Editing Limerick (section)

==Education==
[[File:University of Limerick Plassey House.jpeg|thumb|Plassey House at the [[University of Limerick]].]]
[[File:LITPanorama.JPG|thumb|[[Limerick Institute of Technology]]]]
Limerick is a centre of higher education in the region, and technical and continuation education within the city traces its beginning back to the formation of the [[Limerick Athenaeum]] Society in 1852, marking the foundation of the [[Limerick Institute of Technology]].  The Society's aims included "the promotion of Literature, Science, Art and Music".<ref>Lane Joynt, William, ''Suggestions for the Establishment of a Limerick Athenaeum'', 1853. George McKern & Sons, Limerick.</ref> Limerick is now home to a number of higher-education institutions including the [[University of Limerick]], [[Limerick Institute of Technology]] (one of the two constituent campuses of the [[Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest]]) and [[Mary Immaculate College]] and has a student population of over 20,000.<ref>[http://www.educationireland.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=100044 ''Mary Immaculate College''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210105659/http://www.educationireland.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214&Itemid=100044 |date=10 February 2011 }}. Education in Ireland. Retrieved 8 March 2011.</ref>

The University of Limerick (UL) has a student population of over 17,000 and is about 5&nbsp;km east of the city centre, in the suburb of [[Castletroy]]. It was established as the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in 1972, and in 1989 was the first university to be established since the foundation of the [[Republic of Ireland|State]] in 1922. Its academic programs include courses in engineering, information technology, [[materials science]], [[sports science]], humanities, teacher education, social sciences and music. In 2007, the university opened a medical school. The Irish World Music Centre specialises in traditional music and dance, and UL is host to the [[Irish Chamber Orchestra]]. The campus includes a 50m Olympic-standard swimming complex, the first to be established in Ireland.<ref>[http://www.ulf.ie/projects/university-arena/ ''University Arena''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009172429/http://www.ulf.ie/projects/university-arena/ |date=9 October 2011 }}, University of Limerick Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2011.</ref> The campus has one of the longest footbridges in Europe, "[[The Living Bridge]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Arup wins award for Living Bridge |publisher=irishconstruction.com |url=http://www.irishconstruction.com/page/889 |access-date=17 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402063431/http://www.irishconstruction.com/page/889 |archive-date= 2 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=LM085 Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering | publisher=University of Limerick | url=http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Marketing/Undergraduate%20Course%20Guide/Science%20&%20Engineering/LM085%20Bachelor%20of%20Engineering%20in%20Civil%20Engineering | access-date=17 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132729/http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Marketing/Undergraduate%20Course%20Guide/Science%20%26%20Engineering/LM085%20Bachelor%20of%20Engineering%20in%20Civil%20Engineering | archive-date=21 July 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Thomond College of Education, Limerick]] was a teacher training college for secondary level and was integrated into the university in 1991.

Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has a student population of approximately 7,000 and is a centre for undergraduate and postgraduate education in business, engineering, information technology, humanities, science, and art education. In October 2021, it merged with [[Athlone IT]] to become the [[Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest]], in 2021/2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://aitlitconsortium.ie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505095844/https://www.aitlitconsortium.ie/ |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2021 |website=AIT-LIT Consortium |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Limerick IT and Athlone IT to merge to form new technological university |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/limerick-it-and-athlone-it-to-merge-to-form-new-technological-university-40388958.html |access-date=5 May 2021 |website=[[Independent.ie]] |language=en |first=Brendan |last=Kelly Palenque |date=5 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505111209/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/limerick-it-and-athlone-it-to-merge-to-form-new-technological-university-40388958.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The main campus is located at Moylish Park, about 3 kilometres north-west of the city centre, and the [[Limerick School of Art and Design]] is located on campuses at Clare Street and George's Quay. Additional facilities and outreach centres are located at O'Connell Street and in Ennis, County Clare and LIT has two campuses in County Tipperary, LIT Thurles and LIT Clonmel. These were formerly the campuses of the [[Tipperary Institute]] which merged with LIT in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nationalist.ie/news/local/ti_future_secure_in_new_merger_with_limerick_1_2250519 | title = TI future secure in new merger with Limerick | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120903224720/http://www.nationalist.ie/news/local/ti_future_secure_in_new_merger_with_limerick_1_2250519 |archivedate=3 September 2012 | publisher = The Nationalist | date = 22 February 2010}}</ref> LIT was originally established in 1852 as a School of Ornamental Art. In the mid-1970s it was incorporated as the Limerick College of Art, Commerce & Technology (CoACT) and achieved the designation of a Regional Technical College (RTC) in 1993 and finally an [[Institutes of Technology in Ireland|Institute of Technology]] in 1997. LIT has connections with several enterprise centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lit.ie/getmedia/c849f6d6-df94-4fb9-86e7-f8080cf48c15/Annual-Report-2012-2013.pdf|title=Annual Report 2012-2013|publisher=[[Limerick Institute of Technology]]|page=81|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614010303/https://lit.ie/getmedia/c849f6d6-df94-4fb9-86e7-f8080cf48c15/Annual-Report-2012-2013.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mary Immaculate College is an education and arts college located just southwest of the city centre. The main focus is on the education of primary-level teachers. Mary Immaculate College is a constituent college of the [[University of Limerick]].

[[Griffith College Limerick]] (GCL) is a private college in Limerick. The college was established in 2006 when the Mid-West Business Institute was acquired by Griffith College. The college runs full-time and part-time courses in accountancy, business, law, engineering, computing, and IT and has a range of part-time courses available.

Primary and secondary education in the city is organised similarly to the rest of Ireland. The Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (formerly the City of Limerick Vocational Education Committee) provides education services for over 25,000 learners in the city at secondary and further education levels. It also runs Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, an all-Irish language secondary school. The other main secondary schools in the city are [[Castletroy College]], [[Crescent College]] Comprehensive, Thomond Community College, and [[Villiers Secondary School|Villiers]] which are all [[Coeducation|co-educational]]. [[Ardscoil Rís, Limerick|Ardscoil Rís]], St. Clements Redemptorist College, [[CBS Sexton Street]] and [[St Munchin's College]] are boys-only schools. [[Laurel Hill Coláiste]], The Presentation, Ard Scoil Mhuire, and Scoil Carmel are girls-only schools.