Maynooth University rises in global ranking

The latest international university rankings is good news for Maynooth University which has increased its global ranking. However, Trinity College Dublin is down from 71st to 78th, and UCD from 139th to 154th, in the QS World University Rankings 2015/16. University College Cork is down three places to 233rd, but there were small gains for other universities. NUI Galway rose from 280 to 271, Dublin City University from 366 to 353, University of Limerick from the 501-550 bracket to 471-480 and Maynooth University from 601-650 to 551-600.