UCC named top Irish institute

UNIVERSITY College Cork (UCC) has been selected as Ireland’s University of the Year by the Sunday Times. The university last held this title in 2005.

The award comes weeks after it was named Ireland’s first five-star university and became the only Irish university to improve its position in the QS World University Rankings.

UCC rose to 181th place from 184 the previous year. It was ranked 386th five years ago.