It will take around five years for Derry's Magee campus of Ulster University to reach 6,500 students, following a funding boost from the Irish government.
That is according to Professor Paul Bartholomew, vice chancellor of Ulster University, who said current student numbers at Magee sit at 5,242.
The expansion of Magee has been a demand from campaigners in Derry for decades, with calls for student numbers to rise to a minimum of 10,000 dating back to the 1960s.
