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Ulster Polytechnic

Ulster University
Irish: Ollscoil Uladh
Scots: Ulstèr Universitie
Ulster University coat of arms.svg
Ulster University's coat of arms
Type Public research university
Established 1865 - Magee College
1953 - Magee University
1969 - New University of Ulster
1982 - University of Ulster
2014 - Ulster University
Endowment £7.0 million (2015)
Budget £185m
Chancellor James Nesbitt
Vice-Chancellor Paddy Nixon
Academic staff
1,665
Students 25,155 (2015/16)
Undergraduates 19,865 (2015/16)
Postgraduates 5,290 (2015/16)
Location
Campus Varied (Urban/ Rural)
Colours Logo:Navy blue & Bronze
         
Seal:Red & Gold
         
Affiliations EUA
ACU
UUK
UI
Website www.ulster.ac.uk
Ulster University re-branded logo
Rankings
QS
(2016/17, national)
58
QS
(2016/17, world)
601-650
THE
(2016/17, national)
63
THE
(2016/17, world)
501-600
Complete
(2017, national)
66
The Guardian
(2017, national)
82
Times/Sunday Times
(2017, national)
69

Ulster University (Irish: Ollscoil Uladh,Ulster Scots: Ulstèr Universitie or Ulstèr Varsitie), officially the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It is the second largest university on the island of Ireland, after the federal National University of Ireland.

Established in 1968 as the New University of Ulster, it merged with Ulster Polytechnic in 1984, incorporating its four Northern Irish campuses under the University of Ulster banner. The university incorporated its four campuses in 1984; located in Belfast, Coleraine, Magee College in Derry, and Jordanstown. The university has branch campuses in both London and Birmingham, and an extensive distance learning provision. The university rebranded as Ulster University from October 2014 and this included a revised visual identity. However its official name remains the University of Ulster as its charter remains unchanged.

It has one of the highest further study and employment rates in the UK, with over 90% of graduates being in work or further study six months after graduation. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities Ireland and Universities UK.

The New University of Ulster (NUU) incorporated Magee College founded in 1865 in Derry. Magee College was a college of the Royal University of Ireland from 1880 and later became associated with the University of Dublin (better known as Trinity College) when the Royal University was dissolved in 1908 and replaced by the National University of Ireland. In 1953 Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became Magee University College. It was hoped by groups led by the University for Londonderry Committee that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after The Queen's University of Belfast. However, this did not happen and instead it was subsumed into the New University, primarily as a result of the unwillingness of the Unionist government at Stormont to have the second university sited in overwhelmingly nationalist Derry, in which "The Troubles" were just beginning to break out. The decision caused an outcry at the time.


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