University of Ulster

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Established 1984, founded by Elizabeth II
Chancellor Sir Richard Nichols
Vice-Chancellor Prof Gerry McKenna
Location Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Alumni 60,000
Students 21,000
Address Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA
Phone +44 (0) 8700 400 700
Homepage http://www.ulster.ac.uk

The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-site university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest university on the Island of Ireland. It has four campuses, the main one is Coleraine where the administrative headquarters are also located, with additional campuses in Belfast, Jordanstown, Magee.

The university was created in 1984 by the merger of the New University of Ulster (1968) and Ulster Polytechnic (1971). This was the first, and to date only, trans-binary merger in UK higher education whereby what is now called a Glass Plate University merged with what would now be a Post 92 University; the merger occured primarily because the university struggled to attract students whilst the polytechnic was successful.

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Universities of Ireland
Republic of Ireland: Dublin City University | National University of Ireland | University of Dublin | University of Limerick
NUI Constituent Universities: Cork | Dublin | Galway | Maynooth
Northern Ireland: Queen's University of Belfast | University of Ulster
QUB University Colleges: St Mary's | Stranmillis

Other degree awarding authorities in Ireland
Dublin Institute of Technology | Higher Education and Training Awards Council | Pontifical University of Maynooth | Presbyterian Theological Faculty Ireland



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