National College of Ireland was established in 1951. The National College of Ireland is a not-for-profit, State aided higher education institute. It is located in a state of the art campus located in Dublin’s city centre. NCI derives state funding in the form of core grants directly from the Department of Education and Skill. NCI has strong links with world-renowned US universities. The NCI School of Computing is Ireland’s largest and sits in the centre of Dublin which is known as the “Silicon Valley of Europe”. Within walking distance of NCI are the European Headquarters of Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. It is with these companies that NCI has developed courses and where NCI graduates gain employment. The School of Business sits in the centre of Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre. All of the world’s leading banks and consultancy companies are within reach of the campus. NCI graduates have gained employment at great companies like Citi, PWC, Morgan Stanley, KPMG and JP Morgan.