University College Cork

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Students, 2024/25

25,100

From outside Ireland

18.3%

4,585 students

From outside the EU

13.9%

3,500 students

Postgraduate

31.5%

7,895 students

Where students come from

By the student's home address when they applied (domicile), 2024/25. Students from outside the EU/EEA generally pay the higher non-EU fees.

Ireland20,515 · 81.7%
Northern Ireland65 · 0.3%
Great Britain155 · 0.6%
Rest of the EU865 · 3.4%
Outside the EU3,500 · 13.9%

Students by field

Health and welfare	7,040	28.0%
Business, administration and law	3,930	15.7%
Arts and humanities	3,885	15.5%
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	3,435	13.7%
Social sciences, journalism and information	2,495	9.9%
Engineering, manufacturing and construction	1,690	6.7%
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)	1,450	5.8%
Education	910	3.6%
Services	140	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	125	0.5%

Enrolment over time

2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
21,160	21,905	22,920	23,485	23,610	24,350	25,100

Tuition fees, visas and living costs for Ireland are in our Ireland study guide. Fees aren't published per institution as open data; check the institution's own site for the course you want.

Source: Higher Education Authority (HEA), student enrolment data 2018/19–2024/25, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Counts are rounded by the HEA to the nearest 5.

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