Dundalk Institute of Technology

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Dundalk Institute of Technology Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Dún Dealgan


Established	1970
Director	Denis Cummins
Faculty	?,???
Students	5,000
Alumni	?,???
Location	Dundalk, Republic of Ireland
Address	Dublin Road Dundalk Co.Louth
Telephone	+353-42-937 0200
Campus	90 acres
Affiliations	EUA
Website	http://www.dkit.ie

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT) formerly Regional Technical College, Dundalk is located in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. The institution recently completed the T. K. Whitaker Building, a library and resource center. In 2002 DKIT took possession of the adjoining Carrolls Tobacco Factory. By 2005 partial development has taken place in the Carrolls site with Plumbing and Electrical Trades Workshops situated there and the opening of a "Bright Room" digital media editing suite. In 2005 a building for the newly introduced Nursing and Health studies was opened. In 2005 also, DKIT became one of the first urban locations to have an industrial standard wind turbine ( 850kw) installed

The institution was one of the original network of Regional Technical Colleges set up in the 1970s with an emphasis on business, engineering and science. In recent years the institution has expanded into nursing. apprenticeship courses have long been a feature of the Institute . However there has been continual expansion in the Apprenticeship provisionin the fields of Electrical and Plumbing.