues affecting students including addictions on campus, artificial intelligence, mental health, identity and generational stereotyping.
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26 Sep 2024

4 in 5 Pregnant Women in Ireland are Iron Deficient by Third Trimester, a research study reveals

Four out of five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, a University College Cork (UCC) study reveals. Researchers at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health (INFANT) and School of Food and Nutritional Sciences in UCC have shown that over 80% of women are iron deficient by their third trimester.
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Research and Innovation

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