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U N I VE R SI T Y COLLEG E DU BL I N

CR E AT I NG VA LU E FROM K NOW L EDGE

People
PhDs conferred each year
2004–2013

x2

400

Leading international researchers
join UCD under the SFI Stokes
Programme

European Research
Council Awards

387

350

SFI awarded UCD

UCD has

15

ERC
Awards

9

STOKES
PROFESSORSHIPS

7

STOKES
LECTURESHIPS

European Research Council

300

2014
250

The European Research Council (ERC)
funds top researchers who engage in
pioneering research, at the frontier of
knowledge in their domain. UCD holds
15 ERC awards.

200

189

The Science Foundation Ireland Stokes
Professorship and Lectureship Programme
was designed to support the strategic
recruitment of research-active faculty
members. In 2007 UCD was the most
successful institution in the SFI Stokes
Programme awards with nine Stokes
Professorships and seven Stokes Lectureships.

150
2004 05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12 2013

Nationality of UCD Researchers
British

2,862
UCD is the
national
leader in
Marie Curie
8

36%
International
researchers

3%

English

3%

Italian

3%

American

2%

Chinese

2%

Spanish

36% of academic and research
staff are non-Irish. This reflects
the international outlook of UCD’s
research and its role in participating
in global research challenges.

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