MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY TURNS 21 OUR HISTORY TIMELINE
Maynooth University was formally established as an autonomous university as recently as 1997, yet its origins can be traced to the foundation of the Royal College of St. Patrick in 1795.
1997
> Dr. William J. Smyth becomes the institution’s first president
> 4,513 students began their studies at Maynooth in 1997, taught and supported by 363 academic and administrative staff
> Maynooth Alumni Association formed
> First meeting of the NUIM Governing Authority is held on 29th Oct, 1997
1998
> Maynooth Access Programme established, going on to become a national model for widening participation amongst third level institutions in Ireland
> New €10M Science Building opened by President Mary McAleese on 22 Sept, 1998
> Institute of Immunology and Institute of Immunology and Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology established with €16M in PRTLI funding
2000
> Founding of the Irish Climate Research and Analysis Units (ICARUS), the leading centre on climate change in Ireland
2001
> Hamilton Institute founded with initial funding from SFI
2002
> National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) established as Centre of Excellence with PRTLI funding
> 30% increase in CAO first preferences in just one year
1999
> Education House opened by Dr Garret Fitzgerald
> Student levy initiated to improve sports and social facilities
> Department of Spanish established > Department of Psychology established
2003
> Department of Media Studies established
2007
> Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including Prof John Sweeney
> Student Imagine Cup team wins national and international contests for InGest: 3D tools aimed at teaching sign language
> Department of Design Innovation established
> School of Business established 2012
> New extension to John Paul II Library opens, quickly making the Library the heart of the campus
> €2.3m European Research Council (ERC Advanced Award to Prof Rob Kitchin for research into “The Programmable City”
2013
> Department of International Development established
> Froebel College of Education merges with MU, establishing the Froebel Dept of Primary & Early Childhood Education
> EDEN Centre for Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation launched
> Instruments are used to detect remnants of the Big Bang, designed by group including Prof Anthony Murphy and his team
2014 > Official name change to Maynooth University
> Philae space probe makes historic comet landing with Rosetta Mission and includes mission-critical hardware designed by Emeritus Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor
> Prof David Stifter wins ERC Consolidator Grant for “Chronologicon Hibernicum – A Probabilistic Chronological Framework for Dating Early Irish Language Developments and Literature”
> MU Soccer wins Collingwood Cup
> Launch of Letters of 1916 project at MU, the digital, crowd-sourced archive called the “First public humanities project in Ireland”
> MU climate researchers publish Nature paper concluding winter 2013-14 was “stormiest on record”
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2008
> Fire burns down campus canteen, inspiring the name for its replacement: Phoenix
> NUIM RoboCup Soccer Team, with University of Newcastle in Australia, wins RoboCup 2008 Soccer, Standard Platform League
> Named Sunday Times “University of the Year”
> His Highness the Aga Khan receives honorary degree from NUIM
2009 > Department of Law established
> European Space Agency launches Herschel and Planck satellites to probe deep space with NUIM academics serving as key part of team that designed instruments on board
> Centre for Teaching and Learning established
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