Ireland - University College Dublin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

	School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin Location Dublin, Republic of Ireland Principal/Dean Professor Grace Mulcahy MVB, PhD, MRCVS Students 709   Undergraduates 398   Postgraduates 145 Website Click Here Ambassador Darren Kelly & Erin Brennan

University College Dublin (UCD) traces its origins to the Catholic University of Ireland founded in 1854 by Cardinal John Henry Newman, author of the celebrated 'The Idea of a University'. Since then, the University has played a central role in Ireland's advancement as a dynamic and highly successful European state and has established a long and distinguished tradition of service to scholarship and the community.

About Us

Dublin began as a Viking settlement founded over one thousand years ago on the banks of the River Liffey and situated on a majestic broad sweeping bay. It became an administrative capital after the Norman conquest of Ireland in the twelfth century and developed its own parliament and government institutions under British sovereignty from the fourteenth century onwards. During the eighteenth century, the city grew rapidly, building fine Georgian architecture which still exists today. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Dublin became the centre of two great cultural movements - the Gaelic League, aimed at restoring the Irish Language, and the Irish Literary Renaissance. Dublin is now the thriving capital of an independent Ireland and is the centre of the political, diplomatic, administrative and commercial life of the country. It is home to a population of over one million people. We hope that you will get to know the city while you are here, and enjoy all the facilities that it has to offer.

Education

UCD is the sole provider of a veterinary medicine degree programme on the island of Ireland, and enjoys a long and proud tradition in the provision of veterinary education. Students on the veterinary medicine programme benefit from the outstanding facilities of the purpose-designed UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre and UCD Veterinary Hospital on the main university campus at Belfield, Dublin (commissioned in 2002). Located on a 132 Ha site 5km south of Dublin's City Centre, UCD is Ireland's largest university with over 23,000 students. The veterinary facilities are state-of-the-art and situated on the campus of a major research-intensive university, as part of the UCD College of Life Sciences,. This provides the ideal environment for students and staff to work together to push back the frontiers of knowledge in veterinary research, thus advancing animal health, animal welfare, and human health.

Clinical Services

The Veterinary Hospital in UCD is a state of the art, second and third opinion referral hospital.

On average the hospital sees 4000 dogs, 750 horses, 350 cattle and also cats and a huge variety of other species every year.

It also provides the veterinary care for Guide Dogs in Ireland.

A blood donor clinic is also run from the hospital, and is always looking for new donors.

Facilities include: -CT scanning for small animals and equine patients , Hydrotherapy Pool , Equine Treadmill , Scopes providing diagnostic facilities such as video endoscopy , Access to small animal MRI , Radioisotope Scanning


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