Ulster University is set to make up to 450 staff redundant.
Staff were informed of the potential job cuts at a meeting held by the vice-chancellor, Prof Paul Bartholomew, on Wednesday.
Staff were told that the university hoped to achieve the job cuts through voluntary redundancies, but compulsory redundancies could not be ruled out. The university currently employs about 3,100 staff.
An Ulster University (UU) spokesperson said that “redundancies across the higher education sector have become unavoidable”.
