On 19 November, the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS), University College Cork hosted a special ceremony to celebrate the achievements of 41 exceptional students and researchers. The event highlighted academic excellence, innovation, and industry collaboration within the College. 

The installation of the first living seawall in Ireland, and the use of energy-efficient digital tools for community-led cultural preservation are among the University College Cork (UCC) projects to receive a combined €1.1 million funding under Research Ireland’s COALESCE 2025 programme.

Three researchers from the School of Mathematical Sciences, UCC have once again been named among the top 2% of most-cited academics in their fields worldwide in the 2025 Elsevier/Stanford University World Rankings of Researchers.

Paul Kelleher, Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies Ireland Limited, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by University College Cork.

This November, UCC joins the national celebration of 30 years of Science Week, an initiative led by Research Ireland that honours the spirit of curiosity, innovation, and scientific discovery.

Dr Sally O’Hanlon, Technical Officer for Physical Chemistry in UCC's School of Chemistry, has completed the prestigious 2025 Herschel Programme for Women in Technical Leadership.

Huge eight-metre-long skeletons of the only dinosaurs known to have existed on the island of Ireland are set to go on display to the public for the very first time, in a spectacular new exhibition of Irish fossils.  

On 18 October, 2025, County Cork students, Dylan Ó Muirí, Gráinne Ní Chróinín, and John Buckley were awarded a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €25,000 at a ceremony in Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin.