Laubar Cork Woman - Oil Print on Canvas - 1.4m x .600m

The Origenal Painting close to University of Cork Signed Print on Cavas - laubar 1/10 The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway.[3] It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork,[4] though it continues to be almost universally known as University College Cork. The university was named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times in 2003,[5] 2005, and 2011. In 2011, the QS World University Rankings[6] ranked the university amongst the top 2% of universities worldwide. The university also received a 5-star rating in the QS University Rankings 2011.[7] Also in 2011, University College Cork became the first university worldwide to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management. Moreover, UCC ranks 4th worldwide in terms of food research.[8] Dr.Michael B. Murphy has been president of the university since February 2007.