ISSP Knowledge Society strand

8 Institutions and 19 Disciplines

The Irish Social Science Platform provides an integrated social science research programme together with a graduate research education programme. It brings together researchers from eight institutions throughout Ireland.

	Established in 1845 as Queen's College Galway, NUI Galway is one of Ireland's foremost centres of academic excellence. With over 15,000 students, it has a long reputation of teaching and research excellence.
	With approximately 8,400 registered students, NUI Maynooth has 26 academic Departments which are organized into three Faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences.
	University College Cork is situated in south-west Ireland and is a progressive, dynamic university of over 14,500 students. The University has a current enrolment of over 12,000 degree candidates.
	Queen's University is an institution with a world-class academic reputation as reflected in the award of a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2006, the 4th time the University has been honoured in this way.
	Dublin City University was initially set up to fulfil the requirement for a highly-trained workforce with skills in the areas of business, science and electronics, computer technology, communications and languages and as an agent for change in its local community.
	The University of Limerick is an independent, internationally focused university with over 10,600 students. It is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship.
	Sligo Institute of Technology offer many interesting and innovative course you would like to join. Students can choose from a vast array of courses at Higher Certificate, Ordinary Degree, Honours Degree and Postgraduate levels.
	Mary Immaculate College provides a relaxed harmonious environment in which to study. The College is characterised by an informal atmosphere, friendly rapport between students and staff, concern for the individual student and a warm welcome for new students from Ireland and abroad.