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Atlantic Technological University (also known as Atlantic TU or ATU; Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Atlantaigh; OTA) [1] is a technological university in the west and north-west of Ireland. It was formally established on 1 April 2022 as a merger of three existing institutes of technology (ITs) – Galway-Mayo IT , IT Sligo , and ...
List of universities in Ireland may refer to: List of higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland; List of universities in Northern Ireland
The Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Sligeach) was an institute of technology, located in Sligo, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions became part of Atlantic Technological University (ATU). [2] As of 2021, the institute had three faculties and nine departments. [3] [4]
The Irish universities include the University of Dublin, better known by the name of its sole college, Trinity College Dublin, the four constituent universities of the National University of Ireland, two universities established in 1989, five technological universities formed by the amalgamation of Institutes of Technology and a professional medical institution.
This is a list of defunct institutions due to closure or merger and not because they have been renamed. New University of Ulster (1968–1984) Ulster Polytechnic (1971–1984) St. Joseph's Training College (1961 - 1985) [1] Magee University College (1865–1968)
Atlantic Technological University was formed following the merger of Galway-Mayo IT (GMIT) and IT Sligo, both in Connacht in the west of Ireland, with Letterkenny IT (LYIT), located in the north of Ireland. [16] [17] The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) submitted a formal application to the Department of Further and Higher Education in May 2021. [18]
St. Angela’s College was founded by the Ursuline Order in 1952 and was a recognised college of the National University of Ireland from 1978-2006. In 2006 the college became a recognised constituent college of the National University of Ireland Galway. [1] It became a college of the Atlantic Technological University in 2022. [2]
The idea of the institutions was first announced by Patrick Hillery in 1963. [2] A year later, a site for an institution in Carlow was identified. [3]The Investment in Education (1962) and Training of Technicians in Ireland (1964) reports greatly accelerated the trend in Ireland for education reform and development particularly in technical education, similar to that in other Western countries ...