ARES-2017 Ireland 1 Dublin National University of Ireland AAA 2 Trinity College Dublin AAA 3 University College Cork National University of Ireland AA+ 4 National University of Ireland Galway AA+ 5 Dublin Institute of Technology AA+ 6 University of Limerick AA+ 7 Maynooth University AA+ 8 Dublin City University AA 9 Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland AA 10 Waterford Institute of Technology AA 11 Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies A+ 12 Dundalk Institute of Technology A+ 13 National College of Ireland A+ 14 Institute of Technology Carlow A+ 15 Cork Institute of Technology A+ 16 National University of Ireland A 17 Galway Mayo Institute of Technology A 18 Institute of Technology Tralee BBB+ 19 Letterkenny Institute of Technology BBB+ 20 Limerick Institute of Technology BBB+ 21 Athlone Institute of Technology BBB+ 22 Dublin Business School BBB+ 23 Institute of Technology Tallaght BBB 24 Institute of Technology Sligo BBB 25 Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology BBB 26 Institute of Technology Blanchardstown BB+ 27 Griffith College Ireland BB+ 28 Dublin Institute of Design BB 29 National College of Art and Design BB 30 Royal College of Physicians of Ireland BB 31 Institute of Public Administration B+ 32 Royal Irish Academy of Music B+ 33 Pontifical University Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth B 34 Irish Management Institute B 35 Hibernia College CCC+ 36 Marino Institute of Education CCC+ 37 Saint Patricks Carlow College CCC 38 Honorable Society of King’s Inns School of Law CC+ 39 Shannon College of Hotel Management CC+ 40 All Hallows College CC 41 American College Dublin CC 42 Burren College of Art CC 44 Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy CC