University College Dublin

Irish public university University College Dublin (UCD) has been around for more than a century. From 2016 through 2020, the Academic Ranking of World Universities continuously ranked UCD between 301 and 400. In contrast, QS (Top Universities) has raised UCD's ranking in its global university ranking from 193rd for 2019 to 177th for 2021. This shows that UCD has improved over the past three years in key ranking metrics used by QS to generate world university rankings. Some of the important criteria used by QS to rank universities are faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty member, and academic reputation.
 

The Times Higher Education, a significant publisher, consistently ranked UCD at 201-250 from 2016 through 2020 before dropping to 251-300 for 2021. According to US News & World Report's rating of the world's universities for 2021, UCD is ranked 226th overall.

In its GMBA Ranking, Master in Finance Ranking, and Master in Management Ranking, FT (Financial Times) has ranked UCD among the top 100 institutions. The information above demonstrates how well-liked UCD's MIM programme is throughout the world. UCD's standing in QS's Accounting & Finance ranking has improved from 101-150 for 2020 to 151-200 for 2018. Additionally, UCD's position in the Global MBA rating has decreased from 74th for 2019 to 111-120 for 2021 according to QS. THE has increased UCD's ranking in its PG Business and Economics ranking from 201-250 for 2020 to 176-200 for 2021.

In its Engineering and Technology rating, QS has lowered UCD's position over time, moving school from 103rd in 2018 to 171st in 2020. THE has also lowered UCD's position in its PG Engineering and Technology ranking from 151-175 for 2019 and 2020 to 176-200 for 2021.