€8.7m funding boost for UCC and CIT announced

€8.7m of funding was announced for UCC, CIT and their industry partners. Picture: UCC

University College Cork (UCC), Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), and nine industry partners have secured €8.7m in funding for Health and Life Sciences studies as part of the iEd Hub program. 

The educational institutes and their industry partners form the iEd Hub, a program to develop suitable graduates to work in the pharmaceutical and medical goods sector.