The National University of Ireland is a federal university comprising four autonomous constituent universities – UCD, UCC, Galway University and Maynooth University. A number of other higher education institutions including RCSI, IPA and NCAD are also members of the federal university. NUI serves the interests of the member institutions, provides services to them and manages the central registers and archives of the University. NUI also undertakes a wide range of activities related to scholarship, the advancement of higher education, and the cultural and intellectual life of Ireland. Details of these may be found on the NUI website www.nui.ie.