Cork has several third level colleges including University College Cork the Crawford College of Art and Design and the National Maritime College of Ireland

National Maritime College of Ireland

The National Maritime College of Ireland NMCI is the first third level college in Ireland to be built under the Government’s Public-Private Partnership scheme. The partners include Cork Institute of Technology , the Irish Naval Service and Focus Education. The college offers both courses and...

. It is also home to the Cork College of Commerce

Cork College of Commerce

Cork College of Commerce is a college that was established by the business and education communities on the banks of the River Lee in Cork, Ireland in 1908...

, which is the largest post-Leaving Certificate

Leaving Certificate

The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior...

 college in Ireland. It has a large number of courses available but specialises in Business, Administration, Applied Languages and Legal Studies.

List of third level institutions in Cork

• University College Cork (UCC)
  University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
  University College Cork is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The university is located in Cork....
  
  
• Cork Institute of Technology
  Cork Institute of Technology
  Cork Institute of Technology , formerly the Regional Technical College, Cork, is an Institute of Technology in Ireland, located in Cork, Ireland opened in 1973. The institute has 17,000 students in art, business, engineering, music and science disciplines...
  
  
• National Maritime College of Ireland
  National Maritime College of Ireland
  The National Maritime College of Ireland NMCI is the first third level college in Ireland to be built under the Government’s Public-Private Partnership scheme. The partners include Cork Institute of Technology , the Irish Naval Service and Focus Education. The college offers both courses and...
  
  
• Crawford College of Art and Design
• Cork School of Music
• Griffith College Cork
  Griffith College Cork
  Griffith College Cork is an independent education institution based in the former Skerry’s College Cork which it merged with Griffith College in 2005, where it runs courses in Business, Law, Secretarial, Media & Journalism, Design as well as evening courses in Psychology, Office Skills, Computing...
  
   incorporating Skerry's Business School
• Cork College of Commerce
  Cork College of Commerce
  Cork College of Commerce is a college that was established by the business and education communities on the banks of the River Lee in Cork, Ireland in 1908...
  
  
• St. John's Central College
  St. John's Central College
  St. John's Central College is a further education college in Cork City, in Ireland. The college is administered by the City of Cork VEC.-19th Century:...
  
  
• Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa