• University of Ulster is a multi-campus public university located in Northern Ireland.
• It is the largest university in Northern Ireland and the second-largest university on the island of Ireland after the federal National University of Ireland.
• It is home to approximately 27,000 students coming in from over 100 countries.
• Ulster offers degrees in the following departments: Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University Business School.
• Belfast is about an hour away from Ulster and London is 6 hours by flight.
• Queens University Belfast and Belfast Metropolitan University are other universities in the region.
• Ulster has four campuses across the Northern Ireland – Belfast, Colerain, Jordan town and Magee.
Things you should know
• Ulster scores highly for student satisfaction with the 2018 National Student Survey unveiling 87% satisfaction rates -ranking 23rd out of 154 UK universities.
• The Guardian University Rankings 2020 ranks Ulster 93rd nationally. It was ranked 68th in the UK by the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide.
• The Research Excellence Framework 2014 exercise identified the institution as one of the top five universities in the UK for world-leading research in law, biomedical sciences, nursing and art and design. Ranked 1st in UK for Optometry, Ophthalmology & Orthotics (Complete University Guide, 2020).
• Among the UK’s top five universities for Nursing and the world’s top 50 universities (QS World Rankings 2017).
• Ulster University Business School has been accepted into the prestigious Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education.
• Combined with its affiliation to Harvard Business School, Ulster University Business School has become the first Business School in the UK to have formal relationships with both institutions.
• The Research Excellence Framework 2014 identified that 72% of the university’s research activity was world leading or internationally excellent.
• Additionally, the REF evaluation identified the university as top 10 in the UK for built environment, biomedical sciences, law, art and design and nursing research and second in the UK for Celtic studies research.
Of Ulster University, London
• Omid Djalili – comedian.
• Michael Riley- film producer, Honorary Doctorates were given.
• Bill Clinton- former President of the United States.
• Mary McAleese- former President of Ireland.
• Hillary Clinton- former US Secretary of State.
• Sir Alex Ferguson- former manager of Manchester United Football club.
• Aung San Suu Ky- Burmese Nobel Laureate.
• Ewan McGregor-Actor.
• Desmond Mpilo Tutu- famous South African Clergy.
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