NUI Maynooth named University of the year

 

University of the year

University of the year

NUI Maynooth was named as the “University of the Year 2008” in the Sunday Times University Guide.   

The award caps a highly successful year for NUI Maynooth which has seen it record the highest increase in CAO first preferences, attracting the strongest flow of research funding and forging links with leading industries. It has also jumped three places to fourth place on the Sunday Times’ league table.  

“NUI Maynooth is now one of the four top universities in Ireland and is making an impressive global impact through its teaching partnership with the computer chip manufacturer Intel,” says Ian Coxon, Editor of The Sunday Times University Guide.  “NUI Maynooth’s excellent results on research funding and graduate employment plus its impeccable record on encouraging access to groups normally excluded from third-level education are three of the key factors that have led us to vote it The Sunday Times University of the Year for 2008.” 

Read the full press release here

One Response to NUI Maynooth named University of the year

  1. Fran says:

    Excellent to see NUIM is finally being recognised for the excellent university it is.

    Keep it up!

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