UL Engage was established in September 2015. The aim of UL Engage is to integrate civic and community engagement into the University's core missions in research and teaching. It serves as the hub for civic engagement activities across campus and works with all divisions and faculties to amplify, incubate and co-ordinate the various ways that students, faculty and staff in the University of Limerick can work to make a difference.
In 2018 UL applied to join the UNESCO sponsored Knowledge for Change (K4C) global consortium of Higher Education Institutions committed to best practice community-based learning and research.