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National College of Ireland (NCI) is a third level institution based alongside the IFSC in North Wall, Dublin. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... 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. ... North Wall is part of the Northside of Dublin. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ...

History

NCI was founded by the Jesuits in the 1950s as a college specialising in Industrial Relations, the National College of Industrial Relations, based in Milltown, but now includes a School of Business and a School of Informatics. It is a non profit, third-level College whose mission is to provide a centre of academic excellence, to create opportunities for students to succeed and to facilitate access to education for all groups. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Milltown is the name of several locations: In the United States of America: Milltown, Indiana Milltown, New Jersey Milltown, South Dakota Milltown, Wisconsin Milltown (town), Wisconsin In Ireland: Milltown, County Kerry Milltown, Dublin, a station on the LUAS light rail system, just after the Milltown Viaduct. ...

Originally based in Ranelagh in south Dublin, it moved to its current location in the IFSC in 2004. The college currently caters for aproximately 4000 students. Ranelagh (Irish Raghnallach) is a residential area and township on the southside of Dublin city, Ireland. ...

Activities

The college has a network of 40 off-campus centres, providing educational services throughout the country. The college has over 1000 full time students and over 2000 part-time students.

A recent report by the OECD on the Irish third level education system commended the college on its commitment to part-time learners. Degrees and certificates awarded by the college are accredited by HETAC, the Irish Higher Education and Training Awards Council, a government body that validates educational awards in the Irish non-university sector. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. ...

College sports clubs and societies

• Soccer team
• Rugby team
• Basketball team
• Table tennis team
• Hockey team
• GAA team
• Chess club
• Hurling team
• Karting society
• Lacrosse
• Reach Out society
• War Games society

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External links

• The National College of Ireland has undertaken the Knowledge Economy Skills Passport and in conjunction with Musgrave