三、都柏林大学的教研情况
1 Teaching and Learning
UCD is Ireland's University of first choice, leading in first-preference applications in Ireland year after year; as well as being the university of first choice for international students coming to Ireland. The University attracts top students: some 1,525 of the 1st year entrants in 2014 achieved 500 Leaving Certificate points – just 10% of all Leaving Cert students attain these results. The first year retention rate is 98% and over half of UCD undergraduates progress to graduate studies.
UCD is globally recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning – 9 subjects are ranked in the top 100 in the world out of 30 subjects (QS World University Ranking by Subject 2015) and the University is first in Ireland in 12 subjects. This quality of teaching is complemented by a high standard of support. Every incoming first year is assigned a peer mentor and there are student advisers for every programme.
UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 8,000 graduate students, almost a quarter of whom are graduate research students; 1,580 PhD students benefit from a structured PhD programme, as well as the research-led education culture at UCD.
The UCD Horizons scheme of modern, modularised education based on learning outcomes, sees 50% of students take modules outside their subject areas. UCD is the only Irish university to provide the EU Supplement Label to students for international recognition of qualifications and is also number one in Ireland in QS Employer Reputation Survey – 129th in the world.
The role of UCD within Irish higher education is underscored by the fact that UCD alone accounts for over 30% of international students, over 25% of all graduate students and almost 28% of all doctoral enrolments across the seven Irish universities.
1.教学和学习
都柏林大学是爱尔兰的第一大学，每年都是学生们的首选。留学生去爱尔兰大学留学，首先选的也是都柏林大学。都柏林大学吸引了许多顶尖的学生。在其2014年的新生中，有1525名学生的毕业证书成绩达到了500——在所有拿到毕业证书的学生中，只有10%的学生可以获得这样高的分数。其第一年保留率为98%，超过半数的本科生选择读研深造。
都柏林大学优质的教学和学习得到全球的认可。在QS2015年世界大学学科排名中，都柏林大学有9门学科排进世界前100，有12门学科在爱尔兰排名第一(QS世界大学学科排名列出了30门学科)。高质量的教学有高标准的支持作为补充。每个新的学年，学校都会为学生安排一名朋辈导师，每个学位计划都安排有学生顾问。
都柏林大学是爱尔兰研究生教育的引领者，有8千多名研究生。其中，四分之一的研究生属于研究型学生。结构化的博士计划和校园内的研究导向型教学文化让1580名博士生受益。
都柏林大学的现代模块教育以学习成果为基础，吸引了半数的学生在学科领域之外参加模块教学学习。都柏林大学是爱尔兰唯一一所处于国际资格认可为学生提供“欧盟补充标签”的大学，其毕业生就业力在QS同指标排名中在爱尔兰排名第1，在世界排名第129。
都柏林大学在爱尔兰高等教育中的关键角色由以下数据得到证明：其留学生在爱尔兰留学生中占到了30%以上，其研究生占到25%以上，博士生占到28%以上(在爱尔兰的七所大学中)。
2. Research & Innovation
Research and innovation are essential drivers of a dynamic economy, an informed society and a vibrant culture. The spectrum of research and innovation at UCD encompasses individual scholars, small, medium and large research groups, start-up companies and large-scale collaborations with industry and other partners. Research is conducted within each of the University's extensive range of disciplines, and in multidisciplinary research programmes addressing challenges of global scale.
In 2013/14 UCD researchers secured €114 million in research grants from national and international funding agencies, companies and foundations. Since 2004 UCD researchers have secured over €1 billion in such grants. Their research underpins national research and technology institutes and centres, including the €75 million Insight Centre for Data Analytics, the largest research grant in the history of the Irish state.
UCD has had nationally-leading success in many of the most prestigious European awards, including the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie schemes.
Over the last decade UCD researchers have doubled their annual number of papers in the international literature and have co-authored publications with more than 7,000 international researchers from more than 130 countries. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 59% above the world average.
As Ireland's leader in innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation, UCD's commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship recognises the importance of actively participating, contributing and collaborating to exploit leading-edge research and development outputs. In 2014 UCD was ranked 5th among European universitiesfor its track record in educating successful entrepreneurs.
UCD offers the biggest start-up incubator centre and support in Ireland. Supports for innovation include NovaUCD, the centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs; NexusUCD, the Industry Partnership Centre; and the UCD Enterprise Gateway. To date 30 UCD spin-out companies and 242 start-ups have been supported by NovaUCD and over €100 million in equity funding has been raised for spin-outs.
2.研究和创新
研究和创新是动态经济、开明社会和活力文化的核心推动力。都柏林大学研究和创新的范围涵盖了学者个人、小型中型和大型研究团队，新兴企业、大规模企业合作和其他合作伙伴。研究在单门学科内展开，也在跨学科研究计划中展开。跨学科研究计划主要应对全球范围得到挑战。
在2013-2014年度，都柏林大学从国内外机构、企业和基金会获得了1.14亿欧元资金。自2004年以来，都柏林大学的研究员已获得了10亿欧元以上的此类资金。他们的研究为爱尔兰国内研究与技术机构以及中心奠定了基础。这其中包括7500万欧元的用于数据分析研究中心的资金(这也是爱尔兰联州史上数额最大的研究资金)。
都柏林大学在欧洲许多著名的奖项中引领了爱尔兰的成功，包括欧洲研究委员会和新居礼夫人人才培育计划。
在过去的十年里，都柏林大学的研究员们成倍地增加了他们每年在国际文献中的论文数量，同来自130多个国家的7千多名国际研究员合著了许多作品。这些论文经常被其他研究员引用，引用率超出世界论文平均引用率的59%。
作为爱尔兰在创新、技术转化和商业化领域的引领者，都柏林大学对创新创业的专注体现了积极参与、贡献和合作探索尖端研究与发展产出的重要性。2014年，都柏林大学的成功企业家教育指标在欧洲大学中排名第五。
四、都柏林大学知名校友
UCD has been a major contributor to the making of modern Ireland. Many UCD students and staff participated in the struggle for Irish independence and the university has produced numerous Irish Presidents and Taoisigh (Prime Ministers) in addition to generations of Irish business, professional, cultural and sporting leaders. Among UCD’s well-known graduates are authors (Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, Flann O’Brien), actors (Gabriel Byrne, Brendan Gleeson), directors (Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan) and sports stars such as Irish rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll and former Manchester United and Ireland captain Kevin Moran. Perhaps the best known of all its graduates is the writer James Joyce, who completed his Bachelor of Arts at the university in 1902.
都柏林大学对爱尔兰的现代化做出了主要贡献。都柏林大学的许多学生和教师都曾参与了爱尔兰独立斗争。都柏林大学也培养出了许多爱尔兰总统和总理，以及好几代的爱尔兰商业、学术、文化和体育精英。都柏林大学的著名校友中有作家( 梅芙·宾奇、罗迪·道伊尔和弗兰布莱)、演员(加布里埃尔·伯恩和布莱丹·格里森)、导演(尼尔·乔丹和吉姆·谢里丹)、体育明星(Brian O’Driscoll 和 凯文·莫兰)。都柏林大学最著名的校友很可能就是作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯了。詹姆斯·乔伊斯于1902年完成都柏林大学文学学士学位。
特别校友：孙大文
孙大文(Da-Wen Sun)是都柏林大学唯一一位华人终身教授，也是爱尔兰有史以来的第一位华人终身教授。他是欧洲人文和自然科学院(Academia Europaea)院士，爱尔兰皇家科学院(Royal Irish Academy)院士，国际著名的生物系统工程和食品科学与工程方面的学术权威，国际上该领域最活跃、最具创造力、最有影响的学术带头人之一，在国际同行中享有极高的知名度。他的主要研究包括制冷、冷冻及干燥过程和系统、食品质量与安全、生物过程模拟和优化以及计算机视觉识别技术等。
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