Why study at Maynooth University?
Fastest Growing University
Maynooth University is an internationally recognised institution located 25 kilometres outside of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland’s ’s fastest growing university and is home to one of the fastest-growing business schools in Europe
One of four constituent universities of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth University in 2022 ranked # 1 in Ireland in the Times Higher Education (THE) Best Young University Rankings.
On 16 June 2022, Maynooth University celebrated its 25th birthday, having been formally established as an autonomous university in 1997. Yet, it traces its origins to the foundation of the Royal College of St. Patrick in 1795, drawing inspiration from a heritage that includes over 200 years of education and scholarship.
Today, Maynooth University is a place of lively contrasts – a modern institution, dynamic, rapidly-growing, research-led and engaged, yet grounded in historic academic strengths and scholarly traditions.
With over 15,000 students from more than 100 countries, Maynooth University offers a range of programmes at undergraduate, Master and PhD levels in the humanities, science and engineering, and social sciences, including business, law, and education. The University also offers a range of international programmes and partnerships.
Maynooth University’s unique collegial culture fosters an interdisciplinary approach to research, which its world-class academics bring to bear in tackling some of the most fundamental challenges facing society today.
The University’s research institutes and centres consolidate and deliver this impact as vibrant communities of learning, discovery and creation. Research at Maynooth University also is very much central to its teaching, and the University prides itself on placing equal value on its research and teaching missions.
Maynooth University is recognised among the top 600 universities in the world and in the top 250 European universities (Times Higher Education, 2022).