Cork Institute of Technology
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| Motto: | Rísam Uile |
| Established: | 1974 |
| President: | Dr. Brendan J. Murphy |
| Students: | 17,000 |
| Location: | Cork, Republic of Ireland |
| Website: | http://www.cit.ie |
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), formerly Regional Technical College, Cork, is a college located in Cork, Ireland opened in 1973. The institute has 17,000 students (both part-time and full-time) in art, business, engineering, music and science disciplines. The main campus is at Bishopstown, Cork.
The Institutes of Technology Act 2006 designates three schools of the institute;
In addition to these three schools there are three academic departments, they are Business & Humanities, Engineering, and Science.
The institute has been named as Institute of Technology of the Year 2006 in The Sunday Times University Guide for Ireland[1]. This is one of the largest and most respected such guides in the world with 1.4 million copies printed in different editions, and it is aimed particularly at those going to college or university in 2007.
In 2007 the title of the head of the institute changed from "Director" to "President"[2], in March 2008 it was announced that the institute was applying for university status[3].
 CIT Library & IT Building |
 CIT Library & IT Building |
 Aerial Photo of new CIT Buildings |
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[edit] External links
- Official website
- CIT Students' Union (CITSU) website
- CIT Careers and Counselling website
- CIT Societies website
- CIT Sport website
- CIT Student magazine expliCIT website
- CIT Main campus map on Wikimapia
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