International Students
The largest number of the 2,400 international students at UCC comes from the USA, followed by China, France and Malaysia. UCC participates in the Erasmus program with 439 students visiting UCC in 2009-2010. 201 UCC students studied in institutions in the USA, China and Europe.
UCC was rated highly in the 2008 International Student Barometer report. This survey polled 67,000 international students studying at 84 institutions, and was carried out by the International Insight Group. The report held that 98% of UCC's international students (who participated in the survey) reported having "Expert Lecturers". And over 90% of these students said that they had "Good Teachers". In 3 categories of the survey, "sports facilities", "social facilities" and "university clubs and societies", UCC was in the top three of the 84 Institutions that took part in the survey. UCC's International Education Office was given a 93% satisfaction rating and UCC's IT Support was given a 92% satisfaction rating.
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