National University of Ireland

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. The constituent universities are: The recognised colleges are: Former recognised colleges, and their years of recognition, are: † St Angela's College maintains its links to the National University of Ireland by being "A College of the National...