| Institution | National Rank | World Rank | Score |
| University College Cork | 3 | 443 | 45.14 |
In 2015, UCC was also named as top performing university by the European Commission funded U-Multirank system, based on obtaining the highest number of “A” scores (21 out of 28 metrics) among a field of 1200 partaking universities.
UCC also became the first university to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management in 2011.