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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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