Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath | |
Active | 1887 – foundation of City of Dublin Technical Schools 1978 – under the auspices of Dublin City Council 1992 – as an autonomous degree-awarding institution.–2019 – became part of Technological University Dublin |
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President | Professor Brian Norton |
Academic staff | 2,500[1] |
Students | 20,000 |
Address | Grangegorman , , Dublin 7 |
Campus | Multiple locations in Dublin. Relocating to a single inner suburban campus. |
Colours | Blue, Beige, |
Affiliations | EUA
IAU
ELIA
SEFI |
Website | dit.ie |
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological University Dublin, as TU Dublin City Campus.[2] The institution began with the establishment of the first technical education institution in Ireland, in 1887, and progressed through various legal and governance models, culminating in autonomy under a statute of 1992.
DIT was recognised particularly for degree programmes in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, Science, Marketing, Hospitality, Music, Optometry, Pharmaceuticals, Construction, Digital Media and Journalism.[citation needed] It was ranked, in 2014, in Times Higher Education's top 100 university-level institutions globally under 50 years old.[3]
Alumni of the Dublin Institute of Technology include a number of Irish writers, artists, politicians and business leaders as well as international figures in the fields of arts, architecture and business.[4]