National University of Ireland
| Ollscoil na hÉireann | |
Coat of Arms of the National University of Ireland
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| Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis | |
| Motto | Veritati (Latin) Fír Fer (Irish) |
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Motto in English
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Truth; Manhood's Truth |
| Established | 1908 |
| Chancellor | Maurice Manning |
| Registrar | Attracta Halpin |
| Students | 77,500 |
| Address |
49 Merrion Square Dublin 2, Dublin, Cork Galway, Maynooth, Ireland Coordinates: 53°23′32″N 6°17′25″W / 53.3921699°N 6.2903045°W |
| Affiliations | IUA, EUA |
| Website | http://www.nui.ie |
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The National University of Ireland (NUI) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of constituent universities, previously called constituent colleges, and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.
The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent universities, except that the degrees and diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland with its seat in Dublin.
In post-nominals, the abbreviation NUI is used for degrees from all the constituent universities of the National University of Ireland.
Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork, and Galway were established in 1845; in 1849 teaching commenced and a year later they were united under the Queen's University of Ireland. The Catholic University of Ireland was created as an independent university on 3 November 1854 for the education of Catholics, this university however was neither a recognised university nor offered recognised degrees. In 1880 the Royal University of Ireland took over the degree awarding functions of the two former universities and offered recognised degrees to the graduates of the new University College Dublin and St Patrick's College, Maynooth, previously awarded under the Catholic University. The Catholic University became University College Dublin in 1882 under the direction of the Jesuits and its students, in the 1890s achieved more distinctions than their counterparts in Belfast, Cork and Galway which were established as secular institutions.
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