61.1% of matchups won
753 matchups
Elo 1709
tracked 2025/05/19 → 2026/08/05
mission: Education and research excellence · Higher education · nonprofits
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing58%
picked as helping wellbeing
628 matchups
76%
picked as hurting wellbeing
125 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-08-04Related
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Known for
- 5-time Irish University of the Year
- Top in U-Multirank 2015
- First ISO 50001 for energy
- Founded first Irish website
- Created George Boole celebrations
Based on 753 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/08/05. Full rankings ·
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