St. Mary's University College
191 Falls Road
Belfast
Belfast
BT12 6FE

There are facilities for fine art, ceramics, textiles and multi media design with full technical support. An annual exhibition of artwork provides students with a public platform for their artistic achievement.

University of Ulster
Belfast Campus York Street
Belfast
Belfast
BT15 1ED

The University is a natural focus for arts and culture with an extensive arts programme. The Belfast campus on York Street is home to the School of Art and Design and the School of Architecture and Design. As the result of a £30 million campus refurbishment and redevelopment scheme, Irish art students now benefit from excellent purpose-built design studios, exhibitions areas and catering facilities.

The School of Art and Design covers painting, textiles, ceramics and multimedia. Art works by staff and students are exhibited at each campus as part of the Permanent Works of Art Collection.

Burren College of Art
Newtown Castle
Ballyvaughan
Clare

An internationally recognised not for profit charitable trust committed to the initial education of artists, and to their continuing professional development.

The art college offers graduate, undergraduate and artist residency programmes to students and artists from around the world.

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design
Sharman Crawford Street
Bishopstown
Cork

Dedicated Art College

The CIT Crawford College of Art & Design has provided education in the arts for over 200 years. Located in the city of Cork,Ireland, the art college has a proud tradition in the fields of fine art, ceramic design, art teacher training, art therapy and adult education in the creative arts.

The CIT Crawford College offers full-time courses to Bachelors Degree, Masters and HigherDiploma levels, all validated by CIT and the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC). Both nationally and internationally.

Former Crawford Art Student – Brian Smythe

Ballyfermot College of Further Education
Kylemore Road Ballyfermot
Dublin 10
Dublin County

The college provides a Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design course. It is a two year full-time course from which graduates gain entry each year to degree programmes in Art Universities and Colleges in Ireland

University College Dublin (UCD)
School of Art Newman Building
Dublin 4
Dublin County

UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy comprises a full course of undergraduate studies in Art History within the BA programme for both day and modular students and postgraduate studies at all levels in Art History and in Cultural Policy and Arts Management.

Art History is concerned with visual culture: with painting, sculpture, architecture and the decorative arts. Students are encouraged to develop both their visual and their intellectual skills. The inherent interdisciplinary of the subject enables interesting interconnections with a broad range of other Arts subjects. Prior study of the subject is not necessary for entry to level 1 Art History.

Graduate of University College Dublin - Val Byrne

Dublin Institute of Technology - Faculty of Applied Arts
Rathmines Road
Dublin 6
Dublin County

The Faculty of Applied Arts at DIT is the Republic of Ireland’s largest provider of professional training in visual and performing arts and the media

The National College of Art and Design
100 Thomas Street
Dublin 8
Dublin County

Dedicated Art College

For 250 years the history of this College has reflected the growth and changes in the visual consciousness of a developing Irish culture. The College's main campus is situated in Thomas Street in the historic Liberties area of Dublin.

As the visual arts in Ireland has progressed the College has played a major part in educating a new generation of Irish artists who are gaining national and international recognition. The College aims to educate art students to understand and master new visual technologies within the broad humanistic ideals that this College has always maintained

Former Art Student of NCAD – Paul Christopher Flynn

Limerick School of Art and Design
Old Clear Street
Limerick
Limerick

The Institute traces its origins back to 1852 when the Athenaeum Society started a School Of Arts and Fine Crafts in Limerick. Limerick School of Art offers painting courses which seek to provide art students with a broad range of skills that can be developed and adapted in a variety of ways. The Course provides the physical and intellectual environment for students to gain a greater personal awareness of visual language, and to be able to organise and translate that experience in the production of engaging works. It places emphasis on the procedural approaches to painting practice, familiarising students with basic tools, media and technique.

Former Limerick Art Student – Robert Ryan

University of Ulster - Art and Design
Northland Road
Londonderry
Londonderry
BT48 7JL

The Research Institute Art and Design is substantial in size with academic staff actively engaged in research, knowledge and technology exchange as well as teaching. The unit gained a '5'grade in the Research Assessment Exercise in 2001 and currently ranks in the top ten units of Art and Design in the UK.