The host institution of the EUNIS 2025 Annual Congress is Ulster University, Belfast, UK.

Ulster University is recognised internationally for academic quality and student experience as well as for its socio-economic contribution and is Northern Ireland’s largest university with over 27,000 students and 2,700 staff across all our campuses. Its primary purpose is to educate and inspire learning, it is notable that the economic impact associated with our activities is estimated to be £1.3 billion annually. It is one of the most complex large institutions within the UK, successfully maintaining a dual focus on research and teaching while actively driving exemplary social mobility and civic engagement. The university spans a region of great potential and great passion with campus in Belfast, Coleraine and Derry~Londonderry. In May 2024, Ulster University hit the top spot in StudentCrowd’s Best UK Universities, as voted for by its own students. Watch the video here.

In November 2024, Ulster University was awarded ‘University of the Year 2024’, the most prestigious title of all by Times Higher Education. Known as the Oscars of the UK university sector, the Times Higher Education annual awards celebrate the best of higher education in the UK and Ireland. The University of the Year accolade honours exceptional university performance, with this year’s award reflecting achievements during the 2022-23 academic year.

Ulster University was hailed as a “force for good in fostering peace, prosperity and cohesion” and took the top spot in recognition of its role as an anchor institution in a region that has undergone rapid change in the quarter-century since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

The award honoured the completion of Ulster’s £364 million Belfast campus – the host venue for EUNIS25 – creating a vital connection to a historically underserved community, and delivering impressive progress in research, particularly in medical technology and quantum computing, in teaching, student experience and graduate outcomes.