Dublin City University has again risen in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, to its highest position ever.
It is now ranked among the top 350 universities in the world.
DCU was ranked in the top 400 in the 2025 rankings.
Speaking about the 2026 rankings, Prof Daire Keogh, President of Dublin City University, said:
“The University’s rise in the global rankings is a strong affirmation of DCU’s commitment to its mission, ‘to transform lives and societies’. The advancement of our research impact and reputation is one of DCU’s key strategic objectives, so I am particularly pleased that THE has ranked the university number one in Ireland for Research Quality.
As always, our achievements and progress are thanks to the dedication of the DCU staff community. I want to thank my colleagues for the hard work and commitment that make outcomes like this possible.”
Prof John Doyle, Vice President for Research, said:
“As a growing and still young university, it is a tremendous endorsement of our staff, that DCU is now ranked in the top 350 universities in the world, and in the top three of Ireland’s public universities. Research Quality measures the influence and impact of our published research, and by this measure, not only is DCU number one in Ireland but 138th in the world.
Our objective will be to use these results to develop our research reputation, and to further strengthen the impact of our research in meeting the serious economic and social challenges facing Ireland and Europe at this time.”