University College Dublin

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST1353
    • IE0001
    • IE-ETER.BAS.NATID: UCD
    • Erasmus: IRLDUBLIN02
    • SCHAC: ucd.ie
    • Erasmus-Charter: E10209368
    • EU-PIC: 999974359
    • EU-VAT: IE6517386K
    • WHED: IAU-013067-013069
  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Website
  • Founding year
    1854
  • QF-EHEA levels
    third cycle, second cycle, first cycle, short cycle
  • Part of

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Institutional reviews
    The aim of review is to provide an independent external review of the institution’s own internal quality assurance procedures.
  • Programme validation
    Not required for eight universities together with the Dublin Institute of Technology and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which have degree awarding powers i.e. the possibility to validate and award their own qualifications
  • Delegated authority to make awards
    will exempt education providers to undergo an external programme validation procedure.
  • Focused reviews
    may lead to withdrawal of approval of a QA procedures. The procedures is invoked if there are reasons for concern with a particular higher education provider.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Ireland

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review
Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, National University of Ireland

Programme level

Decision: positive Joint programme
International Humanitarian Action (NOHA+) (second cycle degree)
Decision: positive
School of Veterinary Medicine (degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    -
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme