University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC, Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, located in Cork, Ireland科克大学学院(爱尔兰语:Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh,简称 UCC)是爱尔兰国立大学设在科克的成员大学
It was founded in 1845 as one of the three Queen's Colleges established in Belfast, Cork and Galway, and it took its present name through a Ministerial Order of 1998, having been renamed National University of Ireland, Cork by the Universities Act 1997该校创办于 1845 年,是贝尔法斯特、科克与戈尔韦三所「女王学院」之一,1997 年《大学法》将其更名为「爱尔兰国立大学科克分校」,1998 年又经部令定为现名
With about 24,000 students and 3,429 academic, research and administrative staff, it is one of Ireland's leading research universities, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 220th in the world该校约有 24,000 名学生与 3,429 名教学、研究与行政人员,是爱尔兰顶尖的研究型大学之一,在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 220 位
History
- Queen's College, Cork, was founded under an act that enabled Queen Victoria to endow new colleges for the advancement of learning in Ireland, and the three colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway were incorporated on 30 December 1845科克女王学院依一项授权维多利亚女王在爱尔兰设立新学院以促进学问的法案创办,贝尔法斯特、科克与戈尔韦三所学院于 1845 年 12 月 30 日同时成立
- Victoria made her first official visit to Ireland in August 1849 and briefly visited the new college, where she witnessed a statue in her likeness being hoisted onto a prominent position on the gable end of the Aula Maxima1849 年 8 月,维多利亚女王首次正式访问爱尔兰,其间短暂到访这所新学院,目睹一尊以她为原型的雕像被吊装到大礼堂山墙的显要位置
- The college opened on 30 October 1849, when matriculation and scholarship examinations determined who would be registered as students, and the first lectures followed on 7 November 1849 with 23 professors and 181 students学院于 1849 年 10 月 30 日开学,通过入学与奖学金考试确定注册学生,首批课程于 1849 年 11 月 7 日开讲,共有 23 名教授与 181 名学生
- Medicine, Arts and Law were the three founding faculties of the college医学、文学与法学是学院的三个创始学部
- A year after opening the college became part of the Queen's University of Ireland开学一年后,学院成为爱尔兰女王大学的一部分
- The site was selected in 1846 next to Gillabbey and overlooking the valley of the River Lee, and it was believed to have a connection with Saint Finbarr, the patron saint of Cork, whose monastery and school of learning stood close by at Gill Abbey Rock校址于 1846 年选定,紧邻吉拉比、俯瞰利河河谷,人们认为此地与科克主保圣人圣芬巴尔有关,其修道院与学堂就在附近的吉尔修道院岩
- The Tudor Gothic quadrangle and the early campus buildings were designed and built by Sir Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward, and further buildings were added later, including the Medical and Windle Building in the 1860s都铎哥特式的方庭院与早期校舍由托马斯·迪恩爵士与本杰明·伍德沃德设计建造,此后不断扩建,其中包括 1860 年代的医学与温德尔楼
- The site's association with Saint Finbarr is reflected in the university motto, "Where Finbarr Taught, Let Munster Learn"校址与圣芬巴尔的渊源体现在校训之中,即「芬巴尔曾在此施教,愿芒斯特在此求学」
- The Irish Universities Act 1908 formed the National University of Ireland from the constituent colleges of Dublin, Cork and Galway, and the Cork college was given the status of a university college as University College, Cork1908 年《爱尔兰大学法》以都柏林、科克与戈尔韦三所成员学院组建爱尔兰国立大学,科克学院取得大学学院地位,称「科克大学学院」
- The Universities Act 1997 made the university college a constituent university of the National University and a full university for all purposes except the awarding of degrees and diplomas, which remained the sole remit of the National University1997 年《大学法》使该大学学院成为爱尔兰国立大学的成员大学,并在除授予学位与文凭之外的一切用途上具备完整大学地位,而学位与文凭的授予权仍专属国立大学
- After Irish independence the statue of Queen Victoria on the prominent building was removed around 1934, before students could blow it up as an unwanted symbol of British rule, and a statue of Saint Finbar was erected in its place爱尔兰独立后,那尊维多利亚女王雕像于 1934 年前后被拆除,以免学生将其作为英国统治的象征炸毁,原地改立圣芬巴尔雕像
- The Crawford Observatory was built in 1880 on the university grounds by Sir Howard Grubb and was reopened in 2006 after an extensive restoration and conservation of the building and its three main telescopes, the Equatorial, the Transit Circle and the Sidereostatic克劳福德天文台由霍华德·格拉布爵士于 1880 年在校园内建成,2006 年经大规模修缮与保护后重新开放,建筑与其三台主望远镜——赤道仪、中星仪与恒稳态望远镜也一并复原
- The first two women to graduate in medicine in Ireland did so at the college in 1898, more than twenty years before women were permitted to sit for medicine at the University of Oxford爱尔兰最早获得医学学位的两位女性于 1898 年在科克毕业,比牛津大学允许女性学习医学早了二十多年
- Between 2005 and 2006 the university was restructured from its seven faculties into four colleges, namely Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science, Business and Law, Medicine and Health, and Science, Engineering and Food Science2005 至 2006 年间,该校由原来的七个学部重组为四个学院,即文学、凯尔特研究与社会科学学院,商学与法学院,医学与健康学院,以及理学、工程与食品科学学院
- In 2009 several university buildings were damaged by flooding that also affected other parts of Cork City, and the newly opened Western Gateway Building required a total refit of its main lecture theatre months after opening2009 年,多座校舍在同样波及科克城其他地区的洪水中受损,新落成的西门大楼启用仅数月,其主讲堂即需全面翻修
- In 2015 the university marked the bicentenary of George Boole, its first professor of mathematics, and in 2017 its president Patrick O'Shea unveiled a 350 million euro investment plan covering curriculum development, student recruitment and campus extension2015 年,该校纪念首任数学教授乔治·布尔诞辰两百周年;2017 年,校长帕特里克·奥谢公布一项 3.5 亿欧元的投资计划,涵盖课程建设、招生与校园扩建
- In 2018 the National Famine Commemoration took place at University College Cork, and Cork University Press, the university's press, had published The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine in 2012 and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution in 20172018 年全国饥荒纪念活动在科克大学学院举行;该校出版社科克大学出版社曾于 2012 年出版《大爱尔兰饥荒地图集》,2017 年出版《爱尔兰革命地图集》。
- In 2018 the campus became home to the first plastic-free cafe in Ireland, with the opening of the Bio Green Cafe in the Biosciences building2018 年,位于生物科学楼的「生物绿色咖啡屋」开业,使该校校园拥有了爱尔兰首家无塑咖啡馆
- It was reported in December 2020 that the university had spent 76,265.38 euros investigating sexual harassment claims over the previous five years, the largest amount spent by any third-level institution in Ireland in that period据 2020 年 12 月报道,该校在此前五年间为调查性骚扰指控支出 76,265.38 欧元,是同期爱尔兰各高等院校中支出最多者
Academics
- The university is organised into four colleges, Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science, Business and Law, Medicine and Health, and Science, Engineering and Food Science该校设有四个学院:文学、凯尔特研究与社会科学学院,商学与法学院,医学与健康学院,以及理学、工程与食品科学学院
- As of 2022 it had 24,195 students, comprising 16,849 in undergraduate programmes, 7,346 in postgraduate study and research and 2,800 in adult continuing education across undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses截至 2022 年,该校有 24,195 名学生,其中本科项目 16,849 人、研究生学习与研究 7,346 人,另有 2,800 人参加覆盖本硕与短期课程的成人继续教育
- UCC is one of Ireland's leading research institutes, with among the highest research income in the state, and in 2016 it secured research funding of over 96 million euros, a 21 per cent increase over five years该校是爱尔兰顶尖的研究机构之一,科研收入在全国名列前茅,2016 年获得研究经费逾 9,600 万欧元,五年间增长 21%
- In 2009 the university was ranked in the top three per cent of universities worldwide for research2009 年,该校的研究水平被评为全球大学的前 3%
- Its research centres span nanoelectronics at the Tyndall Institute, food and health at the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, NutraMara, the Food for Health Ireland Research Centre and Cereal Science Cork, the environment at the Environmental Research Institute, and Business Information Systems其研究中心覆盖多个领域,包括廷德尔研究所的纳米电子学,食品与健康方面的消化道药物生物中心、NutraMara、爱尔兰食品健康研究中心与科克谷物科学,环境领域的环境研究所,以及商业信息系统
- The UCC School of Medicine is part of the College of Medicine and Health, based at the Brookfield Health Sciences Centre, and it is affiliated with the 1,000-bed University College Cork Teaching Hospital, the largest medical centre in Ireland科克大学医学院隶属医学与健康学院,设于布鲁克菲尔德健康科学中心,并附属拥有 1,000 张床位的科克大学学院教学医院,后者是爱尔兰最大的医疗中心
- The UCC School of Pharmacy is based in the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, and the Pharmacy and Pharmacology disciplines were listed among the top 50 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015该校药学院设于卡瓦纳药学楼,其药学与药理学科在 2015 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中位列全球前 50
- The Cork Centre for Architectural Education is the university's department of architecture and is a school run jointly with Munster Technological University, accredited by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland科克建筑教育中心是该校的建筑系,与芒斯特理工大学联合办学,并获爱尔兰皇家建筑师学会认证
- UCC is home to the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, which allows students to study Chinese culture and language through arts and commerce, and the department won the European Award for Languages in 2008该校设有爱尔兰中国研究院,学生可通过文科与商科途径学习中国文化与语言,该院于 2008 年获得欧洲语言奖
- By 2017 Digital Humanities had grown as a discipline at the university, with 26 PhD research students, and its programmes include a BA in Digital Humanities and Information Technology and MA and PhD degrees in Digital Arts and Humanities到 2017 年,数字人文在该校已发展为一门学科,有 26 名博士研究生,其项目包括数字人文与信息技术学士以及数字艺术与人文方向的硕士与博士
- George Boole was the university's first professor of mathematics and developed the Boolean algebra that later undergirded computer programming, and the main library is named after him乔治·布尔是该大学首位数学教授,他提出的布尔代数后来成为计算机编程的基础,主图书馆即以他命名
- In 2008 the university announced that it would be the first institution in Ireland to use embryonic stem cells in research, under strict guidelines of the University Research Ethics and using imported human embryonic stem cells from approved jurisdictions2008 年,该校宣布将成为爱尔兰首个在研究中利用胚胎干细胞的机构,研究须遵守大学研究伦理的严格准则并使用从获准地区进口的人类胚胎干细胞
- In 2016 Professor Noel Caplice, director of the centre for research in Vascular Biology and a cardiologist at Cork University Hospital, announced what was described as a major breakthrough in the field of blood vessel replacement2016 年,血管生物学研究中心主任、科克大学医院心脏病学家诺埃尔·卡普利斯教授宣布在血管置换领域取得重大突破
- Since 2011 the development of Cork Science Park has been a goal of the university, in collaboration with Cork County Council and Munster Technological University自 2011 年以来,该校与科克郡议会及芒斯特理工大学合作,推动科克科技园的建设
- Campus companies related to the university include Cytrea in pharmaceutical formulations, Firecomms in optical communications, Alimentary Health in biotech healthcare, Biosensia with micro-system analytical chips, Sensl, Luxcel with probes and sensors, and Optical Metrology Innovations with laser metrology systems与该校相关的校办企业包括从事药物制剂的 Cytrea、专注光通信的 Firecomms、生物科技医疗公司 Alimentary Health、研发微型系统分析芯片的 Biosensia、Sensl、从事探针与传感器的 Luxcel,以及开发激光计量系统的 Optical Metrology Innovations
- Innovation and knowledge transfer are driven by the university's Office of Technology Transfer, and recent spinouts include Glantreo, Luxcel Biosciences, Alimentary Health, Biosensia, Firecoms, Gourmet Marine, Keelvar, Lee Oncology and Sensl创新与知识转移由该校技术转移办公室推动,近年衍生的公司包括 Glantreo、Luxcel Biosciences、Alimentary Health、Biosensia、Firecoms、Gourmet Marine、Keelvar、Lee Oncology 与 Sensl
Campus
- The core of the campus is the Tudor Gothic quadrangle designed by Sir Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward, built on land overlooking the south channel of the River Lee that runs through the college lower grounds校园核心是由托马斯·迪恩爵士与本杰明·伍德沃德设计的都铎哥特式方庭院,建于俯瞰利河南汊的土地上,该河汊流经学院的下部园地
- Student numbers rose above 24,000 by 2022, precipitating expansion through the acquisition of adjacent buildings and lands, including the Alfred O'Rahilly building in the late 1990s, the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, the Brookfield Health Sciences Centre, the extended Aras na MacLeinn, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in 2004, the visitors' centre and an extension to the Boole Library到 2022 年学生人数超过 24,000 人,学校因而购置周边建筑与土地以扩展校园,包括 1990 年代末的阿尔弗雷德·奥拉希利楼、卡瓦纳药学楼、布鲁克菲尔德健康科学中心、扩建后的阿什纳马克莱恩(德维尔厅)、2004 年的刘易斯·格鲁克斯曼美术馆、访客中心以及布尔图书馆的扩建部分
- The Western Gateway Building was completed in 2009 on the site of the former Cork Greyhound track on the Western Road, and refurbishment was carried out to the Tyndall Institute buildings at the Lee Maltings Complex西门大楼于 2009 年在西路原科克赛狗场址上落成,学校还对利马尔廷斯园区的廷德尔研究所建筑进行了翻新
- In 2016 the university acquired the Cork Savings Bank building on Lapps Quay in the centre of Cork City2016 年,该校购入位于科克市中心拉普斯码头的科克储蓄银行大楼
- The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences and the School of Applied Psychology are based on the North Mall Campus, the site of the former North Mall Distillery生物、地球与环境科学学院以及应用心理学院设于北马尔校区,该处原为北马尔酿酒厂
- The Crawford Observatory, built in 1880 by Sir Howard Grubb and reopened in 2006, houses three main telescopes, the Equatorial, the Transit Circle and the Sidereostatic1880 年由霍华德·格拉布爵士建造、2006 年重新开放的克劳福德天文台内设三台主望远镜,即赤道仪、中星仪与恒稳态望远镜
- The primary sports campus is the Mardyke, with additional grass pitches at the Farm in Bishopstown主要体育校区位于马代克,另在比肖普斯敦的农场设有草地球场
- Accommodation is offered through a subsidiary company, Campus Accommodation UCC DAC, which operates five complexes including the Castlewhite Apartments with 63 apartments and 298 beds and the Mardyke Hall with 14 apartments and 48 beds学生住宿由子公司 Campus Accommodation UCC DAC 提供,其运营五个住宿区,包括拥有 63 套公寓、298 个床位的卡斯尔怀特公寓以及拥有 14 套公寓、48 个床位的马代克宿舍
- Since 1986 two and a half tonnes of uranium rods had been stored in the basement of the physics department for use in a sub critical assembly for research and training, and after the reactor was disassembled in the 1980s they were kept in a radioactive waste store on campus自 1986 年起,物理系地下室一直存放着 2.5 吨铀棒,用于研究与培训的次临界装置,反应堆在 1980 年代拆除后,这些铀棒就地存放在校内的放射性废物库中
- As of 2017 the university was rolling out a programme to increase space across its campuses, including the creation of a student hub, 600 new student accommodation spaces and an outdoor sports facility自 2017 年起,学校推行扩大各校区空间的计划,包括设立学生中心、新增 600 个学生住宿床位以及一处户外运动设施
- In 2018 the Biosciences building became home to the Bio Green Cafe, the first plastic-free cafe in Ireland2018 年,生物科学楼内开设了「生物绿色咖啡屋」,这是爱尔兰首家无塑咖啡馆
Reputation
- In the QS World University Rankings 2027 University College Cork is placed 220th in the world在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中,科克大学学院位列世界第 220 位
- The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 301 to 325 band2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 301 至 325 区间
- The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 364th in the world, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 401 to 500 band2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻与世界报道最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 364 位,2026 年世界大学学术排名则将其列入 401 至 500 区间
- The university has been named Irish University of the Year by The Sunday Times five times, in 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2016 and most recently in 2017, and it was a runner-up in the 2015 edition该校五度被《星期日泰晤士报》评为「爱尔兰年度大学」,分别在 2003 年、2005 年、2011 年与 2016 年,最近一次为 2017 年,并在 2015 年版中获第二名
- In 2015 UCC was named the top-performing university by the European Commission funded U-Multirank system, which awarded it 21 of 28 possible A scores among a field of 1200 universities2015 年,在欧盟委员会资助的 U-Multirank 体系中,该校在 1,200 所参评大学中获得 28 项指标中的 21 个 A 级评分,被评为表现最佳的大学
- UCC became the first university to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management in 2011该校于 2011 年成为首个获得能源管理 ISO 50001 标准的大学
- In 2015 the CWTS Leiden Ranking placed UCC first in Ireland, sixteenth in Europe and fifty-second globally out of a field of 750 universities2015 年,CWTS 莱顿排名在 750 所大学中将该校列为爱尔兰第一、欧洲第 16、全球第 52
- The 2011 QS World University Rankings assigned a five-star rating to UCC and ranked it among the top two per cent of universities worldwide, and it stood 230th in the 2014 edition, with 13 subject areas in the QS rankings by subject 20152011 年 QS 世界大学排名授予该校五星评级,并将其列入全球前 2% 的大学,2014 年版排名第 230 位,2015 年学科排名中有 13 个学科入榜
- The Universitas Indonesia Greenmetric World University Ranking awarded UCC second place in the world for the second year in a row in 2015 for its efforts in sustainability, among 360 universities from 62 countries在 2015 年印度尼西亚大学 Greenmetric 世界大学排名中,该校因在可持续性方面的努力连续第二年位列全球第二,参评大学共 360 所,来自 62 个国家
- The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 placed UCC top of its rankings for research income per academic, and the OpenAlex database attributes 60,870 works to the university with 4,792,840 citations《星期日泰晤士报》2015 年优秀大学指南将该校列为师均科研收入第一名,OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 60,870 篇成果、被引 4,792,840 次
Student life
- University College Cork has over 100 active societies and 50 different sports clubs, covering academic, charitable, creative, gaming, political, religious and social activities, and the UCC Skull and Crossbones serves as the mascot of all its sports teams科克大学学院有 100 多个活跃社团与 50 个不同的体育俱乐部,涵盖学术、公益、创意、游戏、政治、宗教与社交活动,其「骷髅与交叉骨」图案是所有校队的吉祥物
- Society fundraising is extensive, with the Surgeon Noonan society raising over 100,000 euros annually, the War Gaming and Role Playing Society raising 10,000 euros through its international gaming convention Warpcon, and the Law Society raising 10,000 euros for a Cambodian orphanage社团募捐规模可观,外科诺南协会每年募得逾 10 万欧元,战争游戏与角色扮演协会通过其国际游戏展会 Warpcon 募得 1 万欧元,法律协会则为柬埔寨一所孤儿院募得 1 万欧元
- Societies sometimes attract high-profile speakers such as the journalist Robert Fisk, the former trader Nick Leeson and Senator David Norris, who was honorary president of the UCC Philosophical Society in 2009 and 2010社团有时会邀请知名人士演讲,如记者罗伯特·菲斯克、前交易员尼克·利森,以及曾任 2009 至 2010 年度科克大学哲学会荣誉会长的参议员戴维·诺里斯
- An Chuallacht, meaning the fellowship, is the university's Irish language and culture society, founded in 1912 and awarded the Glor na nGael Irish Society of the Year Award in 2009「An Chuallacht」(意为「伙伴情谊」)是该校的爱尔兰语言与文化社团,创办于 1912 年,并于 2009 年获「Glór na nGael」爱尔兰年度社团奖
- The UCC Students' Union acts as the representative body of the students, each of whom is automatically a member through a student levy, and the student-run station UCC 98.3FM broadcasts on campus科克大学学院学生会是学生的代表机构,每名学生通过学生费自动成为会员,学生自办的 UCC 98.3FM 电台在校园内播音
- Accommodation is provided through Campus Accommodation UCC DAC, and in February 2020 the university announced a three per cent rent rise for 2020/21, which prompted a Students' Union campaign and a petition signed by more than 300 staff members住宿由 Campus Accommodation UCC DAC 提供;2020 年 2 月,校方宣布 2020 至 2021 学年租金上涨 3%,引发学生会发起抗议活动,并有 300 多名教职员联署请愿
- Of the 2,400 international students at UCC in 2010 the largest number came from the United States, followed by China, France and Malaysia, and the university took part in the Erasmus programme with 439 visiting students in 2009 to 20102010 年该校 2,400 名国际学生中,来自美国的最多,其后依次是中国、法国与马来西亚,2009 至 2010 学年该校还通过伊拉斯谟计划接纳了 439 名来访学生
- UCC was rated highly in the 2008 International Student Barometer, in which 98 per cent of its responding international students reported having expert lecturers, more than 90 per cent reported good teachers, and it ranked in the top three of 84 institutions for sports facilities, social facilities and clubs and societies在 2008 年国际学生晴雨表调查中该校表现优异,受访国际学生中 98% 认为授课教授专业,逾 90% 认为教师优秀,并在体育设施、社交设施与社团三项上位列 84 所院校的前三名
- University College Cork had the first website in Ireland in 1991, only the ninth in the world at the time, serving transcriptions of Irish historical and literary documents for the CELT project converted from SGML to HTML科克大学学院于 1991 年建立爱尔兰首个网站,当时为全球第九个网站,用于发布 CELT 项目从 SGML 转换为 HTML 的爱尔兰历史与文学文献转录文本
Notable people
- George Boole, the first professor of mathematics at the university, developed the Boolean algebra that made computer programming possible乔治·布尔是该大学首位数学教授,他提出的布尔代数使计算机编程成为可能
- Sir Robert Kane was the first president of the college, serving from 1845 to 1873罗伯特·凯恩爵士是该学院首任院长,任职于 1845 至 1873 年
- Mary Ryan, professor of romance languages, was the first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to be a university professor罗曼语教授玛丽·瑞安是爱尔兰或不列颠首位女性大学教授
- Aloys Fleischmann, the composer and musicologist, was professor of music at UCC from 1934 to 1980作曲家与音乐学家阿洛伊斯·弗莱施曼于 1934 至 1980 年任该校音乐教授
- Seán Ó Riada, the composer, was an alumnus of the university作曲家肖恩·奥里亚达是该校校友
- Jack Lynch, an alumnus, served as Taoiseach of Ireland校友杰克·林奇曾出任爱尔兰总理
- Micheál Martin, an alumnus, also served as Taoiseach of Ireland校友米歇尔·马丁也曾出任爱尔兰总理
- Fiona Shaw, the actor, is a graduate of the university演员菲奥娜·肖是该校毕业生
- Paul Durcan, the poet, is an alumnus, as is the poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill诗人保罗·德肯是该校校友,诗人努阿拉·尼·多姆奈尔亦为校友
- Cillian Murphy, the actor, and the BBC presenter Graham Norton both attended UCC but did not graduate演员基里安·墨菲与英国广播公司主持人格雷厄姆·诺顿都曾就读于该校,但未毕业
- Ronan O'Gara, the rugby player, and Declan Kidney, the rugby coach, are alumni of the university橄榄球运动员罗南·奥加拉与橄榄球教练德克兰·基德尼均为该校校友
- André Ventura, founder of the Portuguese political party Chega, attended UCC as a graduate student葡萄牙政党「够了」的创始人安德烈·文图拉曾在该校攻读研究生
- Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Church of Ireland, was the first UCC graduate to become a Church of Ireland bishop爱尔兰教会科克、克洛伊恩与罗斯主教保罗·科尔顿是首位成为爱尔兰教会主教的该校毕业生
- In sport, the Gaelic footballers Séamus Moynihan, Maurice Fitzgerald and Billy Morgan, the hurlers Joe Deane and Ray Cummins, and the Olympian Lizzie Lee all attended the university在体育界,盖尔式足球运动员谢默斯·莫伊尼汉、莫里斯·菲茨杰拉德与比利·摩根,曲棍球运动员乔·迪恩与雷·卡明斯,以及奥运选手莉齐·李都曾就读于该校