National University of Ireland

Not to be confused with National College of Ireland.

National University of Ireland
Ollscoil na hÉireann
Coat of Arms of the National University of Ireland
Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis
MottoVeritati (Latin)
Fír Fer (Old Irish)
Motto in English
Truth; Men's Truth
Established1908; 116 years ago (1908)
ChancellorMichael Murphy[1]
RegistrarPatrick O'Leary
Students77,500
Address
49 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
D02 V583
,
Dublin
(with additional offices in Cork, Galway, and Maynooth
,
Ireland)

53°20′18″N 6°14′50″W / 53.3384°N 6.2472°W / 53.3384; -6.2472
Campusnone
AffiliationsIUA, EUA
Websitewww.nui.ie

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,[2] and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ "National University of Ireland elects former UCC president as chancellor". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Irish Universities Act, 1908: Statute for the National University of Ireland". www.bopcris.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Universities Act, 1997". Irishstatutebook.ie. 14 May 1997. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. ^ "OXFORD UNIVERSITY CALENDAR: NOTES ON STYLE" (PDF). Ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2016.