Study Engineering in IRELAND

Institutes of Technology

Engineering Institutes / Schools / Colleges in Ireland

Ireland is the largest exporter of software in the world and rates amongst the top five producers of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals globally. The ever-increasing demands of this high technology economy have ensured that our higher education technological sector offers the highest and most advanced standards and opportunities available today.

The Department of Education and Science has overall responsibility for this sector including the formulation and review of policy.

There are 14 institutes of technology located throughout the Republic offering programmes at masters, bachelor, and higher certificate levels in a wide variety of subjects . Many also run postgraduate and degree programmes, both taught and by research. Most have schools of Science, Engineering & Technology and Business. In addition some institutes have developed special programmes in areas such as Humanities & Languages, Paramedical Studies and Healthcare, Art & Design, and Tourism.

 Programmes in all these institutions (with the exception of DIT which validates its own programmes) are validated by the Higher Education and Training Award Council (HETAC) .HETAC was established by the Government in June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999. HETAC awards qualifications and sets and monitors standards at all levels of higher education and training up to PhD level. The qualifications awarded by this body are internationally recognised by academic, professional, trade and craft bodies. In addition most colleges also have courses leading directly to the examinations of the many professional institutes.

• Dublin Institute of Technology  (DIT)
  Under the Dublin Institute of Technology Act, 1992, six existing third-level colleges were brought together to form the DIT. It is the largest third level institute in Ireland and until 1997 was the only designated Institute of Technology in Ireland. As with the universities, it has the statutory authority to award its own degrees at all levels.
• Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology  (IADT)
• Athlone Institute of Technology  (AIT)
• Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown  (ITB)
• Institute of Technology, Carlow  (ITCarlow)
• Cork Institute of Technology  (CIT)
• Dundalk Institute of Technology  (DKIT)
• Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology  (GMIT)
• Limerick Institute of Technology  (LIT)
• Letterkenny Institute of Technology  (LYIT)
• Institute of Technology, Sligo  (ITSligo)
• Institute of Technology, Tallaght  (IT Tallaght)
• Institute of Technology, Tralee  (IT Tralee)
• Waterford Institute of Technology  (WIT)
• Tipperary Institute (TI)