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Dublin City University tops our list of 2 Foundation Education universities in Ireland at #410 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (#12 in Ireland). The universities on this list offer 4 matching courses between them.
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Public University · 3 courses in Foundation Education
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Dublin City University at #410 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: Dublin City University is cited most (1,551,551 citations).
2 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Leinster (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Dublin City University, founded in 1975. Galway Mayo Institute of Technology is the largest, with 30,600 students.
The usual length is 13 weeks and one-year. 50% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Galway Mayo Institute of Technology offers the widest choice, with 3 of these courses.
Dublin City University (QS World #410) and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (#12 in Ireland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
2 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 13 weeks, with one-year the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, with 3, ahead of Dublin City University (1).
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