Our Hub

Welcome

The Hub creates a new and inclusive social dynamic at the centre of the campus which facilitates learning communities, networking, student interaction, internationalisation, and student friendly service provision.

The Hub is situated at the heart of campus, the building is key for the UCC Academic Strategy to provide new places for creativity, innovation, and collaboration across disciplines, in a supportive environment.

The Hub directly contributed to the successful delivery of Goal One of the UCC 2017-2022 Strategic Plan, by supporting the creation of 'a seamless student-centred administrative, academic and extracurricular experience.'

Please see The Hub Building User Guide and The Hub Building Information for further practical information on this building.

Opening

The Hub opened its doors to students on Monday January 6th 2020

An Taoiseach

An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD officially opened the Hub on Friday May 6th 2022

Why did we build a Hub?

We wished to improve our student experience by bringing a whole range of student services together under one roof. This will support easier referral to, and across, different services, as before the Hub some of these services were located all around our beautiful yet sprawling campus.

We thought our students and staff deserved a state-of-the-art sustainable and accessible building in the centre of campus! This new building has new and different learning and collaboration spaces, which we hope will support UCC staff to deliver world-class services to our students as outlined in Goal One of our Strategic Plan, and will directly contribute to our first ever Academic Strategy.

We wanted to create a central supportive space for students and staff that promotes connection and collaboration with holistic life-long and life-wide innovative learning initiatives within UCC, our community, and globally.

Who were the architects behind our new Hub?

Firstly, the Hub is building upon one of UCC’s oldest buildings, the Windle. The building that you see today has been designed by world-renowned architects O’Donnell + Tuomey. They also designed the Glucksman Gallery and the Cavanagh Bridge, and they have won multiple awards relating to architecture, picking up both the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) award for Best Public Space and an Architectural Association of Ireland (AAI) award for the Cavanagh Bridge.

Located between the main quad and the Kane Building, the Hub will be a state-of-the-art facility for students, staff and visitors to the university alike, right in the heart of University College Cork’s beautiful historic campus.