ATU Mountbellew

Established by the Franciscan Brothers in 1904, the Mountbellew campus was the first agricultural college in Ireland. Mountbellew is a quiet, but growing market town 45kms from Galway city on the N63 road to Roscommon. The original college was demolished in 1971 and later replaced with a new building in 1975. In 1986, the Franciscan Brothers Agricultural College established a link with GMIT to deliver a Higher Certificate in Business Studies (Agri-Business).

Today, ATU students in Mountbellew can choose between degrees in rural enterprise and agri-business, agri-engineering or agriculture and environmental management). They spend their time between the Mountbellew campus (one hour from Galway city) and the ATU Galway City campus.