UCD Agriculture Science ranked in top 20 in the world

University College Dublin

Claire Fox

November 06 2018 10:00 AM

Agriculture Science at UCD placed 19th on the list which was compiled by US News and World Reports and was also named among the top five universities to study agriculture science in Europe.

UCD was the only Irish institution to make the list.

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