Nurturing talent

The Economic Corridor is home to a range of world-class universities and further education colleges, ensuring a pipeline of diverse and highly skilled talent, aligned to the growth needs of businesses.

Education in Northern Ireland

Within the DBEC region in NI, there are three universities, two university colleges and three further education colleges, all of which offer opportunities to study for and attain various higher education qualifications.

Universities
University of Ulster

With a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and research, Ulster University offers career-focused undergraduate and post graduate courses, across a wide range of disciplines, with over 2,000 international students from 80+ countries and alumni in 121 countries.

It is a top UK University for providing courses with a period of work placement and a leading university for sport in Ireland and the UK.

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Queens University Belfast

Ranked in the top 200 Universities in the world, Queens University offering over 300 academic degree programmes, with over 23,000 students, including 1,700 international students, and over 150,000 alumni in more than 120 countries.

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The Open University

A route to Higher Education for anyone wanting to learn. It is a distance-learning (courses delivered online) and research university.

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University Colleges
St Mary's University College

A teacher training university college specialising in Catholic Higher Education and Liberal Arts.

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Stranmillis University College

Provision of teacher training and a range of academic programmes in Early Childhood studies and Health, Physical Activity and Sport.

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Further Education Colleges

Further education colleges are the main providers of vocational and technical education and training in Northern Ireland and play a central role in raising levels of literacy and numeracy, and in up-skilling and re-skilling, through a broad range of courses.

Further Education Colleges
Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)

The largest Further Education / Higher Education College in Northern Ireland located across four main sites at Titanic Quarter, Millfield, Castlereagh and e3 Springvale.

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South Eastern Regional College (SERC)

Straddled across three Council areas of Newry Mourne & Down, Lisburn City & Castlereagh and Ards & North Down, there are six main campus buildings in Ballynahinch, Bangor, Downpatrick, Lisburn, Newcastle and Newtownards.

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Southern Regional College (SRC)

Straddled between the two Council areas of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon, and Newry, Mourne and Down in the Southern part of Northern Ireland, the college operates from five campuses in Armagh, Banbridge, Lurgan, Newry and Portadown.

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Education in Ireland

The third level education sector in Ireland consists of universities, institutes and colleges of education - also known as higher education institutions. Within the DBEC region of ROI, there are two universities, a technological university and an institute of technology.

Universities
Dublin City University (DCU)

Offers interdisciplinary degree programmes and research opportunities in technology, engineering, business, communications, humanities, science and health.

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Trinity College Dublin

Located in Dublin City Centre, 20,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all the major disciplines in the arts and humanities, and in business, law, engineering, science and health sciences.

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Technological University Dublin (TU, Dublin)

A leader in STEM disciplines, the University also supports students of business, media, culinary arts and the creative and performing arts.

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Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT)

Ideally situated, the campus is located on the outskirts of Dundalk, serving the North Leinster and South Ulster regions of Ireland. With over 5,000 students, there are four academic schools: Business & Humanities, Engineering, Health & Science and Informatics and the Creative Arts.

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Further and Higher Education
Dublin ETB

The state education and training authority for Dublin city which operates 26 schools and colleges including one Community National School, two Community Hospital Schools, 11 Post Primary Schools and 12 Colleges of Further Education. The City of Dublin ETB also manages two Training Centres, nine Youthreach Centres and an Adult Education Service operating in five separate areas across the city.

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Dublin & Dun Laoghaire ETB

Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB) provide a wide range of education and training programmes, services and supports to children, young people and adults across the DDLETB region. This reaches from Balbriggan in north Dublin, to Dún Laoghaire in south Dublin and Lucan in west Dublin.

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Louth and Meath ETB

Louth & Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) is the largest education and training provider in Louth and Meath, providing a broad range of education and training services to over 30,000 students and learners on an annual basis.

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