Experts' Choice Award University College Cork (UCC)
What the experts agree on
Victorian Gothic campus with striking 19th-century architecture echoing Oxford and Cambridge, featuring historic quadrangles, gardens, and an astronomical observatory among contemporary buildings.
“The main quadrangle is a fine example of 19th-century university architecture in the Tudor-Gothic style, reminiscent of many Oxford and Cambridge colleges.”
– Fodor's
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"University College Cork (UCC), was founded by charter in 1845, as were two other colleges in Galway and Belfast and it now belongs to the National University." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"University College Cork (UCC), founded by Queen Victoria in 1849, mingles a range of English architectural styles with some striking contemporary creations." Full review
Lonely Planet "UCC's campus spreads around an attractive collection of Victorian Gothic buildings, gardens and historical attractions, including a 19th-century astronomical observatory." Full review
Frommer's "Part of Ireland’s national university, with about 7,000 students, this center of learning is housed in a pretty quadrangle of Gothic Revival–style buildings" Full review
New York Times "Stroll the well-manicured campus of University College Cork, founded in 1845. A stately corridor fronting the neo-Gothic Main Quadrangle Building houses the largest publicly displayed..."
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Lonely Planet "Ivy-clad University College Cork, Victorian quadrangle and all, sprawls on the doorstep of a city bisected by two meandering branches of the River Lee and spanned by so many storied bridges"
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