49-479: NCG may refer to: National Centre for Geocomputation at Maynooth University , Ireland National Co+op Grocers , an American business services cooperative Network of Cancer Genes , a web resource Nicaragua , ITU country code Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bergisch Gladbach , a school in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bonn ,
98-639: A campus in Kilkenny from September 1997 until June 2018, based at St Kieran's College , with students enrolled in certificate, diploma and degree programmes. The university is divided into three faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, with most students studying within one of these streams (although some cross-discipline courses are available). The faculties are further divided into various schools and departments. As of 2016, there were 1,800 students at post graduate level. Since 2013, Froebel College of Education
147-537: A common history from 1795 to 1997. The college in Maynooth was established by the government as a college for Catholic lay and ecclesiastical students in 1795. The lay college was based from 1802 in Riverstown House on the south campus. With the opening of Clongowes Wood , the lay college which had lay trustees was closed in 1817 and it functioned solely as a Catholic seminary for almost 150 years. In 1876
196-560: A footbridge that crossed over the road until mid-2011. The footbridge was then decommissioned due to the construction of a library extension on the South Campus. The campuses are now connected by means of a pedestrian crossing on the Kilcock Road. The campus has four buildings for on-campus accommodation, namely Rye, Village, River, and Courtyard. The South Campus houses the facilities of St. Patrick's College, as well as most of
245-676: A low-cost interactive system for teaching sign language using standard web cameras for feedback, achieved a top-six position in the finals and went on to Silicon Valley in February 2008 as part of the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Program. In 2008, students tied for second place in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in the category of "Embedded Development". A total of 124 teams representing 61 countries and regions took part in 2008. In 2010
294-448: A period of 15 years, the site at Maynooth underwent rapid construction so as to cater for the influx of new students, and the buildings which now border St. Joseph's Square (to the rear of Stoyte House) were completed by 1824. The university chapel is located on the South Campus, just off St. Joseph's Square; masses and choir services are frequently held in the chapel, as is the traditional Christmas carol service. The South Campus also houses
343-459: A place of universal learning, the cross the university's links to the seminary, the division of the chief into six representing its six disciplines, and the use of red and white is reminiscent of the FitzGerald dynasty 's links to Maynooth. The university does not currently use its coat of arms, preferring to use the logo which was introduced in 2014. A number of research institutes fall under
392-578: A public road, a modern northern campus, occupying circa 100 acres (0.40 km ). Over 13,000 students are enrolled in the university, employing over 900 staff from over 20 different countries. In 2009, Maynooth University was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education -QS World University Rankings . In 2008, it was named The Sunday Times 'University of the Year'. The university and St Patrick's College, Maynooth have
441-691: A school in Bonn, Germany Non-circular gear , a gear design Noncommutative geometry , a branch of mathematics NCG, formerly Newcastle College Group , in England NCG Banco, S.A. , Spain Neighborhood Cinema Group , a movie theater franchise in Michigan, U.S. Nisga'a language , ISO 639-3 language code ncg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
490-542: A summer programme. Currently, there are 4 men's teams playing in Barnhall rugby club as well as the introduction of the women's Rugby scholarship there is now a women's rugby team in Barnhall. Student numbers, 2016/17 Staff numbers, 2016/17 In addition to individual clubs' intervarsity competitions, Maynooth University has a standing intervarsity competition with Dublin City University (DCU) each year called
539-881: Is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth , County Kildare , Ireland. It was Ireland's youngest university until Technological University Dublin was established in 2019, having been founded by the Universities Act, 1997, from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College, Maynooth , which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university town in Ireland, all other universities being based within cities. The university consists of two connected campuses: an older southern campus, with 19th-century buildings, shared with St Patrick's College , and, across
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#1732775885748588-845: Is also a member of the 3U Partnership with Dublin City University and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. The L.L.M. in International Business Law is offered as a dual degree offered in conjunction with the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) in France, the course is delivered in English. The Development Studies programmes of the Kimmage Development Studies Centre , began being delivered from Maynooth and accredited by
637-613: Is also based on North Campus, and there are a number of playing fields and a sports complex, which includes a fully equipped gym and an astroturf field. The remainder of MU's academic departments, as well as many research institutes such as the Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems, the Hamilton Institute and the Institute of Immunology, are also located on the North Campus. The university also maintained
686-740: Is situated on campus. Maynooth University has established a "Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education" and awarded Froebel College's four-year Bachelor of Education degrees, Higher Diploma in Primary Education, Master's degree in Special and Inclusive Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Special Education. The Education Building opened in late September 2016. As a continuity of Froebel Colleges' heritage Religious Education and Theology modules are delivered by
735-740: The National Science Museum and the Russell Library . The North Campus was developed far more recently than the South Campus, in the latter half of the 20th century. Here, the main buildings are the Students' Union building, Sports Complex, Biosciences, and Engineering Building, Callan Science Building (named after the inventor of the induction coil, Nicholas Callan ), the Iontas Building, the Arts Building,
784-612: The Pontifical University of Maynooth continued to confer its own theology degrees, as these had been prohibited in the Royal University of Ireland, and continued to the National University of Ireland (its successor) until 1997. In 1966 the college again allowed the entry of lay students; this greatly expanded the college and essentially set the foundation stone for Maynooth University. In 1997
833-500: The 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1718 by Stephen Fitzwilliam Browne and extended in 1788 by Thomas Wogan Browne. It is situated beside a ditch and wall—known as ramparts —constructed for the defence of the Pale in the 14th century. The building was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception area was moved back there from the "1999 building." The castle is connected to the modern buildings by an elevated corridor hung with portraits,
882-501: The 1980s; that same decade, Peter Costello wrote Clongowes Wood: a History of Clongowes Wood College 1814–1989 , published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1989). Clongowes is known for its strong pedigree in rugby union . Despite a relatively small size, Clongowes has won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup nine times, winning its first final in 1926. Following this, there was a gap of 52 years until
931-520: The 35s , in which the two colleges compete as a whole. Each club faces their counterpart in DCU, the winning university being whichever takes most points out of the 35 available over all sports. A Christmas Carol service is held in the college chapel on an annual basis. The service is open to staff and students of the university and St Patrick's College, as well as members of the general public. Because of high demand, tickets are allocated by lottery. In 1990
980-609: The Artist as a Young Man . One of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ireland , it had 450 students in 2019. The school's current headmaster, Christopher Lumb, is the first lay headmaster in its history. The school is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference being one of only three members based in the Republic of Ireland. The school is a secondary boarding school for boys from Ireland and other parts of
1029-617: The Dept. of Mathematics, at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, initiated by Professor O'Farrell, commenced an annual walk from Dunsink Observatory , to Broombridge, Cabra , to commemorate the mathematician William Rowan Hamilton . Initially called The Quaternion Walk , now called The Hamilton Walk , takes place in October each year. The Maynooth Alumni Association is for graduates of Maynooth University and St Patricks College, Maynooth, who wish to keep in touch with their College and also provides
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#17327758857481078-897: The Irish for "meadow" ( cluain ) and for "blacksmith" ( gobha ). The estate was originally known as "Clongowes de Silva" ( de Silva meaning "of the wood" in Latin). The estate later passed to the Eustace family and became part of the fortified border of the Pale in 1494. The Eustaces lost their estates during the Restoration (1660) . The estate was sold by the Wogan-Brownes to the Jesuits in March 1814 for £16,000. The school accepted its first pupil, James McLornan, on 18 May 1814. In 1886,
1127-564: The Jesuit-run St Stanislaus College in Tullabeg, County Offaly, was amalgamated with Clongowes Wood College. Joseph Dargan served as rector in the 1970s. Leonard Moloney was the headmaster from 2004 to 2015. Michael Sheil retired as rector in 2006 and Bruce Bradley (headmaster 1992–2000) was his successor. In September 2011 Michael Sheil returned as rector. As of 2021, there are four Jesuits living at
1176-477: The John Paul II library was completed. The extension is 6,000m and accommodates 1,700 students. New, Dunboyne, Humanity and Stoyte Houses which collectively form St. Joseph's Square; Logic House and Rhetoric House. The first building to be completed on the South Campus was named after its designer, John Stoyte. Stoyte House, still a prominent presence on campus, stands in proximity to Maynooth Castle . Over
1225-969: The Science Building and the John Hume Building. The Eolas Building houses the department of Computer Science, the Business Incubation Centre, the Innovation Value Institute, as well as the Hamilton and Callan Institutes, along with several teaching spaces, while the Technology, Society and Innovation (TSI) Building houses living labs and break out rooms for interactive research; three large theatres of 500, 300 and 250-seat capacity, and research spaces for students, academics and collaboration with industry partners. The student services function
1274-546: The Serpentine Gallery referred to by James Joyce . This gallery was completely demolished and rebuilt in 2004 as part of a redevelopment programme for the school buildings. In 1929, another wing was built at a cost of £135,000, presenting the rear façade of the school. It houses the main classrooms and the Elements, Rudiments, Grammar and Syntax dormitories. An expansion and modernisation was completed in 2000;
1323-419: The Universities Act resulted in the transfer of the faculties of arts, Celtic studies, philosophy and science of the recognised college of St Patrick's College to the new university. The university has also expanded into finance and engineering since its creation in 1997. In 2007 the university added business studies, followed by law in 2008. Any person who was a student at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and
1372-562: The administrative offices shared between college and university. A number of MU academic departments also have their offices on the South Campus including Law, Mathematics, Music, Geography, Economics and History. The main buildings, most of which were built in the 19th century, are the Aula Maxima ; St. Patrick's House (including the college chapel); the John Paul II Library (built in 1984). In December 2012 an extension to
1421-612: The auspices of Maynooth University: Maynooth Students' Union represents the students of Maynooth University, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth as well as students at its associated campus at St Kieran's College . The university offers a number of sport scholarships to aspiring students in Gaelic games , rugby , golf , swimming , Soccer and snooker . Maynooth is the only university in Ireland to offer scholarships in swimming. Rugby scholarships were introduced to Maynooth University in 2006 in which scholarship students are obliged to attend
1470-419: The college became a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland , and later offered Royal University of Ireland degrees in arts and science. The Pontifical Charter was granted to the college in 1896. The college became a recognised constituent college of the National University of Ireland in 1910. From this time, arts and science degrees were awarded by the National University of Ireland, while
1519-588: The department and the faculty of Theology of St Patrick's College, Maynooth (SPCM). Maynooth University is a member of Universities Ireland , The Irish Universities Association , European University Association , European Association for International Education and Eurodoc . MU is also a member of Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, along with three other universities; TCD , UCD , DCU , and four institutes of technology; DIT , IADT , ITT and ITB . Maynooth University
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1568-457: The inaugural University Challenge based Irish Higher Education Quiz show on RTÉ, Challenging Times in 1991, winning again in 1992 and as MU in 1999. Maynooth University and University of Newcastle , Australia's joint robotic soccer team "Numanoids" won the soccer Standard Platform League (2-Legged Robot) RoboCup World Championship which was held in Suzhou, China from 14 to 20 July 2008. 2008
1617-676: The means to stay in touch with friends and classmates. It hosts a number of events such as the Alumni Ball, Networking events, and publishes the Alumni magazine The Bridge . Clongowes Wood Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane , County Kildare , Ireland , founded by the Jesuits in 1814. It features prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of
1666-555: The newspaper's annual league table of Irish third-level institutions, behind TCD , UCD and UCC , having jumped three places since 2007. It was also the top institution for research income won per academic, with one of the best graduate employment records of any Irish university at almost 100 percent. MU was also named "University of The Year 2008" in The Sunday Times University Guide (UK) , beating UCD which finished second. In 2009, Maynooth University
1715-522: The next title in 1978. Beginning with a 3rd title in 1988 and up until 2011, Clongowes has appeared in 13 finals, more than any other school in the competition during this period. Clongowes secured a first set of back-to-back titles with wins in 2010 and 2011 before being awarded a joint title in the 2020 season which was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The school featured prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of
1764-433: The rugby performance centre and to play with the university teams and Barnhall RFC . The Maynooth University Rugby Performance Centre is open to all Rugby Club members attending MU. The aim of the centre is to enhance students' prospects within the game of rugby and to continue to achieve success with the university teams. As part of the link-up with Barnhall RFC, players from the youth system 16–20s are invited to take part in
1813-708: The school, two priests and two brothers. Clongowes is also part of an initiative to ease religious tensions in Turkey, currently being headed by Alan McGuckian (former teacher in Clongowes now Bishop of Raphoe) in Istanbul. One early history of the school is The Clongowes Record 1814–1932 by Timothy Corcoran (Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1932). A half-century later, a history was written by Roland Burke Savage and published in The Clongownian school magazine during
1862-626: The title NCG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NCG&oldid=1237390556 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Maynooth University The National University of Ireland, Maynooth ( NUIM ; Irish : Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad ), commonly known as Maynooth University ( MU ) ( Irish : Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ),
1911-548: The university in 2013, with the Centre moving from Kimmage Manor to Maynooth in 2018. The Diploma in Arts (Church Music) delivered in association with the National Liturgy Institute (St. Patrick's College, Maynooth) and the Dept. of Music NUI Maynooth. Any student of St Patrick's College, Maynooth prior to the passing of the Universities Act, 1997, upon whom a degree of the National University of Ireland
1960-473: The university won the award for Best Windows Azure Application with their cloud-based medical record system. The coat of arms, which were granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 2016, are blazoned : Argent an open book leaved and bound proper clasped or a chief gyrony of six of the field and gules on a point in point of the last a cross pattée fitchy at all points of the first . The book represents
2009-619: The world. The school is divided into three groups, known as "lines". The Third Line is for first and second year students, the Lower Line for third and fourth years, and the Higher Line for fifth and sixth years. Each year is known by a name, drawn from the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum : Elements (first year), Rudiments (second), Grammar (third), Syntax (fourth), Poetry (fifth), and Rhetoric (sixth). The medieval castle
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2058-460: The €4.8m project added another residential wing that included a 500-seat dining hall, kitchen, entrance hall, offices, and study/bedrooms for sixth year ("Rhetoric") students. The Boys' Chapel has an elaborate reredos, a large pipe organ in the gallery, and a sequence of Stations of the Cross painted by Sean Keating . School tradition has it that the portrait of Pontius Pilate in the 12th station
2107-649: Was Maynooth University's first year to enter the international robot competition which hosted 440 teams from 35 countries. Maynooth University first entered the Microsoft Imagine Cup in 2007. It achieved both first and third place in the Imagine Cup Ireland finals, earning participation in the world finals in Seoul , South Korea in August 2007. Team inGEST (Interactive Gesture), who developed
2156-469: Was appointed interim president for 2010–2011, and Philip Nolan served in the role 2011–2021. On 1 October 2021, Finnish academic Eeva Leinonen became the first woman president of the institution. The university's main campus straddles the main road from Maynooth to Kilcock . It is divided into the North Campus and the South Campus (also referred to by staff and students as the "new" and "old" campuses respectively). The campuses were connected by means of
2205-604: Was based on the school rector, who had refused to pay the artist his asking price. The moat that outlines the nearby forest of the college is the old border of The Pale , with the Wogan-Browne castle (now the residence of the Jesuit community) landmarking its edge. The school traces its history back to a 799-acre (3.23 km ) estate owned by the Wogan family in 1418 under the reign of Henry IV. The name "Clongowes" comes from
2254-548: Was conferred is now legally considered to be a graduate of Maynooth University. The college continues to share its campus with Maynooth University but remains a separate legal entity with training in canon law, philosophy and theology and awards the degrees of the Pontifical University and is associated with several other colleges. In 2008, Maynooth University occupied fourth place on the Irish Sunday Times University League Table 2008,
2303-406: Was conferred with a National University of Ireland degree prior to the creation of the university, is legally considered a graduate of Maynooth University. In 1994, W. J. Smyth was appointed to the position of Master of St. Patrick's College Maynooth (NUI) and in 1997 he became president of MU. In 2004 W. J. Smyth was succeeded by John G. Hughes as president of Maynooth University. Thomas Collins
2352-666: Was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings . In 2010, Maynooth University recorded the highest growth in first preference school-leaver applications in the university sector. In 2011, Maynooth University became the first and only institution outside of the United States to be included in the Princeton Review of Best Colleges . St Patrick's College (NUI) won
2401-421: Was originally built in the 13th century by John de Hereford, an early Anglo-Norman warrior and landowner in North Kildare. He had been given extensive lands in the area of Kill, Celbridge and Mainham by his brother, Adam de Hereford, who had come to Ireland with ' Strongbow ', the Earl of Pembroke. The castle is the residence of the religious community and was improved by a " chocolate box " type restoration in
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