The University of Limerick has been ranked among the top 150 universities in Europe.

The latest Europe University Rankings by global higher education analysts QS, which ranked 684 institutions across 40 Council of Europe members, place UL in 145th spot.

It’s the second year of these rankings and marks an improvement year-on-year for UL of seven places compared to last year.

The ranking examined universities against 12 indicators in the overarching areas of Research and Discovery, Employability and Outcomes, Learning Experience, Global Engagement, and Sustainability.