NIRAN is the high-speed computer network for the Northern Ireland tertiary education sector. It connects all NI Higher and Further education institutions to each other and - via the UK national education network, JANET - to the internet.

Purpose

• Provides a regional telecomms network for the NI tertiary education sector
• Offers high bandwidth circuits to JANET and the Internet for the benefit of:
  • 10 core member institutions - 6 NI FECS and 4 NI HEIs - 21 links
  • 10 other NI Education/Research and Public sector organisations

Features

• Multiple 1Gigabit circuits to all NI HE and FE institutions
• Resilient circuits to a number of NI HE and FE sites
• Triple diverse resilient circuits to the Internet, courtesy of JANET(UK)
• Additional services to connected sites, e.g. network pen tests and DNS

NIRAN Ltd

• a not-for-profit UK registered Company limited by guarantee
• Primarily funded by NI Department for Employment and Learning and JANET(UK)
• Owned and managed by 6 Northern Ireland FE Colleges & 4 HE Institutions
• Procures, owns, and operates the NI tertiary education network, NIRAN