The higher education system in Ireland is broad in scope and encompasses the university sector, the technological sector, the colleges of education and private, independent colleges. The institutions which fall within the first three groupings are autonomous and self governing, but substantially state funded.
Given below is the list of the top universities and colleges in Ireland
- Dublin City University
- National University of Ireland
- University College Cork
- University College Dublin
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth
- University of Limerick
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College, Dublin
Best colleges in Ireland
- St Angela’s College of Education, SligoNUIG
- St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics
- Church of Ireland College of Education
- Froebel College of Education
- The Marino Institute of Education
- Mary Immaculate College, LimerickUL
- Mater Dei Institute of EducationDCU
- St Patrick’s College of EducationDCU
- Hibernia College
Independent and Further Education in Ireland
- Abbey School of Theatre
- All Hallows CollegeDCU
- American College Dublin
- Burren College of Art
- College of Computer Training
- Cork College of Commerce
- Development Studies Centre
- Dublin Business School
- Dublin Institute of Design
- Edgewater College
- Gaiety School of ActingDCU
- Griffith College Cork
- Griffith College Dublin
- Griffith College Limerick
- Hibernia College
- Honorable Society of King’s Inns
- HSI College
- Irish Bible Institute
- Irish School of EcumenicsDU
- Killybegs Tourism School
- St Michael’s House
- Mallow College of Further Education
- Mid West Business Institute
- Milltown Institute of Theology and PhilosophyNUI
- National College of Art and DesignNUI
- National College of Ireland
- St. John’s Central College, Cork
- St Nicholas Montessori
- St Patrick’s College, Maynooth
- St. Patrick’s, Carlow College
- Sallynoggin College, Pearse Street, Sallynoggin
- Portobello College Dublin
- Royal Irish Academy of MusicDCU
- Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandNUI
- Shannon College of Hotel ManagementNUI
- Tipperary Institute
- Turning PointDCU
- Irish International University – Dublin
Best Technology institutes in Ireland
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
- Institute of Technology, Carlow
- Cork Institute of Technology
- Cork School of Music
- Crawford College of Art and Design
- Maritime College of Ireland
- Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Tourism College Killybegs
- Limerick Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Sligo
- Institute of Technology, Tallaght
- Institute of Technology, Tralee
- Waterford Institute of Technology
National Institutions in Ireland
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- Garda SÃochána College
- Institute of Public Administration NUI
- Irish Management Institute
- Military College, Curragh Camp
- National Ambulance Service College