University College Cork
Study on a programme with OnCampus Ireland and progress to University College Cork.
Undergraduate degrees OnCampus students can progress to at University College Cork.
BA Anthropology
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BA Applied Psychology
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BA Arts
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BA Arts - Music
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: Music Entrance Exam must be passed for progression
The BA (Arts-Music) programme now offers three pathways after Year 1: BA (Hons) Arts-Music (3 years), BA (Hons) Arts-Music (International) (4 years) – includes study abroad, BMus (Hons) (4 years)
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BA Arts International
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
4 year programme including Study Abroad in year 3
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BA Criminology
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Students may opt to spend the third year studying at a partner institution abroad if they are registered on the BA Criminology 4-Year (International Pathway)
The optional third year of this programme (for the 4-year degree option) includes an opportunity for a work placement or study abroad which runs from January to September (a 9-month placement).
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BA Digital Humanities and Information Technology
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Study abroad: If you select the International 4-year pathway, you will spend Year 3 studying at one of our numerous partner universities in Europe, North America, or Asia.
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BA Early Years and Childhood Studies
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Study abroad: If you select the International 4-year pathway, you will spend Year 3 studying at one of our numerous partner universities in Europe, North America, or Asia.
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BA English
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
You will have the option to add a year on to this three-year degree should you wish to spend a year studying abroad. The BA English (International Pathway) means you spend Year 3 studying at one of our partner universities in Europe, Canada, or the USA.
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BA Film and Screen Media
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Year 3 of the 4-Year Film & Screen Media - International Pathway option is spent in an approved overseas university where students will study approved courses/modules to the equivalent value of 60 credits. All courses will be assessed by the approved Host University.
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BA Psychology and Computing
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BA Theatre and Performative Practices
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: Admission interview must be passed for progression
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BA World Languages
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BCL Law and Business
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
The optional third year of this programme (for the 4-year degree option) includes an opportunity for a work placement or study abroad which runs from January to September (a 9-month placement)
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BCL Law Pathways
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Study abroad: If you select the International 4-year pathway, you will spend Year 3 studying at one of our numerous partner universities in Europe, North America, or Asia.
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BComm Commerce
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BEd Physical Education, Sports Studies & Arts
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Accounting
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Study abroad is optional in year 3 for the 4-year degree
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BSc Business Information Systems
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Study abroad is optional in year 3 for the 4-year degree
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BSc Computer Science
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Data Science and Analytics
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 80% minimum in Mathematics (Higher)
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BSc Economics
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Finance
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Government and Political Science
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc International Business with Languages
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 80% minimum in Other Language in High School Results equivalent to Irish Leaving Cert Higher Level
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BSc International Development
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Mathematical Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 80% minimum in Mathematics (Higher)
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BSocSc Social Science
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BE Engineering
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher)
Following degrees are possible after Engineering year 1: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering, Process and Chemical Engineering
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BSc Agricultural Science
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Architecture
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
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BSc Biological and Chemical Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Biological, Environmental and Geological Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Chemical Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Food Science
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Genetics
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Biology
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BSc General Nursing
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
Availability is assessed on a case-by-case basis
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BSc Nursing
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
Availability is assessed on a case-by-case basis
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BSc Nutritional Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 75%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Occupational Therapy
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Physics and Astrophysics
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Public Health Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 70%, Merit
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Mathematics (Higher) or a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology)
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BSc Speech and Language Therapy
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 70-79% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in a Lab Science Subject (Chemistry, Physics or Biology) and 75% minimum in Other Language recognised by UCC as equivalent to Honours Irish Leaving Certificate
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Medical and Health Sciences
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Chemistry and another subject
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MPharm Pharmacy
Academic requirements: Overall minimum 80%, Distinction
English Language requirements: EAP must be Overall 60-69% minimum
Additional requirements: 75% minimum in Chemistry and 75% minimum in Physics or Biology
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About University College Cork
University College Cork is set on 42 acres of wooded ground, but is still only a 15 minute walk from the cosmopolitan city of Cork, giving students the best of both worlds in terms of environment.
Top 2%
of universities worldwide
(QS World University Rankings)
4,000 international students
from over 138 countries
1st in the world
for Sustainability
(Green Gown Awards 2023)
Welcome To UCC
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Why choose University College Cork
Ranked in the top 1.1% of universities worldwide.
Offers more than 120 degree and professional programmes across Arts, Science, Business, Medicine, Engineering and more.
UCC has over 24,000 students, including around 3,900 international students from more than 90 countries.
Alumni network of more than 200,000 graduates across six continents.
Home to over 100 student societies and 50 sports clubs, covering academic, cultural, social and athletic interests.
UCC is Ireland’s first university to achieve a “Green Campus” award and has been recognised internationally for sustainability.
Student Life
At UCC, student life extends far beyond lectures. With more than 116 active societies, students can explore nearly any interest—from arts, culture, and debate to science, sports, charity, and entrepreneurship.
The Students’ Union (UCCSU) plays a central role in campus life: it offers academic support, advocates for student needs, and leads entertainment, campus events, and social engagement.
Deep ties between academic and social life are nurtured via clubs, societies, and student media. The university also emphasizes community involvement and sustainability by hosting public lectures, seminar series, and a “green campus” ethos embedded in its campus culture.
More information
More details on the courses available to OnCampus Ireland students, including academic and English Language requirements by country, can be found by searching for degrees in the coursefinder.
