Universities and research institutes in Ireland
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 86 universities and research institutes in Ireland.
Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.
The largest concentrations are in Dublin (44), Cork (11) and Limerick (6).
Ireland scores 69.8 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 14 of 117 economies.
86 universities and research institutes
- Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research
University or research institute · Dublin · ambercentre.ie - All Hallows College
University or research institute · Dublin · allhallows.ie - APC Microbiome Institute
University or research institute · Cork · apc.ucc.ie - Athlone Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Athlone · ait.ie - Atlantia Food Clinical Trials
University or research institute · Cork · atlantiafoodclinicaltrials.com - Atlantic Technological University
University or research institute · Ireland · atu.ie - Blackrock Castle Observatory
University or research institute · Cork · bco.ie - Boyne Research Institute
University or research institute · Drogheda · boyneresearch.ie - Cancer Trials Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · cancertrials.ie - CCT College Dublin
University or research institute · Dublin · cct.ie - Cell Stress Discoveries
University or research institute · Galway · cellstressdiscoveries.com - Clarity Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
University or research institute · Dublin · clarity-centre.org - Collaborative Centre for Applied Nanotechnology
University or research institute · Cork · ccan.ie - Cork Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Cork · cit.ie - Dairy Processing Technology Centre
University or research institute · Limerick · dptc.ie - Discovery Programme
University or research institute · Dublin · discoveryprogramme.ie - Dublin Business School
University or research institute · Dublin · dbs.ie - Dublin City University
University or research institute · Dublin · dcu.ie - Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
University or research institute · Dublin · dias.ie - Dublin Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Dublin · dit.ie - Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
University or research institute · Dublin · iadt.ie - Dundalk Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dundalk · dkit.ie - Food for Health Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · fhi.ie - Free University of Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · saor-ollscoil.ie - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Galway · gmit.ie - Garda Síochána College
University or research institute · Templemore · gardacollegelms.ie - Griffith College
University or research institute · Dublin · griffith.ie - Griffith College Cork
University or research institute · Cork · griffith.ie - Griffith College Limerick
University or research institute · Limerick · griffith.ie - Hibernia College
University or research institute · Dublin · hiberniacollege.com - I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
University or research institute · Dublin · i-form.ie - IBAT College
University or research institute · Dublin · ibat.ie - IBM Research - Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · research.ibm.com - Infant
University or research institute · Cork · infantcentre.ie - Innopharma Education
University or research institute · Dublin · innopharmaeducation.com - Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics
University or research institute · Dublin · insight-centre.org - Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe
University or research institute · Maynooth · icepe.eu - Institute of Public Administration
University or research institute · Dublin · ipa.ie - Institute of Technology Sligo
University or research institute · Dormant · Sligo · itsligo.ie - Institute of Technology Tallaght
University or research institute · Dormant · Dublin · it-tallaght.ie - Institute of Technology Tralee
University or research institute · Dormant · Tralee · ittralee.ie - Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
University or research institute · Dormant · Dublin · itb.ie - International Energy Research Centre
University or research institute · Cork · ierc.ie - Irish Archaeology Field School
University or research institute · Monkstown · iafs.ie - Irish College of General Practitioners
University or research institute · Dublin · irishcollegeofgps.ie - Irish Management Institute
University or research institute · Dublin · imi.ie - Isles International University
University or research institute · Dublin · iiu-edu.eu - Java Clinical
University or research institute · Dublin · javacr.com - Kerry Education and Training Board
University or research institute · Tralee · kerryetb.ie - King's Inns
University or research institute · Dublin · kingsinns.ie - Letterkenny Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Letterkenny · lyit.ie - Limerick Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Dormant · Limerick · lit.ie - Mary Immaculate College
University or research institute · Limerick · mic.ul.ie - Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
University or research institute · Dublin · milltown-institute.ie - Munster Technological University
University or research institute · Cork · mtu.ie - National Children’s Research Centre
University or research institute · Crumlin · nationalchildrensresearchcentre.ie - National College of Art and Design
University or research institute · Dublin · ncad.ie - National College of Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · ncirl.ie - National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training
University or research institute · Dublin · nibrt.ie - National University of Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · nui.ie - National University of Ireland, Maynooth
University or research institute · Maynooth · maynoothuniversity.ie - Newpark Music Centre
University or research institute · Dublin · newparkmusic.ie - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
University or research institute · Galway · universityofgalway.ie - Project Arts Centre
University or research institute · Dublin · projectartscentre.ie - Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences
University or research institute · Dublin · icrag-centre.org - Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · rcpi.ie - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · rcsi.com - Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre
University or research institute · Tralee · shannonabc.ie - Smartbay Ireland
University or research institute · Galway · smartbay.ie - South East Technological University
University or research institute · Waterford · setu.ie - St. Luke's Institute of Cancer Research
University or research institute · Rathgar · slcrf.ie - State Laboratory
University or research institute · Kildare · statelab.ie - Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre
University or research institute · Limerick · sspc.ie - Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
University or research institute · Carlow · teagasc.ie - Technological University Dublin
University or research institute · Dublin · tudublin.ie - Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
University or research institute · Athlone · tus.ie - The American College
University or research institute · Dublin · amcd.ie - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
University or research institute · Dublin · tii.ie - Trials Methodology Research Network
University or research institute · Galway · hrb-tmrn.ie - Trinity College Dublin
University or research institute · Dublin · tcd.ie - Tyndall National Institute
University or research institute · Cork · tyndall.ie - UCD Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
University or research institute · Dublin · ucd.ie - University College Cork
University or research institute · Cork · ucc.ie - University College Dublin
University or research institute · Dublin · ucd.ie - University of Limerick
University or research institute · Limerick · ul.ie - Walton Institute for Information and Communications Systems Science
University or research institute · Waterford · waltoninstitute.ie