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Newman College Dublin was a for profit private college in
Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
, Ireland. It had premises in Merrion Square and in Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. The college ran a number of ''pre-university'' and repeat Irish Leaving Certificate courses from
Merrion Square Merrion Square () is a Georgian garden square on the southside of Dublin city centre. History The square was laid out in 1752 by the estate of Viscount FitzWilliam and was largely complete by the beginning of the 19th century. The demand for ...
, A-Levels were also taught. The college also ran a variety of Business, Sales, Marketing, IT, Legal Studies, Journalism and Media Courses, from Certificates and Diplomas up to Degrees. In 1992 the BA Business Administration degree was developed and validated by the Southampton Institute. in the UK. In 1992 the college became a designated Higher Education College of the Irish Government's NCEA. In 1995 the business collapsed and became part of the private college
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. Newman College Dublin owned the Pre-University Centre (PUC) in Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, which was taken over by three teachers after it went into liquidation in 1994, it was sold in 2000 to the
Institute of Education (Dublin) The Institute of Education (IOE), is one of the largest private secondary schools in Ireland, teaching 4th, 5th and 6th year pupils. As well as preparing for the Leaving Certificate, fourth year pupils at the Institute have the option to stu ...
.Institute of Education in PUC Takeover
bye Emmet Oliver, Irish Times, Friday, August 18, 2000.


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