484:*LIT traces its roots back to the 1852 foundation of the School of Ornamental Art on Leamy Street. For much of the history of the institute, it was constituted as the Municipal Technical Institute, before becoming the Limerick College of Art, Commerce and Technology (Limerick CoACT) in 1980, a Regional Technical College in 1993 and an Institute of Technology in 1997.
477:â With the constituent Colleges originally established in 1887, Dublin Institute of Technology was reestablished in 1992. It was the first third level college to be called an Institute of Technology and was created under separate legislation with different powers than the other thirteen colleges. This includes the awarding of its own degrees up to doctorate level.
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senior management team; a
Registrar, who is the chief academic officer of the institution; a Governing Council, which oversees operational affairs; an Academic Council, which oversees academic affairs. Each academic school has a Head of School and each academic department of a school has a Head of
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The building programme commenced in 1968, with the first institutions formally opened their doors in 1970, and other colleges were added during the following decade. Some colleges developed from earlier institutions and colleges, involving amalgamation, but most were completely new institutions. A
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we do not foresee any final fixed pattern of courses in the colleges. If they are to make their most effective contribution to the needs of society and the economy, they must be capable of continuing adaptation to social, economic and technological changes. Initiative at local and national levels
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we believe that the long-term function of the colleges will be to educate for trade and industry over a broad spectrum of occupations ranging from craft to professional, notably in engineering and science but also in commercial, linguistic and other specialities. They will, however, be more
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a further serious difficulty in the task of raising the standards of technicians in
Ireland is the lack of a nationally recognised technician diploma. The absence of such a diploma deters many parents from considering sub-professional technician careers for their
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was announced for the city. Finally, in 1993, CoACT (College of Art, Commerce and
Technology) became Limerick RTC. Two additional institutions were created since then, bringing the total to thirteen, before the amalgamation of three into Ireland's first
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will largely determine how far this vital characteristic is developed. We are concerned that the progress of these colleges should not be deterred by any artificial limitation of either the scope or the level of their educational achievements
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status. This was in recognition of the high standards, including university level research, which takes place at them. The institutes are governed by the
Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. Having been given
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The individual institutions are structured similar to other universities, particularly Irish ones. Each institution has a
Director, who is the chief operational officer of the institution, usually assisted by an
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which emerged independently of the
Regional College system. The Technological Universities Act of 2018 allowed the merger of two or more IoTs into Technological Universities, which saw the creation of the
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98:(1964) reports greatly accelerated the trend in Ireland for education reform and development particularly in technical education, similar to that in other Western countries at the time.
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type courses particularly in business, engineering and science, this was very much the founding principle. During the late 1970s degrees at
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immediately concerned with providing courses aimed at filling gaps in the industrial manpower structure, particularly in the technician area
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159:. As of June 2023, only Dundalk IT and DĂșn Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology remain independent Institutes of Technology.
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announced plans to join an existing TU. It had previously investigated the possibility of becoming a TU in its own right.
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levels were also allowed. In recent years there has been a rapid expansion in
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in 1993. In the late 1990s, all of the institutions were upgraded to
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List of higher education institutions in the
Republic of Ireland
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Regional Technical College for Limerick was cancelled after a
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
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105:(1964) report identified significant skills gaps, including:
732:"TU Dublin now Ireland's largest institution as ITs merge"
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Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
502:, and placed on an independent basis thereafter by the
855:"Strike at Dundalk Institute of Technology called off"
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The institutions were run under Section 21 (2) of the
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from 1970 until 1992 as special subcommittees of the
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DĂșn Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
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Universities and colleges in the Republic of Ireland
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in 1963. A year later, a site for an institution in
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The idea of the institutions was first announced by
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Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland
61:Technological University Shannon: Midlands Midwest
1079:Science and technology in the Republic of Ireland
38:) is a type of higher education college found in
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885:Council of Directors of Institutes of Technology
515:to confer their own awards in some cases up to
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202:
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595:Further Education and Training Awards Council
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591:Higher Education and Training Awards Council
605:but these are nearly always the exception.
581:Traditionally awards were conferred by the
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545:The institutions traditional courses were
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118:Steering Committee on Technical Education
593:, and other awards are conferred by the
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583:National Council for Educational Awards
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204:Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
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147:National Institute for Higher Education
27:Higher education institution in Ireland
14:
1061:
773:
431:
265:
223:
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671:"Technological Universities Act 2018"
615:Technological Universities in Ireland
389:
1069:Education in the Republic of Ireland
852:
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597:. Some specialised courses, such as
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644:South East Technological University
465:South East Technological University
346:Letterkenny Institute of Technology
325:Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
236:South East Technological University
69:South East Technological University
24:
18:Institutes of Technology in Ireland
103:Training of Technicians in Ireland
96:Training of Technicians in Ireland
25:
1095:
878:
853:Wall, Martin (15 November 2019).
639:Atlantic Technological University
454:Waterford Institute of Technology
412:Institute of Technology, Tallaght
402:Atlantic Technological University
357:Atlantic Technological University
336:Atlantic Technological University
65:Atlantic Technological University
740:. 1 January 2019. Archived from
629:Munster Technological University
504:Regional Technical Colleges Acts
368:Limerick Institute of Technology
57:Munster Technological University
846:
818:
756:"Higher Education Institutions"
651:Dundalk Institute of Technology
624:Technological University Dublin
500:Vocational Education Committees
433:Institute of Technology, Tralee
291:Dundalk Institute of Technology
225:Institute of Technology, Carlow
183:Athlone Institute of Technology
53:Technological University Dublin
793:
748:
715:
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688:
663:
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391:Institute of Technology, Sligo
268:Dublin Institute of Technology
48:Dublin Institute of Technology
13:
1:
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557:level were introduced, later
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990:TU Shannon: Midlands Midwest
801:"Technological Universities"
246:Cork Institute of Technology
46:. The exception to this was
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825:Ryan, Olivia (1 May 2021).
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44:Regional Technical Colleges
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921:Technological Universities
805:Higher Education Authority
786:Higher Education Authority
760:Higher Education Authority
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609:Technological Universities
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496:Vocational Education Acts
177:Year amalgamated into TU
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174:Technological University
173:
170:
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925:Institutes of Technology
153:Technological University
508:Institute of Technology
92:Investment in Education
32:Institute of Technology
381:TUS: Midlands Midwest
194:TUS: Midlands Midwest
547:National Certificate
603:professional bodies
601:, are validated by
587:statutory authority
513:delegated authority
744:on 1 January 2019.
675:Irish Statute Book
171:First Established
122:The Mulcahy Report
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944:Galway-Mayo
940:Atlantic TU
810:23 December
599:accountancy
589:became the
490:Legislation
416:ITT Dublin
94:(1962) and
1063:Categories
1044:See also:
976:Munster TU
927:in Ireland
657:References
577:Validation
555:Bachelor's
541:Programmes
527:Management
444:Munster TU
437:IT Tralee
257:Munster TU
1012:Waterford
958:TU Dublin
519:level by
423:TU Dublin
281:TU Dublin
215:TU Dublin
157:TU Dublin
71:in 2022.
55:in 2019;
998:Limerick
970:Tallaght
563:Doctoral
559:Master's
517:Doctoral
111:children
75:Creation
1029:Dundalk
994:Athlone
765:18 June
680:18 June
585:, this
571:nursing
40:Ireland
1008:Carlow
984:Tralee
866:2 July
838:2 July
737:RTĂ.ie
534:ad-hoc
85:Carlow
948:Sligo
521:HETAC
469:2022
461:1970
448:2021
440:1977
427:2019
419:1992
406:2022
398:1970
385:2021
377:1852
361:2022
353:1971
350:LYIT
340:2022
332:1972
329:GMIT
315:1997
312:IADT
298:1970
295:DkIT
285:2019
277:1887
261:2021
253:1974
240:2022
232:1970
219:2019
211:2000
198:2021
190:1970
165:Name
980:Cork
962:City
923:and
868:2021
840:2021
812:2021
767:2023
682:2023
569:and
561:and
549:and
458:WIT
395:ITS
374:LIT
274:DIT
250:CIT
229:ITC
208:ITB
187:AIT
116:The
101:The
90:The
67:and
59:and
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