Maynooth University
Ollscoil na hÉireann, Má Nuad | |
File:NUI, Maynooth.png | |
Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis apud Manutium | |
Former names | St Patrick's College, Maynooth |
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Motto | Veritati Fir Fer |
Motto in English | Truth Strength Courage |
Type | Public |
Established | 1997 |
President | Prof. Tom Collins (interim president, replacing Prof. John G Hughes |
Vice-president | Prof. Jim Walsh |
Registrar | Dr David B Redmond |
Academic staff | 252 |
Students | 7,640[1] |
Undergraduates | 4,968[1] |
Postgraduates | 1,228[1] |
Other students | 378 |
Address | Maynooth , , , Co. Kildare 53°23′01″N 6°35′59″W / 53.3835°N 6.5996°W |
Colours | |
Affiliations | St Patrick's College, Maynooth EUA NUI IUA UI |
Website | http://www.nuim.ie/ |
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann, Má Nuad; Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationalis apud Manutium), was founded by the Universities Act, 1997 as a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. It is Ireland's second oldest university, having been formed from St Patrick's College, Maynooth,[2] itself founded in 1795.
The university is located in the town of Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 20 km west of Dublin. Its grounds consists of two connected campuses; an older south campus of 19th century buildings, shared with St Patrick's College, and a modern north campus, occupying circa 100 acres (0.40 km2).[3][4] With over 7,500 registered students, it is Ireland's smallest, yet fastest growing university.[5][6] In 2009, NUI Maynooth was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.[7][8] In 2008 it was named Sunday Times University of the Year.
History
18th and 19th centuries
The university and St Patrick's College, Maynooth have a common history from 1795 to 1997. The college in Maynooth was established by the government as a college for Catholic lay and ecclesiastical students in 1795,[9] the lay college was based from 1802 in Riverstown House on the south campus, with the opening of Clongowes Wood, the lay college which had lay trustees[10] was closed in 1817[11] and it functioned solely as a Catholic seminary for almost 150 years. In 1876 the college became a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland, and later offered Royal University of Ireland degrees in arts and science. The Pontifical Charter was granted to the college in 1896.
20th and 21st centuries
The college became a recognised constituent college of the National University of Ireland in 1910. From this time, arts and science degrees were awarded by the National University of Ireland, while the Pontifical University of Maynooth continued to confer its own theology degrees, as these had been prohibited in the Royal University of Ireland, and continued to the National University of Ireland (its successor) until 1997.[citation needed]
In 1966 the college allowed again the entry of lay students; this greatly expanded the college and essentially set the foundation stone for the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. In 1997 the Universities Act resulted in the transfer of the faculties of arts, Celtic studies, philosophy and science of the recognised college of St Patrick's College to the new university. The university has also expanded into finance and engineering since its creation in 1997. In 2007 the university added business studies, followed by law in 2008.
Any person who was a student of St Patrick's College, Maynooth and was conferred with a National University of Ireland degree as a result prior to the creation of the university is legally considered a graduate of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.[12]
In 1994, W.J. Smyth, BA, PhD, LLD, was appointed to the position of Master of St. Patrick's College Maynooth(NUI), in 1997 this position became President of NUIM. In 2004 W.J Smyth was succeeded by Prof. John Hughes as president of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Timeline
- 1518 - Garret Óg Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, founded the College of St Mary, in Maynooth [13]
- 1535 - College of St. Mary confiscated as part of Henry VIII's religious reforms [13] [14]
- 1795 - The Royal College of St Patrick established on the 5th of June 1795 (35 Geo III, cap. 21)
- 1798 - United Irishmen Rebellion, out of 69 students, 18 were expelled for taking the Oath to the United Irishmen
- 1800 - Act of Union 1800 transfer of maynooth grant from Dublin to London; John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne died
- 1801 - First Lay college suppressed
- 1802 - Lay college opens in Riverstown Lodge
- 1808 - Dunboyne Establishment case settled between Maynooth Trustees and Butler family
- 1817 - Lay College Closed
- 1845 - Maynooth grant increased [14]
- 1876 - Maynooth becomes a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland
- 1886 - Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by Gladstone, Maynooth was disendowed, lay trustess left the board.[10]
- 1880 - Royal University of Ireland founded
- 1895 - Centenary Celebrations
- 1896 - Maynooth granted Pontifical University status by Papal Charter
- 1903 - King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited it on 24 July 1903
- 1908 - National University of Ireland founded
- 1909 - Royal University of Ireland dissolved
- 1910 - St. Patricks College. Maynooth officially becomes a recognised college of the National University of Ireland [14]
- 1921 - Foundation of Irish Free State
- 1966 - Lay students in religious orders admitted
- 1968 - All Lay Students admitted
- 1970 - Dept. of Biology founded as part of the Faculty of Science
- 1976 - Higher Education Central Applications Office (CAO) founded
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II visits Maynooth
- 1987 - Dept. of Computer Science founded as part of the Faculty of Science
- 1995 - Bi-centenary Celebrations
- 1996 - Third level fees abolished by the Irish Government
- 1997 - National University of Ireland, Maynooth founded from the faculties of Science, Arts and Celtic studies of Maynooth college of NUI; Outreach Campus at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny founded.
- 1999 - Foundation of Dept. of Psychology
- 2001 - Foundation of Dept. of Engineering
- 2007 - Marie Curie Laboratory for Membrane Proteins opens, as NUIM wins European Union Marie Curie “Transfer of Knowledge” funding
- 2008 - Named Sunday Times University of the Year; university canteen burns down
- 2010 - Announced that Froebel College of Education will move to the University by 2013; formation of the School of Business; Professor John Hughes resigns presidency to take post at Bangor University.
Campus
The University campus straddles the main Maynooth to Kilcock Road in County Kildare. It is divided into the North and South Campuses (usually known as the "new" and "old" campuses respectively) [by whom?]. The campuses are connected by means of a footbridge that crosses over the road.
South Campus
The South Campus houses the facilities of St. Patrick's College, as well as most of administrative offices it shares with NUIM. A number of NUIM academic departments also have their offices on the South Campus including Mathematics, Music, Geography, Economics and History. The main buildings, most of which were built in the 19th century, are the Aula Maxima; St. Patrick's House (including the college chapel); the John Paul II Library (built in 1984); New, Dunboyne, Humanity and Stoyte Houses which collectively form St. Joseph's Square; Logic House and Rhetoric House.
The first building to be completed on the South Campus was named after its designer, John Stoyte. Stoyte House, still a prominent presence on campus, stands in proximity to Maynooth Castle.
Over the next 15 years, the site at Maynooth underwent rapid construction so as to cater for the influx of new students, and the buildings which now border St. Joseph's Square (to the rear of Stoyte House) were completed by 1824. The university chapel is located on the South Campus, just off St. Joseph's Square; masses and choir services are frequently held in the chapel, as is the traditional Christmas Carol Service.
North Campus
The North Campus was developed far more recently than the South Campus, in the latter half of the 20th century. Here, the main buildings are the Students' Union, Sports Complex, Biosciences and Engineering Building, Callan Science Building (named after the inventor of the induction coil, Nicholas Callan), the Arts Building, the Science Building and the John Hume Building.
The North Campus also contains the student residences, most of the student service departments, a number of playing fields and a sports complex, which includes a fully-equipped gym, that is free to all university students. The remainder of NUIM's academic departments as well as many research institutes such as the Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems, the Hamilton Institute and the Institiute of Immunology are also located on the North Campus.
Kilkenny Campus
The university has also maintained a campus in Kilkenny City since September 1997, based at St. Kieran's College, with students enrolled in certificate, diploma and degree programmes.
Academic organisation
The university is divided into three faculties: Arts, Celitc Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, with most students studying within one of these streams (although some cross-discipline courses are available). The faculties are further divided into various schools and departments.
About 15% of students are post-graduate level, with more than 1,000 students reading for a research degree.[citation needed] Some postgraduate students also have links to the various research institutes that are based on campus.
As well as the main campus in Maynooth town, the university also has a campus in Kilkenny city. Froebel College of Education will also become part of NUI Maynooth by 2013.
Faculties, Schools, Departments and Centres
Faculties | Schools | Departments |
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Social Sciences | ||
Adult and Community Education | ||
Anthropology | ||
Applied Social Studies | ||
Economics, Finance and Accounting | ||
Education | ||
Geography | ||
Sociology | ||
Business and Law | Management | |
Design and Innovation | ||
Law | ||
Innovation Value Institute (Research Institute) | ||
Science and Engineering | ||
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Computer Science | ||
Electronic Engineering | ||
Experimental Physics | ||
Mathematics | ||
Mathematical Physics | ||
Psychology | ||
Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy | ||
An Foras Feasa (Research Institute) | ||
Ancient Classics | ||
Celtic Studies | ||
Nua-Ghaeilge (Modern Irish) | ||
Sean- agus Meán-Ghaeilge (Old- and Middle- Irish) | ||
Celtic Studies | ||
English, Media and Theatre Studies | ||
English | ||
Centre for Media Studies | ||
Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures | ||
French | ||
German | ||
Spanish |
Froebel College of Education
As of 2013, Froebel College of Education will be situated at NUIM. NUI Maynooth will establish a “Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education” and award Froebel College’s four-year Bachelor of Education degrees, Higher Diploma in Primary Education, Masters Degree in Special and Inclusive Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Special Education, as well as working to develop new courses.[15][16][17]
Admissions
Admission to undergraduate study for European Union school-leavers is generally handled by the CAO (Central Applications Office), and not by NUIM. Applicants have to compete for university places solely on the basis of the results of their school leaving exams. Places are awarded in mid-August every year by the CAO after matching the number of places available to the academic attainments of the applicants. Qualifications are measured as "points", with specific scales for the Irish Leaving Certificate, and all other European Union school leaving results, such as the UK GCE A-level, the International Baccalaureate along with other national school leaving exams.[18]
Academic Affiliations
NUI Maynooth is a member of Universities Ireland,[19] The Irish Universities Association,[20] European University Association,[21] European Association for International Education [22] and Eurodoc.[23] NUIM is also a member of Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, along with three other universities; TCD, UCD, DCU, and four institutes of technology; DIT, IADT, ITT and ITB. [24]
Any student of St Patrick's College, Maynooth prior to the passing of the Universities Act, 1997, upon whom a degree of the National University of Ireland was conferred is now legally considered to be a graduate of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The college continues to share its campus with National University of Ireland, Maynooth but remains a separate legal entity with training in canon law, philosophy and theology and awards the degrees of the Pontifical University and is associated with several other colleges.
Reputation
In 2009, NUI Maynooth was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.[7][8]
NUI Maynooth currently occupies fourth place on the Irish Sunday Times University League Table 2008, behind TCD, UCD and UCC - all much larger institutions, having jumped three places since 2007. NUIM was also named University of The Year 2008 in The Sunday Times University Guide (UK), beating UCD which finished second.[25]
NUI Maynooth is the top institution in the Republic of Ireland, regarding research income won per academic, and has one of the best graduate employment records of any Irish university at almost 100 per cent. It is working with over 50 multinational companies on research projects.[26]
NUIM recorded the highest growth in 1st preference school-leaver applications in the university sector in 2010.[27][28]
Academic Competition
St Patrick's College (NUI) won the inaugural University Challenge based Irish Higher Education Quiz show on RTÉ, Challenging Times in 1991, winning again in 1992 and as NUIM in 1999.
NUI Maynooth and University of Newcastle, Australia’s joint robotic soccer team 'Numanoids’ won the soccer Standard Platform League (2-Legged Robot) RoboCup World Championship which was held in Suzhou, China from 14–20 July 2008. 2008 was NUI Maynooth's first year to enter the international robot competition which hosted 440 teams from 35 countries.
NUI Maynooth first entered the Microsoft Imagine Cup in 2007. NUI Maynooth achieved both first and third place in the Imagine Cup Ireland finals, earning participation in the world finals in Seoul, South Korea in August 2007. Team inGEST (Interactive Gesture), who developed a low-cost interactive system for teaching sign language using standard web cameras for feedback, achieved a top-six position in the finals and went on to Silcon Valley in February 2008 as part of the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Program. In 2008, NUI Maynooth students tied for second place the Microsoft Imagine Cup in the category of "Embedded Development". A total of 124 teams representing 61 countries and regions took part in 2008.[29] In 2010 NUI Maynooth won the award for Best Windows Azure Applicaiton with their cloud based medical record system.
Research and innovation
A number of research institutes fall under the auspices of NUI Maynooth:
- Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) - established in order to improve scientific understanding of climate change and its impacts[30][31][32][33]
- Hamilton Institute
- Institute of Immunology[34]
- National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis Based at NUI Maynooth, NIRSA is a collaborative project involving Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Institute of Technology, Sligo and Queen's University, Belfast [35][36][37]
- The Callan Institute (formerly Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems) providing for research into electronic and software systems and wireless communications.
- National Centre for Geocomputation [38]
- An Foras Feasa - The Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions [39]
- Innovation Value Institute (IVI) - a joint research institute founded by NUI Maynooth and Intel which was "awarded to NUI Maynooth in 2006 over the Massachusetts Institute of Technology"[40][41]
- NUI Maynooth is involved in research at the CTVR Telecommunications Research Centre, based at Trinity College Dublin.
- The Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Network Ireland is based at NUI Maynooth. The network is composed of NUI Maynooth CISM researchers, Health Service Executive, Department of Defence, Dublin Fire Brigade, the Civil Defence, Irish Coast Guard, Irish Aviation Authority, Irish Red Cross, Order of Malta, Ireland, Search and Rescue Dog Association, National Ambulance Training School and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council.
Spinout Companies
- Socowave
- Blue Box Sensors
- Beemune
- IGeotech [44]
Student Clubs, Societies and Activities
Recreational organisations in the university are broadly divided into clubs (physical acitivities) and societies (non-physical activities). These clubs and societies are open to all students and staff to join; they cater for a range of activities including sports, music, religious and political/polemic groups.
Club Competition
Most of the universities clubs take part in intervarsity competition to some degree.
Recent accolades
Year | Placement | Sport | Competition |
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2008 | 1st | Intervarsity Swimming Championships | Swimming |
1979 | 2nd | Fitzgibbon Cup | Hurling |
1977 | 2nd | Fitzgibbon Cup | Hurling |
1976 | 1st | Sigerson Cup | Gaelic Football |
1976 | 2nd | Fitzgibbon Cup | Hurling |
1975 | 2nd | Fitzgibbon Cup | Hurling |
1973 | 1st | Fitzgibbon Cup | Hurling |
1973 | 2nd | Sigerson Cup | Gaelic Football |
35s
In addition to individual club's intervarsity competitions, NUI Maynooth has a standing intervarsity compeitition with DCU each year called the 35s, in which the two colleges compete as a whole. Each club faces their counterpart in DCU, the winning university being whichever takes most points out of the 35 available over all sports.[45]
Scholarships
The university offers a number of sports scholarships to aspiring students in Gaelic games, rugby, golf, swimming and snooker.
Rugby
Rugby scholarships were introduced to NUI Maynooth in 2006. Scholarship students are obliged to attend the rugby performance centre and to play with the university teams and Barnhall RFC. The NUI Maynooth Rugby Performance Centre is open to all Rugby Club members attending NUIM. The aim of the Centre being to enhance students' prospects within the game of rugby and to continue to achieve success with the university teams. As part of the link up with Barnhall RFC, players from the youth system 16-20's are invited to take part in a summer programme. [citation needed]
Society Intervarsity Events
BICS awards
NUI Maynooth annually take part in university/college society awards at a national level, which are organised by the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS).[46]
Recent awards
Year | Award | Society/Person |
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2010[47] | Best Event | Spotlight Society |
2009[48] | Best Society Individual | Erin Barclay |
2008[49] | Best Society | GLB |
2008 | Best Society Individual | Paul Donnelly |
2008 | Best Fresher | Lydia Farrell |
Traditions
The Supernatural
A number of ghost stories and hauntings are connected to the university. Many of these arise from its historic connection with St. Patrick's seminary.[50]
Christmas Carol Service
A carol service is held in the chapel on an annual basis. The service is open to staff and students of the university and St Patrick's College, as well as members of the general public. Because of high demand, tickets are allocated by lottery.[51]
Notable Alumni and Faculty
Government, Politics, Law and Public Policy
- Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been appointed as Honorary Adjunct Professor of Mediation and Conflict Intervention in the School of Business and Law.[52][53]
- Joe Costello TD (Dublin Central)
- Noel Dempsey TD and Cabinet Minister
- Eamon De Valera, President of Ireland, lectured in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Maynooth in 1912[54]
- John Blake Dillon the Irish nationalist, Young Ireland member, who co -founded The Nation newspaper spent two years in Maynooth.[55]
- Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Social & Family Affairs (BA, HdipEd)
- Brian Hayes TD (Dublin South West)
- John Hume, politician, activist and Nobel Laureate
- Joe McHugh TD (Donegal North East)
- Kevin O'Higgins MP, TD
- Mary O'Rourke TD, Sen. (BA, HdipEd)
- Joe O'Toole(HdipEd), former president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions(ICTU) and Independent NUI Senator
- Richard Lalor Sheil MP, and playwright, an associate of Daniel O'Connell and a founder of the Catholic Association attended the lay college in Maynooth, and strongly spoke in favour of the Maynooth Grant.
- Stephen Woulfe who became a barrister, and Attorney General and the first catholic to be Chief Barron of the Irish Exchequer also attended the lay college at Maynooth.
The Arts and the Media
- Concert promoter Jim Aiken
- Broadcaster Craig Doyle
- Playwright and short story writer Brian Friel, who graduated with a BA in 1948
- Poet Denis Florence MacCarthy
- Playwright Frank McGuinness taught English in Maynooth[56]
- Chris Morash, chair of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Compliance Committee is Professor of English, Media and Theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth
- Eurovision 1996 winner Eimear Quinn
- Former Miss Ireland Niamh Redmond is a graduate in finance
Science, Technology and Academia
- Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Professor of Psychology, is the world's most prolific author in the experimental analysis of behaviour for the years 1980 - 1999, and is noted for the development of Relational Frame Theory alongside Steven C. Hayes.
- Nicholas Callan, inventor of the induction coil, who was a student and Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Maynooth
- Sir Dominic Corrigan Bart., MD, MP, physician, first Catholic president of the Royal College of Physicians, member of the Queen's Colleges Senate, Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University in Ireland, and Liberal MP for Dublin City was student of the lay college in the early 19th century.[57][58][59]
- Mathematician and Classical scholar Pádraig de Brún was Professor of Mathematics at Maynooth prior to becoming president of UCG (NUI Galway).
- Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan physician to the Duke of Kent and Duke of York attended the early lay college in Maynooth.
- Christopher Fleming MD, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons
- Current Provost of Trinity College, Dublin John Hegarty holds a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy and a HDipEd from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
- Theologian & physicist Gerald Molloy
- Noted Astronomer and Physicist Susan McKenna Lawlor is a professor of Experimental Physics.[60]
- Dr Michael O'Dwyer was nominated Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes académiques, by French Prime Minister François Fillon.
Theology
- Cornelius Denvir
- Former president of Maynooth, and later Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia, Daniel Mannix was nominated in his adopted country as one of the 'one-hundred great Australians' of the 20th century.[61]
Honorary Graduates
- Golfer Pádraig Harrington
- David Mackey, chairman of the Croke Park Executive Committee[62]
- Seán Quinn businessman and conglomerateur
- Aga Khan head of the Ismaeli Muslim community
Publications
Currently active
- University News: Quarterly bulletin.
- ReSearch: Magazine detailing current research at the university.
- The Bridge: Biannual alumni magazine.
- The Print: Monthly magazine published by the Students' Union, featuring editorials, interviews, creative works and campus news.
- The Golden Thread: Newsletter featuring editorials, comment and articles on current issues regarding the law department and the area of law in general
Defunct
- The Tonic / Maynooth Advocate: newspaper titles published by the Publications Society.
- The SUS / nuimsu.com / The Spoke: former newspaper & magazine titles published by the Students' Union (predecessors to The Print).
See also
- Education in the Republic of Ireland
- List of universities in the Republic of Ireland
- National University of Ireland
- St Patrick's College, Maynooth
External links
- Official site
- Maps of Campus
- Students' Union
- Centre for Business, Management and Innovation Studies
- The Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems
- NUIM Rugby Club
- Maynooth Christian Union
References
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- ^ Bertie Ahern Appointed Honorary Adjunct Professor
- ^ Maynooth group expresses its opposition to Ahern appointment
- ^ Profile of Éamon de Valera (1882-1975)
- ^ Profile of John Blake Dillon (1816-1866)
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- ^ Ireland joins the Space Age By Adrian Weckler Sunday Business Post, May 05, 2002
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