List of Universities in Ireland

Pursuing University Education from a foreign country is a dream of many students. Sometimes its a particular course that attracts International candidates and sometimes its just a plain wish to catch a first flight to foreign shores and learn in a completely different settings. The Universities in Ireland provides higher education in different academic areas, viz; Arts; Humanities; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Computer Science, Architecture, Medicine etc. To help students of International community who wish to migrate to Ireland for any reasons whether as a choice or compulsion here given list of Universities in Ireland.

Universities / Institutes of Higher Education in Ireland

Universities (Recognised under the Universities Act, 1997 as amended.)

1. Dublin City University http://www.dcu.ie/ 
2. National University of Ireland http://www.nui.ie/ 
1. University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork http://www.ucc.ie/ 
3. University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin http://www.ucd.ie/ 
4. National University of Ireland, Galway http://www.nuigalway.ie/ 
5. National University of Ireland, Maynooth http://www.nuim.ie/ 
6. University of Dublin http://www.tcd.ie/ 
1. Trinity College, Dublin http://www.tcd.ie/ 
7. University of Limerick http://www.ul.ie/ 

College of Education

1. St Angela's College of Education, Sligo http://www.stangelas.com/ 
2. St Catherine's College of Education for Home Economics 
3. Church of Ireland College of Education 
4. Froebel College of Education 
5. The Marino Institute of Education 
6. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick http://www.mic.ul.ie/ 
7. Mater Dei Institute of Education http://www.materdei.ie/ 
8. St Patrick's College of Education http://www.spd.dcu.ie/ 

Colleges of Further Education (FE)

1. Abbeyleix FE Centre 
2. Ballsbridge College of FE 
3. Ballyfermot College of FE 
4. Ballyhaise College 
5. Carlow Institute of FE 
6. Cavan College 
7. Cavan College of Further Studies 
8. Cavan Institute http://www.cavaninstitute.ie/ 
9. Cork College of Commerce http://www.corkcollegeofcommerce.ie/ 
10. Bray Institute of FE 
11. Castlebar College of FE 
12. Central Technical Institute Clonmel 
13. Central Technical Institute Waterford 
14. Colaiste Dhulaigh College of FE 
15. Colaiste Ide College of FE 
16. Crumlin College of FE 
17. Drogheda Institute of FE 
18. Drumshanbo College of Further Education 
19. Dundrum College of FE 
20. Dun Laoghaire College of FE 
21. Galway Technical Institute 
22. Killester College of FE 
23. Inchicore College of Further Education http://www.inchicorecollege.ie/ 
24. Liberties College 
25. Limerick Senior College 
26. Monaghan Institute of FE & Training 
27. O'Fiaich College 
28. Pearse College of FE 
29. Plunkett College 
30. Rathmines College of FE 
31. Ringsend Technical Institute 
32. Roslyn Park College 
33. Senior College Dun Laoghaire http://www.scd.ie/ 
34. Stillorgan College of FE 
35. St. Johns College, Cork 
36. St. Kevins College, Dublin 
37. West Clare VTOS 
38. Whitehall College of FE

Independent/private colleges

1. Abbey School of Theatre 
2. All Hallows College http://www.allhallows.ie/  
3. American College Dublin 
4. Burren College of Art http://www.burrencollege.ie/ 
5. College of Computer Training 
6. Development Studies Centre 
7. Dublin Business School http://www.dbs.edu/ 
8. Dublin Institute of Design 
9. Gaiety School of Acting http://www.gaietyschool.com/ 
10. Griffith College Cork http://www.gcc.ie/ 
11. Griffith College Dublin http://www.gcd.ie/ 
12. Hibernia College 
13. Honorable Society of King's Inns http://www.kingsinns.ie/ 
14. HSI College 
15. Irish Bible Institute http://www.ibionline.ie/ 
16. Irish School of Ecumenics 
17. Killybegs Tourism School 
18. St Michael's House 
19. Mid West Business Institute 
20. Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy 
21. National College of Art and Design http://www.ncad.ie/about/introduction.shtml 
22. National College of Ireland 
23. St Nicholas Montessori 
24. St Patrick's College, Maynooth http://www.maynoothcollege.ie/ 
25. St. Patrick's, Carlow College http://www.carlowcollege.ie/ 
26. Portobello College Dublin 
27. Royal Irish Academy of Music http://www.riam.ie/  
28. Royal College of Physicians in Ireland 
29. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland http://www.rcsi.ie/ 
30. Shannon College of Hotel Management 
31. Tipperary Institute 
32. Turning Point http://www.turningpoint.ie/ 

Institutes of Technology (Recognised under the Institutes of Technology Acts (1992-2006) 

1. Athlone Institute of Technology http://www.ait.ie/ 
2. Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown http://www.itb.ie/ 
3. Institute of Technology, Carlow http://www.itcarlow.ie/ 
4. Cork Institute of Technology http://www.cit.ie/ 
1. Cork School of Music http://www.cit.ie/Schools.cfm/type/page/section/details/id/12/type/Page/action/page/aID/191/CatName/Schools_&_Departments.html 
2. Crawford College of Art and Design http://www.cit.ie/Schools.cfm/type/page/section/details/id/13/type/Page/action/page/aID/191/CatName/Schools_&_Departments.html 
3. National Maritime College of Ireland http://www.nmci.ie/ 
5. Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology http://www.iadt.ie/ 
6. Dundalk Institute of Technology http://www.dkit.ie/ 
7. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology http://www.gmit.ie/ 
8. Letterkenny Institute of Technology http://www.lyit.ie/ 
1. Tourism College Killybegs  http://www.tck.ie/ 
9. Limerick Institute of Technology http://www.lit.ie/ 
10. Institute of Technology, Sligo http://www.itsligo.ie/ 
11. Institute of Technology, Tallaght http://www.ittdublin.ie/ 
12. Institute of Technology, Tralee http://www.itt.ie/ 
13. Waterford Institute of Technology http://www.wit.ie/ 

National Institutions

1. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies http://www.dias.ie/ 
2. Dublin Institute of Technology http://www.dit.ie/ 
3. Garda Síochána College http://www.garda.ie/angarda/college.html 
4. Institute of Public Administration http://www.ipa.ie/ 
5. Irish Management Institute http://www.imi.ie/ 
6. Military College, Curragh Camp http://www.military.ie/army/dftc.htm 

Defunct Institutions (This is a list of defunct institutions, due to closure or merger, as distinct from institutions which have been renamed)

1. Albert Agricultural College (1838 - 1979) 
2. Catholic University of Ireland (1854 - 1908) 
3. Irish Academy for the Performing Arts (2002 - 2004) 
4. Media Lab Europe (2000 - 2005) 
5. Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort (1877 - 1988) 
6. Queen's University of Ireland (1850 - 1882) 
7. Royal University of Ireland (1880 - 1909) 
8. St. Patrick's Cathedral University (1320 - late 16th century) [1] 
9. Thomond College of Education, Limerick (1973 - 1991) 
10. Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin (1791-1971)

Important Links

Information on the Irish State 
Higher Education Authority, Ireland