List of universities and colleges in Northern Ireland

{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} Universities, university colleges and colleges in Northern Ireland include:<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/universities-and-colleges-northern-ireland |title= Universities and Colleges in Northern Ireland |author= |date= |website= NI Direct government website |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref>

== Universities == *Queen's University Belfast **St Mary's University College (teacher training) **Stranmillis University College (teacher training) *Ulster University **Belfast Campus **Coleraine Campus **Jordanstown Campus **Magee Campus (Magee College) *Open University <ref>{{cite web |url= https://university.open.ac.uk/northern-ireland/ |title= Northern Ireland |author= |date= |website= Open University |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref>

== Further and higher education colleges == * Belfast Metropolitan College (53,000 students at 3 campuses within Belfast - Titanic Quarter, Castlereagh and Millfield) * North West Regional College (24,000 students at 3 campuses - Derry, Limavady, Strabane) * Northern Regional College (35,000 students at 7 campuses - Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Larne, Magherafelt, Newtownabbey) * South Eastern Regional College (30,000 students at 6 campuses - Ballynahinch, Bangor, Downpatrick, Lisburn, Newcastle, Newtownards) * South West College (18,500 students at 4 campuses - Enniskillen, Dungannon, Omagh and Cookstown) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://swc.ac.uk/contact |title= Contact Us|author= |date= |website= South West College |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref> * Southern Regional College (50,000 students at 6 campuses - Armagh, Banbridge, Kilkeel, Lurgan, Newry, Portadown)

== Other colleges == * College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has three campuses at Greenmount, Enniskillen and Loughry <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cafre.ac.uk |title= Home page |author= |date= |website= CAFRE |publisher= |access-date= 22 April 2026 |quote=}}</ref> * Belfast School of Theology * Edgehill Theological College, the training institution for the Methodist Church in Ireland * Irish Baptist College * Union Theological College, the training institution for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which also allows the wider public to study theology at undergraduate and postgraduate level * Whitefield College of the Bible, Banbridge is an independent theological college operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

== Defunct institutions == This is a list of defunct institutions due to closure or merger and not because they have been renamed.

*New University of Ulster (1968–1984) *Ulster Polytechnic (1971–1984) * St. Joseph's Training College (1961 - 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/general/history/default.asp |website=www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> *Magee University College (1865–1968)

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== External links == * [http://www.nistudents.org NUS-USI Student Movement]

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