List of universities in Northern Ireland
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This is a list of universities, university college
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s in Northern Ireland
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University college
The term "university college" is used in a number of countries to denote college institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university...
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College
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
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Universities
- Open University in IrelandOpen UniversityThe Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
- Queen's University Belfast
- St Mary's University College
- Stranmillis University CollegeStranmillis University CollegeStranmillis University College is a university college of Queen's University Belfast. The institution is located on the Stranmillis Road in Belfast, and has approximately 700 students today and offers the BEd, PGCE and TESOL, as well as other courses....
- University of UlsterUniversity of UlsterThe University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...
- Magee CollegeMagee CollegeMagee College is a campus of the University of Ulster located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college...
- JordanstownJordanstownJordanstown is the name of a townland and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the urban area called Newtownabbey and the wider Newtownabbey Borough....
- ColeraineColeraineColeraine is a large town near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast and east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections...
- BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
- Magee College
Further and Higher Education Colleges
- Belfast Metropolitan College (53,000 students at 1 campus - Belfast)
- Northern Regional CollegeNorthern Regional CollegeNorthern Regional College is a third-level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The college has eight campuses around the north-east of Northern Ireland ; Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Felden, Larne, Magherafelt and Newtownabbey.- History :The college was set up...
(35,000 students at 7 campuses - Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Larne, Magherafelt, Newtownabbey) - North West Regional CollegeNorth West Regional CollegeNorth West Regional College is a further education and higher education college in the north west region of Northern Ireland. The College has three main campuses: Strand Road, Derry, Main Street, Limavady and Derry Road, Strabane....
(24,000 students at 3 campuses - Derry, Limavady, Strabane) - Southern Regional CollegeSouthern Regional CollegeSouthern Regional College is the name of the new regional further and higher education college in the Southern area of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom....
( 50,000 students at 6 campuses - Armagh, Banbridge, Kilkeel, Lurgan, Newry, Portadown) - South Eastern Regional CollegeSouth Eastern Regional CollegeSouth Eastern Regional College is a regional further and higher education college in the south-east of Northern Ireland.SERC was created following the merger of three Institutes of Further and Higher Education in the south-east of Northern Ireland. These were East Down Institute, Lisburn...
(30,000 students at 6 campuses - Ballynahinch, Bangor, Downpatrick, Lisburn, Newcastle, Newtownards) - South West CollegeSouth West CollegeThe South West College operates in Northern Ireland on four campuses in Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen and Omagh and, of the six new area based colleges, it is the smallest in size, but it covers the largest geographical area of counties Tyrone and Fermanagh.The South West College has 18,500...
(18,500 students at 4 campuses)
Other Colleges
- Constituent theological colleges of Queen's University Belfast Institute of Theology
- Belfast Bible College
- Edgehill Theological College
- Irish Baptist CollegeIrish Baptist CollegeThe Irish Baptist College is a college, a department of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland and a Queen's University Belfast centre. It is part of the Baptist Theological Centre which is located in the Baptist Centre and is shared with ABC...
- Union Theological CollegeUnion Theological CollegeUnion Theological College is the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1853 as Assembly's College. The building served as the location for the early Northern Ireland Parliaments.The college offers a full range...
- St Mary's University College
- College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise has three campuses at Greenmount, Enniskillen and Loughry
Defunct institutions
(This is a list of defunct institutions, due to closure or merger, as distinct from institutions which have renamed)- New University of Ulster (1968–1984)
- Ulster Polytechnic (1971–1984)
- St. Joseph's Training College (? - 1985)
- Magee University College (1865–1968)
See also
- Education in Northern IrelandEducation in Northern IrelandEducation in Northern Ireland differs slightly from systems used elsewhere in the United Kingdom, though it is more similar to that used in England and Wales than it is to Scotland. A child's age on 1 July determines the point of entry into the relevant stage of education unlike England and Wales...
- List of universities in the Republic of Ireland
- List of universities in the United Kingdom