University of Limerick

The University of Limerick (UL) was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989. The university was the first university established since the foundation of the State in 1922.

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National Institute for Higher Education - Limerick - University - Statute - State

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The university is located along the River Shannon, on a 200 acre (0.8 km²) site in the 600 acre (2.4 km²) National Technological Park at Plassey, 5 km from Limerick city centre. The university has currently in excess of 9,000 full-time students and 1,000 part-time students. There are also over 800 research postgraduates and 1,300 taught postgraduate students at the college. Each year over 2,000 students are allocated work placement, the Cooperative Education programme, one of the first such programmes in the State.

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River Shannon - Acre - Plassey - City centre

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