| Magee College (UUM) | |
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| Ollscoil Uladh ag Coláiste Mhig Aoidh | |
| Established | 1865 |
| Chancellor | Sir Richard Nichols |
| Provost | Prof Jim Allen |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof Richard Barnett |
| Location | Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Affiliations | EUA, UUK, UI |
| Website | Magee campus |
Magee College (Irish: Ollscoil Uladh ag Coláiste Mhig Aoidh) is a campus of the University of Ulster located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college. Today, it has no religious affiliation and provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate academic degree programmes in a wide range of disciplines ranging from computer science, computer games and robotics to psychology and nursing.
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Magee offers a large number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through the University of Ulster's six faculties: [1]
Within each faculty there are a number of schools offering programmes for their relative disciplines. The schools based on the Magee campus are:
Programmes taught at Magee include business studies, drama, education, computer science, computer games, robotics, electronics, modern languages, music, nursing, psychology, and social sciences.
Research activities include several research centres.
Magee is the location for the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) dedicated to the creation of intelligent computational systems through research in neural networks, fuzzy systems, artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics. Other research areas include ambient intelligence, wireless sensor networks, robot vision, brain computer interfacing and serious games. [2]
Magee is home to the Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages (AICH) which focuses on cultural studies related to Ireland and the Irish Diaspora. [3] and the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies, founded in 2001, which looks at the history and heritage of the Ulster-Scots. [4]
It also houses International Conflict Research (INCORE), a joint venture between the United Nations University and the University of Ulster. Established in 1993, it aims to address issues of the conflict in Northern Ireland and seek to promote conflict resolution internationally. [5]
Magee College gained its name from Martha Magee, the widow of a Presbyterian minister, who, in 1845, bequeathed £20,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Ireland to found a college for theology and the arts. [6] [7] [8] It opened in 1865 primarily as a theological college, but accepted students from all denominations to study a variety of subjects.[6] It was a college of the Royal University of Ireland from 1880 and later became associated with the Trinity College, Dublin when the Royal University was dissolved in 1909 and replaced by the National University of Ireland.[6].
In 1953, Magee Theological College separated from the remainder of the college, eventually moving to Belfast in a 1978 merger that formed Union Theological College. [6] [7] [9] Also in 1953, Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became Magee University College. It was hoped that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after Queen's University of Belfast, but in the 1960s, the Stormont Parliament, made a controversial decision to pass it over in favour of a new university in Coleraine, a decision which was one of the pivotal points in the history of The Troubles.[6] Instead it was incorporated into the two-campus New University of Ulster in 1969.[6] The next fourteen years saw the college halve in size, while development focused on the main Coleraine campus.[6] In 1983, the New University merged with the Ulster Polytechnic, and Magee became the early focus of development of a new four-campus university, the University of Ulster.[6] Student and faculty numbers recovered and grew rapidly over the next ten to fifteen years, accompanied by numerous construction projects [6]
The central feature of the campus is the original 1865 building. This is surrounded by Victorian red brick houses, and several modern buildings in red brick and glass, constructed since the formation of the University of Ulster.
The campus is used for education, but also as a convention centre. For example, Magee hosted the 2006 Tomo-Dachi convention.
Based at Magee, the Tip O’Neill Chair in Peace Studies was established in commemoration of the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. a well-known supporter of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The chair was inaugurated by the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton in 1995. Currently funded by The Ireland Funds the chair has been held by the Nobel Peace Laureate, John Hume since 2003. Under the tenure of Professor Hume Magee has hosted a series of guest lectures involving key national and international policy-makers .
Year of matriculation is given, if known.
Notable figures have received honorary degrees in graduations hosted by Magee.
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