University of Limerick, Ireland

General Information

• Established in 1972
• Became a university by statute in 1989 
• Currently in excess of 11,000 full-time undergraduate students, 1,500 part-time students, over 800 research postgraduates and 1,300 taught postgraduate students 
• First in Ireland for degree completion -one of the highest employment rates for its students in Ireland 
• UL is ranked 4th for attracting students who attain over 500 points in the Leaving Certificate
• Ranked amongst the top 400 universities in the world 
• Incorporated some ideas from the American Education system, including a cooperative education program and grade point average marking 
• 60 student-run Clubs and Societies

Future Arrangements

UL has one open day in Oct of every year, also the courses are advertised a number of times a year in different exhibitions through out Ireland.

UL hosts a number of International conferences every year. These are a combination of technical and non-technical conferences.

Laboratories

UL has a vast number of technical laboratories, ranging from PC labs to materials, and Aero and fluid labs just to name a few.

The Automation research centre incorporates the equipment used
by Profibus/Profinet International Competency centre in Ireland. These include a number of application which range from speed control systems, to balancing and position control.
 
The equipment is used for undergraduate degree programs, final year projects, postgraduate research and industrial training in automation related subjects. The subject areas covered are Instrumentation, PLCs, fieldbuses and SCADA systems.

Projects

Industry Applied Research Scheme, administered by Enterprise Ireland, is designed to encourage applied research projects, which have direct industrial and commercial application. Examples of these projects:

• Advanced CFD techniques in engineering analysis
• Energy from liquid and solid biofuels
• Computer based monitoring systems
• Automated manufacturing systems
• Embedded 3D strain rosettes
• Application of embedded 3D strain rosettes to biomechanics problems
• Modelling and experimental studies of cardiovascular biomechanics, tissue engineering and orthopaedic biomechanics
• Modelling, testing and assessment of advanced composite materials
• Multi-scale modelling of materials
• Advanced materials for energy generation and transmission
• Leading-edge research challenges in microfluidics, biofluidics and micromechanical engineering
• Efficient design and manufacture of turbine technology for wave energy power plant
• Aerodynamics and Aircraft Heat Transfer
• Biological Mass Transport

The Campus Company programme, initiated in 1994, is promoted and operated in close co-operation with the Shannon Development Company - the Regional Development Agency. Of the current Campus Company pipeline of 37 projects, 17 are trading: the other 20 are at varying stages along the development cycle. Companies trading include Piercom and ZPM Europe. Its brief includes:

• The Innovation Process
• Linkage Opportunities between Researchers and Industry -Technology Transfer and Diffusion -Campus Companies -Intellectual Property Rights/Patents.
  

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