The Irish Universities Association
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) is the representative body of the Heads of the seven Irish universities.
The IUA seeks to advance university education and research through the formulation and pursuit of collective policies and actions on behalf of the Irish Universities thereby contributing to Ireland's social, cultural and economic well being.
It is a non-profit making body with charitable status and is a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital.
IUA is registered in Ireland. The Registered Office is 48 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 and the company registration number is 264534.
Directors of IUA are the presidents and provost of the 7 Irish universities.
The organisation was known up to September 2005 as the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities (C.H.I.U.) which had been incorporated in 1997 thus formalising the ad hoc body established in the late 1970's.
The IUA Council members are the Presidents of:
Dublin City University
National University of Ireland Galway
National University of Ireland Maynooth
University College Cork
University College Dublin
University of Limerick
and the Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Day-to-day management and administration of the IUA is the responsibility of a central office based on Merrion Square in Dublin.
The office is responsible for organising and convening a number of IUA groups and pursuit of collective policies and actions on behalf of the Irish university sector.
The IUA Groups discuss and pursue policy issues and actions under specific thematic headings.
The five Standing Groups are:
Vice Presidents/Deans of Research Group
Registrars' Group
Chief Financial Officers' Group (UCFOG)
Secretaries' Group
HR Directors Group.
