Recent winners of the "International College Achievement Award" at the 2019 Irish Education Awards in March, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) was established in 1898 and is currently recognized as Ireland's leading university-level College of Education and Humanities with campuses in Limerick City, Ireland's third largest city, and Thurles - a thriving town in neighbouring County Tipperary. With a vibrant international community and ongoing collaborations with more than 50 partner universities & colleges in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, MIC has travelled a long way from the enrolment of 75 young women in 1901 to an intensified enrolment rate of almost 5,000 students today. Appreciated and recognized for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere, the College prides itself on enrolling around 500 international students annually and achieving a 96 per cent student retention rate. The international students choosing to study at MIC are welcomed with open arms and provided with the support, freedom and the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Along with educational quality and excellence, the USP of MIC's experience is its smaller size, which allows each student access individual and constant support. This is just one of the reasons international students choose to study at MIC. "Although all the students are fully integrated with Irish students, there is a dedicated International Office which takes care of the international orientation and continued staff support, as well as an International Students' Society. MIC also offers English language assistance to its students," pinpoints Holly Cowman, Director, International Office, MIC. Existing for over a century now, the College conducts a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Diploma, MA and Ph.D. levels. Holly adds, "The programmes of study at MIC are among the most highly sought-after in the country. With our Masters'