三、都柏林大學的教研情況
1 Teaching and Learning
UCD is Ireland's University of first choice, leading in first-preference applications in Ireland year after year; as well as being the university of first choice for international students coming to Ireland. The University attracts top students: some 1,525 of the 1st year entrants in 2014 achieved 500 Leaving Certificate points – just 10% of all Leaving Cert students attain these results. The first year retention rate is 98% and over half of UCD undergraduates progress to graduate studies.
UCD is globally recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning – 9 subjects are ranked in the top 100 in the world out of 30 subjects (QS World University Ranking by Subject 2015) and the University is first in Ireland in 12 subjects. This quality of teaching is complemented by a high standard of support. Every incoming first year is assigned a peer mentor and there are student advisers for every programme.
UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 8,000 graduate students, almost a quarter of whom are graduate research students; 1,580 PhD students benefit from a structured PhD programme, as well as the research-led education culture at UCD.
The UCD Horizons scheme of modern, modularised education based on learning outcomes, sees 50% of students take modules outside their subject areas. UCD is the only Irish university to provide the EU Supplement Label to students for international recognition of qualifications and is also number one in Ireland in QS Employer Reputation Survey – 129th in the world.
The role of UCD within Irish higher education is underscored by the fact that UCD alone accounts for over 30% of international students, over 25% of all graduate students and almost 28% of all doctoral enrolments across the seven Irish universities.
1.教學和學習
都柏林大學是愛爾蘭的第壹大學，每年都是學生們的首選。留學生去愛爾蘭大學留學，首先選的也是都柏林大學。都柏林大學吸引了許多頂尖的學生。在其2014年的新生中，有1525名學生的畢業證書成績達到了500——在所有拿到畢業證書的學生中，只有10%的學生可以獲得這樣高的分數。其第壹年保留率為98%，超過半數的本科生選擇讀研深造。
都柏林大學優質的教學和學習得到全球的認可。在QS2015年世界大學學科排名中，都柏林大學有9門學科排進世界前100，有12門學科在愛爾蘭排名第壹(QS世界大學學科排名列出了30門學科)。高質量的教學有高標準的支持作為補充。每個新的學年，學校都會為學生安排壹名朋輩導師，每個學位計劃都安排有學生顧問。
都柏林大學是愛爾蘭研究生教育的引領者，有8千多名研究生。其中，四分之壹的研究生屬於研究型學生。結構化的博士計劃和校園內的研究導向型教學文化讓1580名博士生受益。
都柏林大學的現代模塊教育以學習成果為基礎，吸引了半數的學生在學科領域之外參加模塊教學學習。都柏林大學是愛爾蘭唯壹壹所處於國際資格認可為學生提供“歐盟補充標簽”的大學，其畢業生就業力在QS同指標排名中在愛爾蘭排名第1，在世界排名第129。
都柏林大學在愛爾蘭高等教育中的關鍵角色由以下數據得到證明：其留學生在愛爾蘭留學生中占到了30%以上，其研究生占到25%以上，博士生占到28%以上(在愛爾蘭的七所大學中)。
2. Research & Innovation
Research and innovation are essential drivers of a dynamic economy, an informed society and a vibrant culture. The spectrum of research and innovation at UCD encompasses individual scholars, small, medium and large research groups, start-up companies and large-scale collaborations with industry and other partners. Research is conducted within each of the University's extensive range of disciplines, and in multidisciplinary research programmes addressing challenges of global scale.
In 2013/14 UCD researchers secured ?114 million in research grants from national and international funding agencies, companies and foundations. Since 2004 UCD researchers have secured over ?1 billion in such grants. Their research underpins national research and technology institutes and centres, including the ?75 million Insight Centre for Data Analytics, the largest research grant in the history of the Irish state.
UCD has had nationally-leading success in many of the most prestigious European awards, including the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie schemes.
Over the last decade UCD researchers have doubled their annual number of papers in the international literature and have co-authored publications with more than 7,000 international researchers from more than 130 countries. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 59% above the world average.
As Ireland's leader in innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation, UCD's commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship recognises the importance of actively participating, contributing and collaborating to exploit leading-edge research and development outputs. In 2014 UCD was ranked 5th among European universitiesfor its track record in educating successful entrepreneurs.
UCD offers the biggest start-up incubator centre and support in Ireland. Supports for innovation include NovaUCD, the centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs; NexusUCD, the Industry Partnership Centre; and the UCD Enterprise Gateway. To date 30 UCD spin-out companies and 242 start-ups have been supported by NovaUCD and over ?100 million in equity funding has been raised for spin-outs.
2.研究和創新
研究和創新是動態經濟、開明社會和活力文化的核心推動力。都柏林大學研究和創新的範圍涵蓋了學者個人、小型中型和大型研究團隊，新興企業、大規模企業合作和其他合作夥伴。研究在單門學科內展開，也在跨學科研究計劃中展開。跨學科研究計劃主要應對全球範圍得到挑戰。
在2013-2014年度，都柏林大學從國內外機構、企業和基金會獲得了1.14億歐元資金。自2004年以來，都柏林大學的研究員已獲得了10億歐元以上的此類資金。他們的研究為愛爾蘭國內研究與技術機構以及中心奠定了基礎。這其中包括7500萬歐元的用於數據分析研究中心的資金(這也是愛爾蘭聯州史上數額最大的研究資金)。
都柏林大學在歐洲許多著名的獎項中引領了愛爾蘭的成功，包括歐洲研究委員會和新居禮夫人人才培育計劃。
在過去的十年裏，都柏林大學的研究員們成倍地增加了他們每年在國際文獻中的論文數量，同來自130多個國家的7千多名國際研究員合著了許多作品。這些論文經常被其他研究員引用，引用率超出世界論文平均引用率的59%。
作為愛爾蘭在創新、技術轉化和商業化領域的引領者，都柏林大學對創新創業的專註體現了積極參與、貢獻和合作探索尖端研究與發展產出的重要性。2014年，都柏林大學的成功企業家教育指標在歐洲大學中排名第五。
四、都柏林大學知名校友
UCD has been a major contributor to the making of modern Ireland. Many UCD students and staff participated in the struggle for Irish independence and the university has produced numerous Irish Presidents and Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) in addition to generations of Irish business, professional, cultural and sporting leaders. Among UCD’s well-known graduates are authors (Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, Flann O’Brien), actors (Gabriel Byrne, Brendan Gleeson), directors (Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan) and sports stars such as Irish rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll and former Manchester United and Ireland captain Kevin Moran. Perhaps the best known of all its graduates is the writer James Joyce, who completed his Bachelor of Arts at the university in 1902.
都柏林大學對愛爾蘭的現代化做出了主要貢獻。都柏林大學的許多學生和教師都曾參與了愛爾蘭獨立鬥爭。都柏林大學也培養出了許多愛爾蘭總統和總理，以及好幾代的愛爾蘭商業、學術、文化和體育精英。都柏林大學的著名校友中有作家( 梅芙·賓奇、羅迪·道伊爾和弗蘭布萊)、演員(加布裏埃爾·伯恩和布萊丹·格裏森)、導演(尼爾·喬丹和吉姆·謝裏丹)、體育明星(Brian O’Driscoll 和 凱文·莫蘭)。都柏林大學最著名的校友很可能就是作家詹姆斯·喬伊斯了。詹姆斯·喬伊斯於1902年完成都柏林大學文學學士學位。
特別校友：孫大文
孫大文(Da-Wen Sun)是都柏林大學唯壹壹位華人終身教授，也是愛爾蘭有史以來的第壹位華人終身教授。他是歐洲人文和自然科學院(Academia Europaea)院士，愛爾蘭皇家科學院(Royal Irish Academy)院士，國際著名的生物系統工程和食品科學與工程方面的學術權威，國際上該領域最活躍、最具創造力、最有影響的學術帶頭人之壹，在國際同行中享有極高的知名度。他的主要研究包括制冷、冷凍及幹燥過程和系統、食品質量與安全、生物過程模擬和優化以及計算機視覺識別技術等。