University College Dublin (UCD) is an Irish research university, member of the National University of Ireland. With approximately 32.000 students, it is Ireland’s largest university. UCD is ranked as the 177th best university in the world by QS World University Rankings and in the top 250 by Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The 2020 U.S. News & World Report rates UCD as the highest globally ranked Irish university and a report published in 2015 showed that the economic output generated by UCD and its students in Ireland amounted to €1,3 billion annually. Also, The Sunday Times awarded UCD with the title of “University of the Year” in 2006 and in 2020.