St Mary's University College is a university college of Queen's University, Belfast and was established in 1985, but can directly trace its existence to 1900 and the foundation of St Mary's Training College. Whilst the institution focused mainly on education of women for teaching, St Joseph's Training College was set up to train men and this amagmation of the two colleges created the current institution in 1985. The institution is located on the Falls Road in Belfast, and has approximately 60 staff and 600 students. The institution offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate for teacher training, especially for a Roman Catholic ethos.

The university colleges legacy institutions were associated with the university since 1949, by allowing students to train and study at the university, and in 1968 degrees of the university were offered to the students of these two institutions.

See also

• Education in Northern Ireland
• List of universities in Northern Ireland

External link

• Official site (http://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/)

Universities of Ireland

Republic of Ireland: Dublin City University | National University of Ireland | University of Dublin | University of Limerick

NUI Constituent Universities: Cork | Dublin | Galway | Maynooth

Northern Ireland: Queen's University of Belfast | University of Ulster

QUB University Colleges: St Mary's | Stranmillis

Other degree awarding authorities in Ireland

Dublin Institute of Technology | Higher Education and Training Awards Council | Pontifical University of Maynooth | Presbyterian Theological Faculty Ireland