Institute of Technology, Carlow

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Institute of Technology, Carlow Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Ceatharlach


Established	1970
Type	Institute of Technology
Director	Dr Ruairdrí Neavyn
Staff	200
Students	4,000
Location	Carlow & Wexford, Ireland
Address	Kilkenny Road Carlow County Carlow
Telephone	+353 59 917 0400
Website	http://www.itcarlow.ie

Institute of Technology, Carlow (ITC), originally Regional Technical College, Carlow, is one of the original Regional Technical Colleges, it is located to the south of Carlow, Ireland on Kilkenny Road, it was the first such college located and announced.

The institution was renamed Austin Waldron Regional Technical College (AWRTC) in 1989 after a past CEO of County Carlow Vocational Education Committee, Austin Waldron, who was instrumental in helping the cause of the Regional Technical College in Carlow; it continued to use this name unofficially after 1992 when it reverted to its original name and in 1998 the institute accepted its current name.

ITC has two campuses, one on the Kilkenny Road just south of Carlow town and a second, smaller campus located off Summerhill Road and overlooking Wexford town. Together there are approximately 4,000 students whose courses focus primarily on science, technology and business, these three disciplines are reflected in the colleges seal. At the turn of the millennium the institution completed the £ 11.5 million (Punt) Learning Resource Centre and Catering Services which won the first prize of the Irish Concrete Society in 2000[1].

On a side note, one very interesting aspect of the college is that it is the only third level institute in Ireland to have a Computer Games Design course which was actually developed in conjunction with Microsoft. It is also one of the few Irish 3rd level institutes to offer a "higher" degree in Industrial Design, generally seen as a continental European and American subject of study.