Is ollscoil atá suite i dtuaisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath í Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Freastlaíonn thart ar 10,000 mac léinn uirthi. Is é uachtarán na h-ollscoile ná an tOllamh Ferdinand von Prondzyski. Bunaíodh an ollscoil i 1980 faoin ainm An Foras Náisiúnta um Ard-Oideachas, Baile Átha Cliath nó National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin (NIHE) as Béarla, mar chuid den Foras Náisiúnta um Ard-Oideachas, in éineacht le hinstitiúd eile i Luimneach. Tugadh stádas mar ollscoil don institiúd i 1989 agus athbhaisteadh é.
Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980 and was elevated to university status (along with the University of Limerick) in 1989 by statute.