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1997

Founded

12,100

Students

49

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Overview

About Maynooth University

Maynooth University (MU; Irish: Ollscoil Mhá Nuad) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad). It was Ireland's youngest university until Technological University Dublin was established in 2019, having been founded by the Universities Act, 1997, from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College, Maynooth, which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is one of two university towns in Ireland, the other being Tralee, Co. Kerry.

The university consists of two connected campuses: an older southern campus, with 19th-century buildings, shared with St Patrick's College, and a modern northern campus, occupying c. 40 hectares (100 acres).

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Founded

1997

Type

University

Location

Maynooth, Ireland

Students

12,100

Academic staff

1,567

Reported 2025

Programmes with us

49

Programmes

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