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  University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The university is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland.
The university was was founded in December 2, 1908 by Royal Charter, as University College, Dublin a constituent college of the National University of Ireland.
The university college is the lineal successor of the earlier Catholic University of Ireland founded on 18 May 1854 and lead by its rector Cardinal John Henry Newman, which in 1882 first became known as University College Dublin as part of the Royal University of Ireland.
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 National University of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent universities, except that the degrees and diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland.
The Catholic University of Ireland was created as an independent university in Dublin in 1854 for the education of Catholics, this university however was neither a recognised university nor offered recognised degrees.
The 1997 reforms, in addition to the restructuring of the National University of Ireland, an additional university at Maynooth was created from certain faculties of the previous recognised college, St Patrick's College.
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 National University of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The National University of Ireland ( NUI) 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 1997 reforms, in addition to the restructuring of the National University of Ireland, an additional university at Maynooth was created from certain faculties of the previous recognised college, St Patrick's College, Maynooth.
Within the university their is a common faculty structure in operation in the constituent universities, these ten faculties are: Agriculture ; Arts ; Celtic Studies ; Commerce ; Engineering and Architecture ; Food Science and Technology ; Law ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Philosophy and Sociology ; Science ; and Veterinary Medicine.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catholic University of Ireland
Among its authorities the senate was the body representative of the university; and the rectorial council was the rector's ordinary adviser.
The Liberal plan of a Supplemental Charter, incorporating the Catholic University as a college, not as a university, and enabling the students educated in its halls to obtain degrees from an enlarged Queen's University, failed in 1866; the Conservative scheme of chartering an unendowed Catholic university was announced, considered, and abruptly withdrawn in 1868; Mr.
It was for the purpose of arranging the Catholic colleges of higher education in an associated group, to stand against the endowed Queen's Colleges in the competition of the Royal University, that the framework of the Catholic University was considerably modified in 1882.
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 ABOUT NUI - Constituent Universities - Ollscoil na hÉireann - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
The Charter for the new University, styled the Royal University, was granted on 27 April 1882, and the Queen’s University was dissolved on 3 February 1882.
By the University Education (Ireland) Act, 1879, provision was made for the foundation of the Royal University and the dissolution of the Queen’s University within two years from the date of the Charter of the Royal University.
The Charter of the Royal University was granted on 27 April, 1880, and the Queen’s University was dissolved on 3 February, 1882.
www.nui.ie /about/universities.asp   (1377 words)

  
 UCC College Calendar 2005/2006: General Information
The University Education (Ireland) Act, 1879, provided for the formation of a new University in Ireland, afterwards in its Charter styled the Royal University of Ireland, and for the dissolution of the Queen's University within two years from the date of the Charter of the Royal University.
The Charter of the Royal University was granted on 27th April, 1880, and the Queen's University was dissolved on 3rd February, 1882.
Under Sections 7(1) and 7(2) respectively of that Act the constituent Colleges of the National University of Ireland "shall by virtue of this section become and be universities" and "shall be constituent universities of the National University of Ireland".
www.ucc.ie /acad/calendar/general/info001.html   (549 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
Minister at the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, Ballygawley from 1906 to 1910, and at Monaghan from 1910 to 1917.
Chancellor of the Dioceses of Derry and Raphoe in the Church of Ireland from 1945 to 1964.
Chancellor of the Diocese of Connor in the Church of Ireland from 1959 to 1964 and from 1978 to 1981.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent universities, except that the academic degree degrees and Higher Diploma diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland.
The ''Catholic University of Ireland'' was created as an independent university in Dublin in 1854 for the education of Roman Catholic Catholics, this university however was neither a recognised university nor offered recognised degrees.
The 1997 reforms, in addition to the restructuring of the National University of Ireland, an additional university at Maynooth was created from certain faculties of the previous recognised college, '' St Patrick's College, Maynooth ''.
www.mauspfeil.net /National_University_of_Ireland.html   (542 words)

  
 Catholic University: University College, Dublin
By its charter, granted 2 Dec., 1908, in accordance with the Irish Universities Act of that year, members of the college include every graduate of the Royal University of Ireland who was a matriculated student of "University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, or of the Medical School, Cecilia Street, Dublin".
Beaconsfield's University Act empowered the senate of the Royal University to appoint Fellows, with a salary of 400 pounds a year out of the university revenues, on condition of their examining for the university and lecturing at certain assigned colleges.
The passing of the University Act coincided with the silver jubilee of the old college; and when the new college came into existence the Jesuits, in order to facilitate its commencement, surrendered to it, with the approval of the Irish bishops, the old buildings of the Catholic University.
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 Queen's University, Belfast - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Queen's University, Belfast ( QUB) - or officially Queen's University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The university was originally part of the Queen's University of Ireland created to encourage higher education for Catholics as a counterpart to the Protestant Trinity College, Dublin.
The university also has formal agreements with other colleges in Northern Ireland and operates several outreach schemes to rural areas, the most successful of which is the university's Armagh Campus.
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 Conway_Arthur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The best university in Ireland at this time was undoubtedly Trinity College Dublin and in many ways this should have been the natural university for someone like Conway whose interests had already turned to mathematics and physics.
University College Dublin was run by the Jesuits but it did not have official recognition.
In 1908 University College became an official university when it was made one of the three Colleges of the National University of Ireland (the other two were Cork and Galway).
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 Botany Homepage
University College, Dublin (as part of the National University of Ireland) was established in 1908, and the Professorship of Botany came into being when its first holder, J. Bayley Butler (better known subsequently as a zoologist), was appointed in 1911.
In August 1867, the Royal College of Science for Ireland (RCSI) was incorporated, and accommodated in the former Museum of Irish Industry on St. Stephen's Green.
We in UCD are the direct legal inheritors of that line, amalgamated with that of the Catholic University, by Acts of Parliament in 1908 (the establishment of UCD) and 1926 (the transfer to UCD of the Royal College of Science for Ireland).
www.ucd.ie /botany/history.htm   (1661 words)

  
 UCC: About UCC and Cork
University College Cork (UCC) is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland.
The University Education (Ireland) Act, 1879, provided for the formation of a new university in Ireland - afterwards styled the Royal University of Ireland - and for the dissolution of the Queen's University within two years from the date of the Charter of the Royal University.
The Corporation founded in 1845 as a college under the name and style of Queen's College, Cork, and renamed as University College Cork by Charter in 1908, has thus become - by virtue of the Universities Act, 1997 - a university to be known as National University of Ireland, Cork.
www.ucc.ie /en/AboutUCCandCork/UCCHistory   (666 words)

  
 National University of Ireland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent universities, except that the (A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process) degrees and (A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study) diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland.
The Catholic University of Ireland was created as an independent university in (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin in 1854 for the education of (A member of a Catholic church) Catholics, this university however was neither a recognised university nor offered recognised degrees.
In 1880 the Royal University of Ireland took over the degree awarding functions of the two former universities and offered recognised degrees to the graduates of the new (Click link for more info and facts about University College Dublin) University College Dublin, previously awarded under the Catholic University.
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 Royal University of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The university college is the lineal successor of the earlier Catholic University of Ireland founded on 18 May 1854 and lead by its rector Cardinal John Henry Newman, and later became an early carnation of University College Dublin under the Royal University of Ireland chartered in 1880.
Though not as widely known as Trinity College Dublin, UCD is highly regarded internationally with many of its graduates going on to post-graduate studies at other top international universities, particularly in the United States and Britain.
This ban is still a source of controversy as Irish Unions were against the ban, and some students feel that by removing free choice, the boycott seems imposed rather supported.
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 Queen's_University,_Belfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
'''Queen's University, Belfast''' ('''QUB''') - or officially '''The Queen's University of Belfast''' - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The university was originally part of ''Queen's University of Ireland'' created to encourage higher education for Catholic s as a counterpart to the Protestant Trinity College, Dublin.
The university has formal agreements with other colleges in Northern Ireland and operates several outreach schemes to rural areas, the most successful of which is at Armagh, the [ http://www.armagh.qub.ac.uk Armagh Campus].
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 CHANCELLORS OF NUI Ollscoil na hÉireann - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
Dr FitzGerald is currently Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, elected in November 1997, upon the resignation of Dr T K Whitaker.
Ireland in the 1940's and '50's was in the grip of deep economic depression, and Whitaker's vision as an economist culminated in the publication in 1958 of 'Economic Development' a study upon which the first programme for Economic Expansion in Ireland was built.
He went on to run for the presidency of Ireland and was elected for a seven-year term; in 1963 he was re-elected, at the age of 84, for a further seven years.
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 League of World Universities: University College of Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
University College Dublin dates its origin from the foundation in 1851 of the Catholic University of Ireland which, with Cardinal John Henry Newman as first Rector, opened in 85 and 86 St Stephen's Green (then known as St Patrick's House) in 1854.
Students took the examinations and degrees of the Royal University of Ireland, an examining body established by Act of Parliament in 1881.
The University Colleges at Dublin, Cork and Galway are the constituent colleges of the National University of Ireland.
www.nyu.edu /rectors/dublin.html   (709 words)

  
 National University of Ireland - InformationBlast
The National University of Ireland ( NUI) is a federal university system of constituent universities (previously: constituent colleges) and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, as amended by the Universities Act, 1997.
The constituent universities are for all essential purposes independent of each other, except that the degrees and diplomas are those of the National University of Ireland.
In 1882 the Royal University of Ireland took over the degree awarding functions of the two former universities and offered recognised degrees to the graduates of the new University College Dublin.
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 University of Ulster Library - The History of Magee College
However, at that time the Royal University was replaced by the National University of Ireland, a watershed in the history of Magee College, bringing to an end its first flourishing phase of development.
The 1964 report of the Lockwood Committee on the state of higher education in Northern Ireland failed to satisfy these aspirations, recommending that the second university should be established at Coleraine and that Magee University College be closed.
The University of Ulster is a four-campus institution with other sites at Coleraine (which houses the administrative headquarters), Jordanstown (the largest campus) and Belfast (which houses the Faculty of Art and Design).
www.ulst.ac.uk /library/magee/history.htm   (1011 words)

  
 ABOUT NUI - Ollscoil na hÉireann - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
The continuing mission for NUI in modern Ireland is to provide a supportive framework for its confederate institutions, to promote the objects of the University, thus contributing to educational, cultural, social and economic advancement.
The University Education (Ireland) Act, 1879 provided for the formation of a new University in Ireland, afterwards styled the Royal University of Ireland, whose examinations were open to all candidates, whether they had attended College lectures or not.
The Irish Universities Act, 1908 established two new Universities - the National University of Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast and dissolved the Royal University on 31 October, 1909.
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 Ireland_Itinerary
Note: When calling or faxing from the United States to Ireland, the international code is as follows: Dial 011 353 and drop the zero on the area code.
Then visit Black Abbey (1225), one of the oldest churches in Ireland that is still standing and not in ruins.
The folk park comprises a collection of farmhouses from different regions of Ireland and a 19th century village street featuring a pub, school, general store and many other buildings where traditional lifestyles and crafts are demonstrated.
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 NUI, Galway, International Summer School, Irish Studies
Ireland's archaeological heritage is one of the richest in Western Europe.
She has lectured in the School of Languages of the University of Limerick, and is now a lecturer in the Irish Department of St. Patrick's College, Dromcondra.
John Waddell was educated at University College, Galway, and the University of Glasgow.
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 The Atlantic Bridge Program | The Schools | National University of Ireland, Dublin / University College Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
By 1900, the new college was incorporated by Royal Charter and in 1946 the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established.
In 2002, the newly constructed, state-of-the-art veterinary school was unveiled on the main university campus at Belfield, marking the newest chapter in the school's history.
University College Dublin has the distinction of being the only university in Ireland offering a degree course in Veterinary Medicine.
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 University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin biography.ms
The university is highly regarded internationally with many of its graduates going on to post-graduate studies at other top international universities, particularly in the United State and Great Britain.
There are a number of relalated companies, many concentrated as the NovaUCD initiative, to commercialise research results and opportunities; many of these are reflective of the universities expertise in the life sciences.
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 Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Ireland
National University of Ireland - Galway Galway, Ireland
National University of Ireland - Maynooth Maynooth, Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Ireland
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