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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 ...
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.
A Technological University is a designation of a type of third-level institution in Ireland. The potential for such universities was established through legislation in 2018. [1] Since then, various groups of institutes of technology began a merger process to create five technological universities:
Early plans for a technical university (T.U.) in the region included a three-way merger with Waterford IT which was examined in 2012. [7] In building a proposal, the two institutions sought to offer a multi-campus institution spanning across Cork and Kerry, creating a second university in the region, and third in the province of Munster.
In 2013 the Irish government signed off on a plan to set up the first technological universities (TU) in Ireland. [14] One of these TUs was to combine Institute of Technology Carlow with Waterford Institute of Technology. Waterford Institute of Technology had opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College and adopted its present name on 7 May ...
Technological University Dublin (Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin [5] is Ireland's first technological university.It was established on 1 January 2019, [6] [7] [8] with a history going back to 1887 through the amalgamated Dublin Institute of Technology which progressed from the first technical education institution in Ireland, the City of Dublin Technical ...
Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Dhún Dealgan) is an institute of technology, located in Dundalk, Ireland.Established as the Dundalk Regional Technical College, students were first enrolled in the college in 1971 and it was later re-defined as an institute of technology in January 1998.