The Irish Universities Association
The Irish Universities Association (IUA) is the representative body of the Heads of the seven Irish universities. It is a non-profit making body with charitable status.
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.
The organisation that is now the Irish Universities Association 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 the National University of Ireland Maynooth, University College Dublin, University College Cork, National University of Ireland Galway, University of Limerick, Dublin City University 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 The Vice Presidents/Deans of Research Group, the Registrars' Group, the Chief Financial Officers' Group (UCFOG), the Secretaries' Group and the HR Directors Group.
