On Friday, 6 September 2013, 3U Partnership held its first graduation ceremony with nine postgraduate students graduating from a pre-sessional English language programme to prepare them for postgraduate study at NUI Maynooth and DCU.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, 3U Director, Dr Ruth Davis, said: "The 3U Partnership brings together three distinctive and leading higher education institutions to deliver exciting world-class education and research opportunities to both Irish and international students. These graduates are the first of many international students who will complete a 3U Pathway Programme to prepare them for effective study in the partner universities. We are confident that this is the beginning of 3U Partnership's success in offering innovative Pathway programmes for international students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, to study at our partner universities."