Shared Island Fund New Teaching Block
In July 2023, The Irish Government committed €44.5m from the Shared Island Fund, supported by circa £7m from University reserves, for a major investment for the campus to expand higher education on both sides of the border. The project will involve the construction of new teaching and student services block adjacent to the library at Northland Road. This will provide additional lecture and seminar spaces and other social spaces to free up space in other buildings on campus for teaching and research activity.
We are committed to creating an inspiring environment for our exceptional people, our local communities and for the wider region, building a destination campus in a destination city of Derry~Londonderry. The new facilities will promote a creative, innovative, transformative and vibrant environment that will stimulate, inspire and add value to our core activities of teaching and learning, and research and innovation.
This investment from the Irish Government underpins the teaching and research cooperation between Ulster University and Atlantic Technological University-Donegal. It will also allow the four North West Tertiary Education Cluster institutions to supercharge the impact of our partnership, facilitating seamless transition between further and higher education.
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Northland Dome
In November 2024 a funding bid of €10.86m was approved to establish a 15,000m2 indoor sports and leisure arena on Derry~Londonderry’s Northland Road, close to campus. This investment through PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) will be match funded by Ulster University to deliver a significant enhancement to its student and community facilities in the North West.
A first-of-its-scale facility for Northern Ireland, the Ulster University Dome will transform the old Foyle College site in the city into a shared sporting space equipped with full-size pitches suitable for soccer, Gaelic games and rugby as well as other sports, community and musical events.
With an external perimeter and recreational trail, the dome will be connected to the Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus and carparking facilities, becoming a hub for community events in the city with space for thousands of spectators inside.
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