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News 2023
Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings

All areas aligned with UCC's College of Science, Engineering and Food Science improved in the Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings, published in October 2023. Engineering and Technology improved by 200 places.
In Ireland, UCC’s best-performing subject areas are Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health; and Life Sciences where we are joint-second in Ireland in both areas.
Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Computer Science, Social Sciences, and Education all improved in the rankings, and UCC improved its overall standing this year.
Subjects are ranked against a mix of indicators relating to THE’s five pillars: teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook, and industry engagement.
UCC is in the 301-350 category in the overall THE World University Rankings.
Further information on the rankings is available here