A university is placed along a River Shannon, on the 200 acre (0.Viii kilometer²) places in the 600 acre (Two.Little joe kilometre²) National Technological Park at Plassey, 5 km from either Limerick city centre. A university has presently around excess of 9,000 good-whale students & 1,000 section-half-time students. There are likewise ended 800 locate grad student & 1,300 taught graduate students at a college. Every season all over 2,000 students come allocated operate placement, a Cooperative Education programme, one of a number 1 such programmes in the State.

History

Based on data from Dr Edward M Walsh, number 1 President of the University, [http://www.ul.ie/~alumni/The_Early_Years_EMW.htm Limerick through its mayor applied to have a Queen's College] placed there inside 1845, losing dead set Galway & Cork.

A Limerick University Task Committee was [http://www.ul.ie/~ul25/origins.html founded in September 1959] as a design of the 1957 Mayor of Limerick, Ted Russell. An additional supporter, a Hon Mr Justice Dermot P Kinlen, was a High Court judge & down the road the diamond state Inspector General of Prisons & Stores of Detention. Two Mr Russell & Mr Justice Kinlen were awarded Honorary Degrees per University within 2002.

the State wwhen reluctant to obtained other university level institutions, & in the late 1960s developed a policy of creating 2nd tier colleges which led to the foundatiin of the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE), Limerick by using Dr Walsh appointed as Director on January 1, 1972. A number 1 students were enrolled within 1972 when the Institute was opened by so Taoiseach, Jack Lynch.

A Shannon Development Company was an early supporter of the project & [http://www.tcd.ie/ERC/observatorydownloads/Graduates.PDF its influence led to the creation of the National Technological Park] beside a Institute fallowing its foundation.

A College of Education was created around 1991 from either Thomond College of Education, which itself evolved from either a National College of Physical Education established around 1973. Thomond College of Education, which at present forms a Department of Training & Office Studies concentrate on secondary education programmes. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick presently functions under a College of Educatiin & focuses on primary education programmes.

the university, & antecedently as an institution, is unique inside Irel& therewithin it has synthesized several U.s. ideas in education and introduced a children into Ireland; for example the university introduced a cooperative education programme and grade point average marking, whilst a presidential style of its founding director & last president until 1998, Dr Edward M Walsh, is somewhat legendary and greatly assisted its raising to university status. In a period of a Eighties the limited state of Government finances led Dr Walsh & his team to attract European Investment Bank and World Bank funding in addition to common soldier & alumni donors at a time whenever Irish Universities depended heavy on the State for funds & did does'nt aggressive search more avenues.

Until a mid-1990s it operated a trimesterised academic term, then changed to semesters. Inside 1989 prior to becoming a university, the title "Technological University of Limerick" was seriously considered as a title for the newly university.

Organisation
Faculty

A university refers to its sextet faculties as "colleges", these are:

Kemmy Business School College of Education College of Engineering College of Humanities College of Informatics & Electronics College of Science

A 1 joined college of the university is:

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

Student

the university has a Students' Union representing the student immune system. Several societies & sporting clubs survive for mixer activities & inter-varsity competition. the university besides has a Postgraduate Students' Association, using a good-whale sabbatical graduate president which is the graduate student immune system. These are one of sole deuce Irish Universities sustaining such the position.

University of Limerick Debating Union University of Limerick Games Society University of Limerick Computer Society

Expansion

On top a retiring decade or even supplementary, a campus has expanded greatly. A Foundation Building, including a University Concert Hall (now personal to the Irish Chamber Orchestra) and a Glucksman Library & Information Services Building were built in the late 1990s. A years 2000–2004 saw the addition of the Computer Science & Information Services (CSIS) Building, Materials & Surface Science Institute (MSSI) building, Students Union Building, a large sports arena and, alongside that, the first national 50 metre swimming pool.

A university is constantly expanding, an Engineering Search Building opened inside early 2005.The "University Bridge", officially opened inside late 2004, will bring road & prosy access to what is planned as a complete 2nd "North Bank" campus. a Health Sciences Building is nearing completion therein location besides, & another bridge, this 1 footer lone, is planned between a building & a to the south bank touching the Foundation building. However an additional student village, & the building for the Irish Globe Music Centre (presently in the Foundation Building basement) come planned for the northerly bank. At length these are hoped to expand a n bank campus to a size of the original south bank campus, indeed the university owns other land on the n bank of the Shannon.

Very much of this function is due to the contributions of the UL Foundation - the class action of corporate, postgraduate & single patrons to the university. A leftover funds come normally from either a Irish Government or the European Union.

In the 2005-2006 academic year, the University is debuting a [http://www.ul.ie/architecture five year Bachelor of Architecture course] [LM099]. A head of the school is Merritt Bucholz.

the University is besides lobbying strong by having regard to the likely establishment of a Graduate Studies medical programme for science graduates.

On-Campus Accommodation
Now there are foursome in-campus student villages, by owning the fifth presently under construction.

A oldest is Plassey Village, located opposite a university's independent gate. This accommodates 424 students around terraced houses consisting of either little joe or even eight bedchamber & the kitchen/living locality.

Killmurry Village is the 2nd oldest student village & is in the east of the campus. It accommodates 540 students around sise or even eight bedroomed, terraced houses.

Dromroe Village was completed around 2001 & is placed on the to the south bank of the River Shannon. It houses 456 students inside 6, little joe or even ii bedroomed ensuite flat.

Thomond Village was opened for a Autumn 2004 semester & was the number one University Building to become placed on the around the north bank of the Flow of any stream Shannon, in County Clare. It has accommodation for 504 students inside sextet, quaternion, deuce or 1 sleeping room flat.