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Our Achievements

Global rankings

Top 5

in Europe for 
Career Preparation
Times Higher Education (THE) 
2019

#51-75

in Europe for Teaching
Times higher ranking (THE) 
2019

 

#71-80

Top 50 under 50
QS world ranking 
2020


 

Top 500 in the World

QS World Ranking 401.
401-500 THE 
World University Ranking

 

Top 75

Times Higher Education 
Impact Rankings

 

#22

in the world
GreenMetric

 

Top 200

QS Graduate 
Employability Rankings

 

Top 75

Universities in Europe for 
Excellence in 
Teaching and Learning

1st

The Education Awards – 
for Excellence, 
Best Student Campus and 
Student Engagement 
and Communications

145th in Europe

QS European Universities 
Ranking

Awards

1st

Institution to achieve a 
Silver Athena Swan Ireland Institution Award 
2022

1st

Department to achieve a Silver Athena Swan Ireland 
- Department of Physics.

1st

Business School to achieve a Silver Athena Swan Ireland 
- Department Award by KBS.

Triple Crown

The Kemmy Business School at University of Limerick is Triple Crown accredited and among the top 1% in the world with accreditation awards from the prestigious EFMD Global Quality System (EQUIS) which includes the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Initiatives

1st 

HEI to publish a framework for its 
healthy campus initiative 
[Healthy UL Framework]

Impact Ranking

#61

University of Limerick

49th

Top-ranking Irish university, 
Ranked joint 49th
SDG8: Decent Work and 
Economic Growth

25th

Top-ranking Irish university, 
Ranked 25th
SDG 10: Reduced inequalities

23rd

Top-ranking Irish university, 
Ranked 23rd
SDG11: Sustainable Cities 
and Communities

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