Top Universities in ireland
University College Dublin (UCD)
University College Dublin (UCD) is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity’s 47-acre campus is in the heart of Dublin, a safe and charming European capital city. The University’s central location allows students partake in a prestigious academic programme coupled with access to a variety of cultural and social experiences. An array of museums, theatres, cafes, restaurants and historic sites are in close proximity to the university.
University College Cork
On a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee in Ireland is University College Cork (UCC). Its motto ‘Where Finbarr Taught, Let Munster Learn,’ refers to the 6th century Saint Finbarr, whose monastery and school once stood nearby.
Originally named Queen’s College, Cork, the university was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster (Ireland's second city), and was named after Queen Victoria, along with two other Queen’s Colleges in Galway and Belfast.
Maynooth University
Maynooth University is an internationally recognised institution located 25 kilometres outside of Dublin, Ireland, and is the nation’s fastest growing university. One of four constituent universities of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth University in 2021 placed #88 in the global top 100 universities under 50 years old in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Today, Maynooth University is a place of lively contrasts–a modern institution, dynamic, rapidly-growing, research-led and engaged, yet grounded in historic academic strengths and scholarly traditions.
University of Limerick
University of Limerick (UL) is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship. The university offers more than 70 undergraduate programs and 100 taught postgraduate programs. Each year, students come to University of Limerick from more than 100 countries in pursuit of a world-class education in business, science and engineering, sports, health sciences, arts, and social sciences. The triple-accredited Kemmy Business School places UL amongst the world's top 1% of business schools. The university's facilities give students opportunities to gain hands-on experience in simulated settings like the Wall Street-stule Trading Floor, flight simulator, moot court, patient simulation suites, and state-of-the art digital labs.
Atlantic Technological University
Atlantic Technological University is a technological university in the west and north-west of Ireland. It was formally established on 1 April 2022 as a merger of three existing institutes of technology.
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT)
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, more commonly known as IADT Dún Laoghaire or simply IADT is an institute of technology with a focus on art and design located in Deansgrange near Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
Griffith College
Griffith College Dublin is one of the longest-established private colleges in Dublin, Ireland.
Institute of Technology Sligo
The Institute of Technology, Sligo was an institute of technology, located in Sligo, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions became part of Atlantic Technological University. As of 2021, the institute had three faculties and nine departments.
Munster Technological University
Munster Technological University is a public technological university consisting of six campuses located in Cork and Kerry. The university was established in January 2021, the result of a merger between two institutes of technology, Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology, Tralee.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is a not-for-profit medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
South East Technological University
South East Technological University (SETU; Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Oirdheiscirt) is a public technological university located in the South East region of Ireland. It was formed from the amalgamation of two existing institutes of technology in the region – Waterford IT and IT Carlow.
