University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork

University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork - or more commonly University College Cork (UCC) - is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and is located in Cork.

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National University of Ireland - Cork

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The university was founded as a college in the 1840s under the original name of Queen's College, Cork which became University College, Cork under a charter issued after the Irish Universites Act, 1908 became law. The terms of the Universities Act, 1997 were used to rename the university after resolution by the Senate of the National University of Ireland.

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The university was named the "Sunday Times Irish University of the Year 2003-2004" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8444-815589,00.html, and has won this accolade again for 2005-2006http://www.ucc.ie/en/NewsandEvents/PressReleases/Headline,6912,en.html.

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