UCD

Sources

• UCD Engineering https://www.ucd.ie/myucd/courses/engineering/

  UCD describes Engineering as a common first-year model followed by specialisation choice; the page lists BSc, BE and ME pathways of 3, 4 and 5 years.

  Model elements: programme choice level 2, because the main engineering specialisation is chosen after a shared first stage.

• UCD Current Students: Electives https://www.ucd.ie/students/registration/electives/

  The UCD Current Students page says most undergraduate degree students can take elective modules outside their programme area, usually up to two modules or 10 credits per stage, and can take Structured Electives as a recognised block of at least 15 credits.

  Model elements: course choice level 3, because elective choice is not limited to a narrow block inside the main programme.

• UCD Arts & Humanities https://www.ucd.ie/myucd/courses/arts-humanities/

  The Arts & Humanities page shows a three-year BA Joint Honours, four-year BA Humanities and BA Modern Languages, two-subject choice in DN520, and the option to add a third subject or choose a wide range of elective modules at registration.

  Model elements: this confirms broad subject and course choice in a major undergraduate area, but does not prove a university-wide dominant major plus minor model.

• UCD Veterinary Medicine https://www.ucd.ie/myucd/courses/veterinary-medicine/

  Even the professional veterinary area describes the opportunity to study elective modules from a wide menu across the university.

  Model elements: the university-wide elective architecture is not limited to arts or business programmes.

• QQI National Framework of Qualifications https://www.qqi.ie/what-we-do/the-qualifications-system/national-framework-of-qualifications

  QQI describes Ireland's National Framework of Qualifications as a ten-level qualifications system; this is the regional context for interpreting UCD undergraduate degrees.

• UCD by Numbers https://www.ucd.ie/about-ucd/about/ucdbynumbers/

  The official UCD by Numbers page states that student data are taken from the HEA SRS Census Return as of 1 March 2025.

  The page reports 41,089 total students, including overseas operations, and 12,250 graduate students. Undergraduate total is calculated as the difference between those two official figures: 28,839.

  The source does not break undergraduate enrolment down by programme type, so bachelor is left null. The specialist degree level does not apply to the Irish model.