• ITS Student Web Services: Online system allowing students to register for modules pay fees and obtain their exam results. Accessible through https://mystudentadmin.ucc.ie
• Journals – Electronic: Journals – Electronic
• Learning Technologies: The mission of the Learning Technologies Unit is to stimulate and support the development of electronic course delivery in UCC.
• Logon Accounts: All UCC staff and registered students need a logon account to access university computers. A logon account is made up of a username and password. If you do not have a username and password you must contact the appropriate helpdesk.
• Mailing lists: IT Services manages a large number of college-wide mailing lists using LISTSERV. New lists can be created by filling in a form. These lists are completely separate from those maintained within Microsoft Exchange.
• Mark-up / file format advice and help – LaTex: Mark-up / file format advice and help
• OneDrive for Business: This service provides a cloud storage facility for UCC staff and students to store and share work files.
• Open Access Computing: This service provides general purpose and prioritised computing facilities for all University students through the Student IT Centres located across the University.
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Student numbers, at over 21,000 in 2016, increased from the late 1980s, precipitating the expansion of the campus by the acquisition of adjacent buildings and lands. This expansion continued with the opening of the Alfred O’Rahilly building in the late 1990s, the Cavanagh Pharmacy building, the Brookfield Health Sciences centre, the extended Áras na MacLéinn (Devere Hall), the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in 2004, Experience UCC (Visitors’ Centre) and an extension to the Boole Library – named for the first professor of mathematics at UCC, George Boole, who developed the algebra that would later make computer programming possible. The University also completed the Western Gateway Building in 2009 on the site of the former Cork Greyhound track on the Western Road as well as refurbishment to the Tyndall institute buildings at the Lee Maltings Complex. In 2016, UCC acquired the Cork Savings Bank building on Lapps Quay in the centre of Cork city As of 2017, the university is rolling out a programme to increase the space across its campuses, with part of this development involving the creation of a ‘student hub’ to support academic strategy, to add 600 new student accommodation spaces, and to develop an outdoor sports facility

Also in 2006, the University re-opened the Crawford Observatory, a structure built in 1880 on the grounds of the university by Sir Howard Grubb. Grubb, son of the Grubb telescope building family in Dublin, designed the observatory and built the astronomical instruments for the structure. The University paid for an extensive restoration and conservation of the building and the three main telescopes, the Equatorial, the Transit Circle and Sidereostatic telescopes.

Accommodation for students is offered by UCC through a subsidiary company known as Campus Accommodation UCC DAC.[69] UCC operate 5 accommodation complexes, including the Castlewhite Apartments (63 apartments/298 beds),[70] Mardyke Hall (14 apartments/48 beds), University Hall (including the Áras Uí Thuama complex rented to Irish speakers), Victoria Mills and Victoria Lodge.[citation needed] Rooms are bookable for the duration of an academic term, with room assignments made using a lottery system.

In February 2020, UCC announced their decision to raise rent in the 2020/21 academic term by three-percent over the 2019/20 academic term rate.The announcement came after similar rent increases in university-owned accommodation throughout the country, and after increases in previous years to the rent of UCC-owned accommodation. This decision was met with backlash from student representatives, UCC staff, and local politicians. On 25 February 2020, the UCC Students’ Union launched a campaign which demanded that UCC reverse the increase. A group of over 300 UCC staff members signed a petition in solidarity with the Students’ Union. Several members of Cork County Council also expressed opposition to the decision. In early March 2020, a spokesperson for the University said the increase was necessary due to refurbishment works, and a rise in security and maintenance costs.