Ulster Polytechnic

Ulster University

Irish: Ollscoil Uladh Scots: Ulstèr Universitie
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	Coleraine, County Londonderry 55°8′52″N 6°40′20″W / 55.14778°N 6.67222°W / 55.14778; -6.67222Coordinates: 55°8′52″N 6°40′20″W / 55.14778°N 6.67222°W / 55.14778; -6.67222 Belfast, County Antrim 54°36′13″N 5°55′43″W Jordanstown, County Antrim 54°41′10″N 5°52′55″W Derry, County Londonderry 55°0′23″N 7°19′27″W
Campus	Varied (Urban/ Rural)
Colours	Logo:Navy blue & Bronze           Seal:Red & Gold
Affiliations	EUA ACU UUK UI
Website	www.ulster.ac.uk

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.