Letterkenny Institute of Technology
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| Letterkenny Institute of Technology | |
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| Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Leitir Ceanainn | |
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| Established: | 1971 |
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| Students: | 3,000 |
| Location: | Letterkenny, Republic of Ireland |
| Website: | http://www.lyit.ie |
Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) (Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Leitir Ceanainn) formerly Regional Technical College, Letterkenny is located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. It is a third level institution serving County Donegal and the North West of Ireland.
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[edit] History
The institute is one of the original network of Regional Technical Colleges established in Ireland. Tourism College Killybegs is a school of the institute in accordance with the Institutes of Technology Act 2006.
The institute was also referred to as Donagh O'Malley Regional Technical College, Letterkenny until 1992, in honour of Donagh O'Malley the reforming Minister for Education in Ireland.
In 2007 LYIT came joint second with Tallaght IT to the Galway-Mayo IT in the Sunday Times University Guide 2007 which ranks the top universities and IT's. This shows the part Letterkenny has played in the development of the North-West. Letterkenny also has the country's best record for providing third-level education to disadvantaged students. [1]
[edit] Courses
The institute offers courses in business, computing, engineering, nursing and science. The courses are offered at levels 6 through 10 on the NQAI framework. Courses are offered in a semesterised and modularised method. Specialist courses that may be found in LYIT include the Bachelor of Science in Fire Technology which is the only one of its kind in the Republic of Ireland.
The institute also offers support for businesses through specialised short term courses, collaborative research and the Business Development Centre (BDC).
Green Party candidate 2007 Seán Ó Maolchallann is a senior lecturer in mathematics at the institute.
[edit] Schools and Departments of the institute
- School of Business
- Department of Business Studies Courses
- Department of Law & Humanities Courses
- Department of Design & Creative Media Courses
- School of Engineering
- Department of Civil & Construction Courses
- Department of Electronic & Mechanical Courses
- School of Science
- Department of Computing Courses
- Department of Science Courses
- Department of Nursing Courses.
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