University College Cork (UCC) (Cork)

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University College Cork (UCC) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The university is located in Cork.
The university was founded as a college in 1845 under the original name of Queen's College, Cork. It became University College, Cork, under a charter issued after the Irish Universities Act, 1908 became law. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork.
The university was named the "Sunday Times Irish University of the Year 2003-2004", and again in 2005-2006. In 2007, it jumped 100 places to 286th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and advanced again by 60 places to 226th amongst the world's top universities in 2008.
Website: www.ucc.ie/en/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_Cork
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Coordinates:   51°53'36"N   8°29'35"W

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  • my college start back after xmas in 12 hrs. can't wait
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