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Undergraduate Courses


Entry to our undergraduate degree programmes is through the CK404 and CK412 CAO entry streams


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Masters Courses


Taught and research masters degree courses are available in a number of areas


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PhD Opportunities


The School of BEES has a strong research tradition and is an excellent place to pursue a PhD in biological, earth and environmental sciences


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Research


We advance and apply our understanding of the natural world through excellence in research


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School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES)

Committed to advance and apply our understanding of the natural world through excellence in research, teaching and innovation.

News from the School of BEES

28 Aug 2024

Heritage Week Touch Tank event run by the Lough Hyne research team from School of BEES

Over 250 people attended the annual Heritage Week Touch tank event at Lough Hyne Marine Reserve in West Cork on Saturday 24th August to see a variety of common marine life found in Lough Hyne and around our local coastline.  
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Photo (L-R): Professor John Morrissey, Dr Pat Meere, Dr Harriët Schellekens, Professor Jennifer Mahony and Dr Padraic Morrissey. Image credit: Max Bell (UCCTV)
21 Aug 2024

UCC researchers awarded over €2 million in European funding to train highly skilled doctoral students

University College Cork (UCC) researchers, including Dr Pat Meere from the School of BEES, will lead a €4 million European-wide project aimed at sourcing new mineral deposits to assist the European Union’s (EU) climate objectives and targets in the mining of materials within the EU and will partner in three other cutting-edge projects to receive funding under the HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks programme.
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A specimen of one of the new species, Theobroma globosum, collected by Doug Daly. Image courtesy of Doug Daly/New York Botanical Garden.
02 Aug 2024

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered

Scientists at University College Cork (UCC), the University of São Paulo and New York Botanical Garden have discovered three new species that are close relatives of Theobroma cacao – from which chocolate is produced - in the rain forests of South America.
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Photo (L-R): Professor John O'Halloran, President of UCC; Professor Caitriona O'Driscoll, School of Pharmacy; Professor John Cryan, Vice-President for Research & Innovation at UCC; Professor Maria McNamara, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
27 May 2024

Two BEES academics elected to the Royal Irish Academy

Three senior academics from University College Cork (UCC), including two from the School of BEES were recently elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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Undergraduate Courses in BEES

With an internationally recognised culture of equality, inclusion and diversity, the School of BEES welcomes applications from all students through traditional (CAO) and non-traditional (DARE, HEAR, Mature Student, International Student) entry routes.

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