University College Dublin

The University College Dublin has been ranked #2 in Ireland as per shiksha's Popularity Ranking. It is a very popular University among Indian students for years. The acceptance rate of UCD is around 20% suggesting high competition. The students are advised to perform academically well.

The University College Dublin has been ranked #2 in Ireland as per shiksha's Popularity Ranking. It is a very popular University among Indian students for years. The acceptance rate of UCD is around 20% suggesting high competition. The students are advised to perform academically well.

Not tuition fee or cost of living, there are some other costs that Indian students must incur before or while studying at University College Dublin. These cosrs are considered one-time costs as students need to spend once for them. Some of these one-time costs are mentioned below-

University College Dublin offers a large variety of specializations in MBA courses, 37 of them. The MBA/PGDM courses are to be completed within a time period of 11 months to 2 years. The tuition fee for MBA programs are INR 42.36 L.
Some of the best specializations for MBA are-

Full Time MBA (1 year) – INR 42 L
MSc. Finance (1 year) – INR 30 L
Master of Accounting (1 year) – INR 25 L
MSc. International Business (1 year) – INR 26 L

University College Dublin offers a large variety of specializations in MBA courses, 37 of them. The MBA/PGDM courses are to be completed within a time period of 11 months to 2 years. The tuition fee for MBA programs are INR 42.36 L.
Some of the best specializations for MBA are-

Full Time MBA (1 year) – INR 42 L
MSc. Finance (1 year) – INR 30 L
Master of Accounting (1 year) – INR 25 L
MSc. International Business (1 year) – INR 26 L

Yes, there are application charges that are applied while submitting MS course application at University College Dublin. There is only one MS course accessible to Indian students at UCD. Without paying the application fee for the course, the admission application cannot move forward. For MS Course, it is a non-refundable amount of EUR 70, that is estimated to be INR 7.60 K (EUR 1 = INR 108.43).

The UCD offers only a single MS course in Economics for a duration of 1 year. The tuition fee of this specialisation is INR 24 L but the living cost also include the insurance, transportation and accommodation charges with the tuition fee. The hostel fee is INR 9.63 L – 10.63 L and the transportation costs around INR 83.12 K.

UCD is ranked at #120 in the whole wide-world and #2 in Ireland as per Shiksha's Popularity Ranking. The University College Dublin is ranked by other critical providers also like ARWU, QS and THE. As per THE (Times Higher Education), the University College Dublin is ranked at #201 for both the years, 2025 and 2026.