UCD School of Medicine

UCD School of Medicine Leading Irish medical school - Serving patients and society since 1854 www.ucd.ie/medicine. e: School.Medicine@ucd.ie Welcome!

As Ireland’s leading medical school, the UCD School of Medicine offers undergraduate degree programmes in Medicine (direct entry and graduate entry), Physiology, Radiography and Biomedical Health & Life Sciences. The School has over forty graduate taught programmes ranging from certificate to masters degree awards and a further twenty graduate research programmes at masters or doctoral level with over 400 graduate students. Our portfolio of biomedical, clinical and translational research has over 75 principal investigators, 50 post-doctoral scientists and 250 doctoral students with grants under management worth approximately €75 million. Together with Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and St Vincent’s Healthcare Group, the School has established Ireland's first academic health centre, Dublin Academic Medical Centre and is the academic partner in the emerging Ireland East Hospital Group, a network of 11 acute hospitals. Our clinical training programmes are delivered at six major Dublin teaching hospitals and across the country through sixteen affiliated acute, general or specialist hospitals. The School also has a nationwide primary care clinical training network comprising over 190 general practitioners. Our large and experienced academic faculty, innovative programmes and state-of-the-art facilities provide a stimulating education and research environment for students. These academic activities aim to improve patient healthcare by purposefully linking treatment, teaching and research capability.

🌍👨‍⚕️🎉UCD School of Medicine celebrated International Men's Day 2025 with a special event focused on men’s physical and ...
19/11/2025

🌍👨‍⚕️🎉UCD School of Medicine celebrated International Men's Day 2025 with a special event focused on men’s physical and mental health.

The focus of International Men's Day 2025 is 'celebrating men and boys, positive role models, and men's health and wellbeing'. A short talk and panel discussion was facilitated by UCD School of Medicine’s Prof Bill Watson, accompanied by four brilliant speakers:
- Prof David Galvin, UCD Consultant Urologist Focusing,
- Martin Sweeney, IPCOR Lived Experience Advisory Panelist
- Dr Paul D’Alton, UCD Clinical Psychologist
- Dr Aisling McGrath, SETU co-author of the Real Face of Men’s Health Ireland report

Congratulations and thanks to all those involved. Find out more about the event: bit.ly/4pj7U6I

19/11/2025

🌍 It’s AMR Awareness Week!
Proud to highlight the work of UCD researchers driving new insights and solutions to combat antimicrobial resistance and protect the future of antibiotics. 💙🔬

📢Join us tomorrow, Thursday, 20th November for a range of talks on our undergraduate courses. Talks on the night will i...
19/11/2025

📢Join us tomorrow, Thursday, 20th November for a range of talks on our undergraduate courses. Talks on the night will include Radiography, BHLS, Graduate Entry Medicine and Medicine. Faculty and students will give presentations followed by a Q&A session. This is an ideal opportunity to find out all you need to know. Register for preferred talk(s) via the QR code or ucd.ie/medicine/events/

18/11/2025

🔸 Every line of data is a person 🔹

University College Dublin is home to world leaders in predictive modelling, precision medicine, bioclinical informatics and new health technologies, generating real impact and breakthroughs in the clinical setting to make a real difference in patients' lives today.

Working with domestic and international collaborators, and clinical and industry partners, UCD experts are developing cutting-edge AI and data-driven approaches that are helping clinicians, patients and their families make better healthcare decisions and achieve better outcomes, faster.

Learn more about UCD's in
https://www.ucd.ie/research/infocus/harnessingai/ucdsdatarevolutioninhealth/
UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin UCD Science UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science UCD School of Computer Science University College Dublin

📢📢Interested in Graduate Entry Medicine? Register now to join us on Thursday, 20th November for our Graduate Entry Medic...
18/11/2025

📢📢Interested in Graduate Entry Medicine? Register now to join us on Thursday, 20th November for our Graduate Entry Medicine (DN401) Open Evening. Faculty and students will give presentations followed by a Q&A session. This is an ideal opportunity to find out all you need to know.
🌏Register for the event on myucd.ie. The event runs from 6:00pm to 8:00pm🌏 Register via the QR code or ucd.ie/medicine/events/

📢Join us on Thursday 20th November for a range of talks on our undergraduate courses. Talks on the night will include Ra...
17/11/2025

📢Join us on Thursday 20th November for a range of talks on our undergraduate courses. Talks on the night will include Radiography, BHLS, Medicine and Graduate Entry Medicine. Faculty and students will give presentations followed by a Q&A session. This is an ideal opportunity to find out all you need to know. Register for preferred talk(s) via the QR code or ucd.ie/medicine/events/

📢 Bí linn Déardaoin, 20ú Samhain do réimse cainteanna faoinár gcúrsaí fochéime. I measc na gcainteanna ar an oíche, beid...
15/11/2025

📢 Bí linn Déardaoin, 20ú Samhain do réimse cainteanna faoinár gcúrsaí fochéime.
I measc na gcainteanna ar an oíche, beidh an Radagrafaíocht, Sláinte Bhithleighis agus Eolaíochtaí Beatha (BHLS), Leigheas agus Leigheas (Iontráil do Chéimithe) á phlé againn.
Tabharfaidh an fhoireann teagaisc agus na mic léinn cur i láthair agus reáchtálfar seisiún ceisteanna agus freagraí ina dhiaidh. Tapaigh an deis iontach seo chun an t-eolas cuí a fháil amach. Cláraigh tríd an gcód QR a scannadh nó brúigh ar an nasc sa bheathaisnéis.

08/11/2025

Come and chat to our students and academics at .

📢Register now to join us on Thursday, 20th November for our Graduate Entry Medicine (DN401) Open Evening. Faculty and st...
07/11/2025

📢Register now to join us on Thursday, 20th November for our Graduate Entry Medicine (DN401) Open Evening. Faculty and students will give presentations followed by a Q&A session. This is an ideal opportunity to find out all you need to know.
🌏Register for the event on myucd.ie The event runs from 6:00pm to 8:00pm🌏

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About UCD Medicine

The UCD School of Medicine has an extensive portfolio of research, education and training programmes with over 165 years as Ireland’s leading medical school. The School offers more than 60 educational programmes at undergraduate, graduate and continuous professional development level delivered by research-active academic staff within a modern health science centre and by experienced clinicians across a large clinical training network.

We are more than just a Medical School. We are a community of researchers, scientists, clinicians, students and graduates committed in our dedication to society and determined in our mission to improve the lives and health of our patients.

The School trains doctors, radiographers, advanced paramedics and scientists through our undergraduate degree programmes in Medicine (undergraduate entry and graduate entry), Physiology, Radiography and Biomedical, Health & Life Sciences. There are currently over 1,500 students within our five undergraduate programmes, of which 28% are international students drawn from 55 countries around the world. The School also offers forty graduate taught programmes ranging from certificate to masters degree awards and a further twelve graduate research programmes at masters or doctoral level with a combined total of over 500 graduate students.

Our portfolio of biomedical, clinical and translational research has over 75 principal investigators, 60 post-doctoral scientists and 150 doctoral students with grants under management worth approximately €85 million and annual research income of approximately €16M per annum.