University College Dublin ( UCD , Irish: An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ) is a major research university in Ireland. With around 33,500 enrolled students, it is the largest university in Ireland, and is mainly located on a single campus at Belfield, 4km south of Dublin City Centre. The Belfield Campus is the largest urban university campus in Europe, covering 133 hectares (330 acres).UCD markets itself as "Ireland's Global University" and welcomes over 7,000 international students each year. Throughout the year, the university hosts many large events, including its own UCD Open Day and UCD Festival, while during the summer it hosts thousands of delegates for many international conferences, such as the European Conference on Education Research (ECER) and the The 9th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, which were hosted in 2016.