During the engagement he will be treated to a hip-hop performance by a local community group, meet staff at Roots Cafe, and hearing from students at some of UCC's 117 societies
The new student service centre is located in the heart of UCC's main campus and the 170-year-old building was previously used for training generations of doctors
It's now been conserved and transformed into the Hub - a single point of contact for academic and student services while also providing new flexible study, learning, teaching and event spaces.
The Taoiseach, who graduated from UCC in 1981, will officially open the Hub at 10am before touring the facilities