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	'''Waterford Institute of Technology''' ({{lang-ga\|Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge}}) ('''WIT''') is a state funded ] educational freely available large scale institution situated in the city of ], ]. The institute has six Schools and offers programmes in Business, Engineering, Science, Health Sciences, Education & Humanities.

			The '''Waterford Institute of Technology''' ('''WIT'''; {{langx\|ga\|Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge}}) was an ], located in ], Ireland. The institute had six constituent schools and offered programmes in business, engineering, science, health sciences, as well as education & humanities.
	The institute opened in 1970 as a ] and adopted its present name on 7 May 1997.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation\|type=si\|year=1997\|number=199\|name=Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997\|date=7 May 1997\|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> The current president of WIT is Prof. Willie Donnelly.<ref name=actingpres>{{cite web\|title=Office of the President\|url=https://www.wit.ie/about_wit/at_a_glance/office_of_the_president,48165,en.html \|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref> It will become a founding constituent institute of the ] in May 2022.

			The institute opened in 1970 as a ] and adopted its name on 7 May 1997.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation\|type=si\|year=1997\|number=199\|name=Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997\|date=7 May 1997\|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> Along with the ], the institute was dissolved on 1 May 2022 and was succeeded by the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Establishment of South East Technological University and its first president is welcomed by Minister Harris \|url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1f822-establishment-of-south-east-technological-university-and-its-first-president-is-welcomed-by-minister-harris/ \|access-date=16 June 2022 \|website=www.gov.ie \|date=May 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	{{See also\|Institutes of Technology in Ireland}}
	At the time of the founding of the RTC, there were two other third-level institutions in the city, ]<ref> Waterford News & Star</ref> Waterford News and Star which notes the closing of the St John's Seminary in 1999 and De La Salle Brothers teacher training college, but both had been closed.		At the time of the founding of the RTC, there were two other third-level institutions in the city, ]<ref> Waterford News & Star</ref> Waterford News and Star which notes the closing of the St John's Seminary in 1999 and De La Salle Brothers teacher training college, but both had been closed.

	Waterford politicians made strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to locate a university in Waterford at the time of the formation of the ] in the 1840s. The cause was led by ], ] for ], who was not influential in the House of Commons, having strong Napoleonic links{{Citation needed\|date=May 2010}} (he married a niece of ] of France), being a Catholic and leaning towards an independent Ireland.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2010}} ], a much smaller city at the time, won out over Waterford, perhaps because of the necessity for geographical dispersion or to bolster the ]. Wyse wrote in the round on the matter in his text "Education reform or the necessity of a national system of education" (London, 1836).		Waterford politicians made strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to locate a university in Waterford at the time of the formation of the ] in the 1840s. The cause was led by ], ] for ], who was not influential in the House of Commons, having strong Napoleonic links{{Citation needed\|date=May 2010}} (he married a niece of ] of France), being a Catholic and leaning towards an independent Ireland.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2010}} ], a much smaller city at the time, won out over Waterford, perhaps because of the necessity for geographical dispersion or to bolster the ]. Wyse wrote in the round on the matter in his text "Education reform or the necessity of a national system of education" (London, 1836).

	The institute was founded in 1970 as ~~'''~~Regional Technical College, Waterford~~'''~~. Once founded, the regional technical college grew very quickly as a result of the obviously strong regional need for tertiary education. In 1997 the college adopted its present name by order of the ] ], with ] being the only other institution with the "institute of technology" title at the time in Ireland. Following a change of government and enormous political pressure on behalf of other regional technical colleges, especially ], all other regional technical colleges were renamed similarly by Minister for Education ].		The institute was founded in 1970 as the Regional Technical College, Waterford. Once founded, the regional technical college grew very quickly as a result of the obviously strong regional need for tertiary education. In 1997 the college adopted its present name by order of the ] ], with ] being the only other institution with the "institute of technology" title at the time in Ireland. Following a change of government and enormous political pressure on behalf of other regional technical colleges, especially ], all other regional technical colleges were renamed similarly by Minister for Education ].

	Since 2001 ~~Institute~~ ~~has~~ conferred its own awards at all levels from Higher Certificate to PhD, subject to standards set and monitored by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (]) which was established by the Government in June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www2.wit.ie/AboutWIT/ \|title=AboutWIT\|accessdate=2008-05-21}}</ref>		Since 2001, the institute had conferred its own awards at all levels from Higher Certificate to PhD, subject to standards set and monitored by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (]) which was established by the Government in June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www2.wit.ie/AboutWIT/ \|title=AboutWIT\|accessdate=2008-05-21}}</ref>
	In October 2005 the institute was selected by '']'' newspaper as the "Institute of Technology of the Year" in Ireland.		In October 2005 the institute was selected by '']'' newspaper as the "Institute of Technology of the Year" in Ireland.

	The institute now has a student population of approximately ~~6000~~ full-time students and 1,000 part-time students. The Staff currently consists of approximately 470 Full-time academic, 300 part-time and 300 support staff.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cpd-construction.com/moodle/file.php/1/Project_Partners.doc\|title=Project Partners}}</ref>		The institute now has a student population of approximately 6,000 full-time students and 1,000 part-time students. The Staff currently consists of approximately 470 Full-time academic, 300 part-time and 300 support staff.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cpd-construction.com/moodle/file.php/1/Project_Partners.doc\|title=Project Partners}}</ref>

	The institute formally applied in 2006 for university status in accordance with the Universities Act, 1997, and the process of examining the case for redesignation has commenced. In January 2007 Dr Jim Port was engaged by the government to carry out a "preliminary assessment" of the institute's case.<ref> Irish Independent</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://afterschool.my/scholarship/waterford-institute-technology-scholarship/ \|title=Waterford Scholarship 2017 \|publisher=Afterschool}}</ref>		The institute formally applied in 2006 for university status in accordance with the Universities Act, 1997, and the process of examining the case for redesignation has commenced. In January 2007 Dr Jim Port was engaged by the government to carry out a "preliminary assessment" of the institute's case.<ref> Irish Independent</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://afterschool.my/scholarship/waterford-institute-technology-scholarship/ \|title=Waterford Scholarship 2017 \|publisher=Afterschool}}</ref>

			WIT and ] (which is based in the Waterford Gaeltacht) run a Higher Diploma in Arts in Television Production supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta.<ref>, www.nemeton.ie</ref>
	A Freedom of Information request in December 2020 revealed that Waterford IT had spent €6,642 on dealing with sexual harassment cases, and had paid out €10,000 after one person was targeted in a number of incidents over a five-month period.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/colleges-spend-230000-on-fees-after-sexual-harassment-claims-39902793.html\|title=Colleges spend €230,000 on fees after sexual harassment claims\|work=Sunday Independent\|first=Wayne\|last=O'Connor\|date=27 December 2020}}</ref>

	==Ranking==		==Ranking==
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	==Campuses==		==Campuses==
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	The institute has 5 campuses: Cork Road, College Street, Carriganore, the Applied Technology Building and the Granary.{{~~fact~~\|date=January 2022}}		The institute has 5 campuses: Cork Road, College Street, Carriganore, the Applied Technology Building and the Granary.{{citation needed\|date=January 2022}}

	==Organisation==		==Organisation==
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	==Research at WIT==		==Research at WIT==
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	===Research Centres===		===Research Centres===
			* ]
	* Walton Institute
	*		* Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre (PMBRC)
	*		* Eco-Innovation Research Centre
	*		* Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (formerly MPRG)
	*		* South Eastern Applied Material Research (SEAM)

	===Research Groups===		===Research Groups===
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	* Optics Research Group		* Optics Research Group
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	==Student life==
	There is an active Students' Union in WIT. Every full-time registered student in the college is a member of the Students' Union. They are also affiliated to the Union of Students in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.witsu.ie/content.asp?section=1&currpage=1
	\|title=Students Union - About the Students' Union
	\|accessdate=2008-05-21 \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080315120521/http://witsu.ie/content.asp?section=1&currpage=1 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archivedate = 2008-03-15}}</ref>

	==Technological University for the South East==		==Technological University for the South East==
	{{Main\|Technological University for the South East}}		{{Main\|Technological University for the South East}}
	The institute has been planning a joint application with ] for the formation of a ] for the ] since the mid-2010's.<ref name="TUSE WIT 1">{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720091241/https://www.wit.ie/news/other/technological_university_for_the_south_east \|archivedate= 20 July 2018 \|date=31 May 2013 \|url=https://www.wit.ie/news/other/technological_university_for_the_south_east\|url-status=live \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|title=Technological University for the South East \|publisher=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217012824/https://www.wit.ie/news/other/south_east_technological_university_moves_closer_to_becoming_a_reality \|publisher=Waterford IT \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|url=https://www.wit.ie/news/other/south_east_technological_university_moves_closer_to_becoming_a_reality \|archivedate=17 December 2017 \|date=3 October 2013 \|url-status=live \|title=South East Technological University moves Closer to Becoming a Reality}}</ref> A vision document, "Technological University for the South East" (TUSE) was published in 2015, and a ] was signed in 2017.<ref name="TUSE Timeline">{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720091235/http://www.tuse.ie/timeline/ \|url=http://www.tuse.ie/timeline/ \|title=Timeline \|publisher=] \|url-status=live \|archivedate= 20 July 2018 \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|year=2018}}</ref> At the launch of TU Dublin in July 2018, the Taoiseach expressed regret that this TUSE bid had not progressed sufficiently following the Technological Universities Act 2018.<ref name="Leo">{{cite web \|via=] \|publisher=] \|url=https://www.facebook.com/dublininstituteoftechnology/videos/10155313849631086/ \|title=Announcement by An Taoiseach \|date=17 July 2018 \|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Act2">{{cite Irish legislation\|number=3\|year=2018\|name=Technological Universities Act\|publisher=Office of the Attorney General\|date=19 March 2018\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>		The institute has been planning a joint application with ] for the formation of a ] for the ] since the mid-2010's.<ref name="TUSE WIT 1">{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720091241/https://www.wit.ie/news/other/technological_university_for_the_south_east \|archivedate= 20 July 2018 \|date=31 May 2013 \|url=https://www.wit.ie/news/other/technological_university_for_the_south_east\|url-status=live \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|title=Technological University for the South East \|publisher=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217012824/https://www.wit.ie/news/other/south_east_technological_university_moves_closer_to_becoming_a_reality \|publisher=Waterford IT \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|url=https://www.wit.ie/news/other/south_east_technological_university_moves_closer_to_becoming_a_reality \|archivedate=17 December 2017 \|date=3 October 2013 \|url-status=live \|title=South East Technological University moves Closer to Becoming a Reality}}</ref> A vision document, "Technological University for the South East" (TUSE) was published in 2015, and a ] was signed in 2017.<ref name="TUSE Timeline">{{cite web \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720091235/http://www.tuse.ie/timeline/ \|url=http://www.tuse.ie/timeline/ \|title=Timeline \|publisher=] \|url-status=live \|archivedate= 20 July 2018 \|accessdate=20 July 2018 \|year=2018}}</ref> At the launch of TU Dublin in July 2018, the Taoiseach expressed regret that this TUSE bid had not progressed sufficiently following the Technological Universities Act 2018.<ref name="Leo">{{cite web \|via=] \|publisher=] \|url=https://www.facebook.com/dublininstituteoftechnology/videos/10155313849631086/ \|title=Announcement by An Taoiseach \|date=17 July 2018 \|accessdate=17 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Act2">{{cite Irish legislation\|number=3\|year=2018\|name=Technological Universities Act 2018 \|publisher=Office of the Attorney General\|date=19 March 2018\|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>

	Approval was announced in November 2021, and the TU will be formally established in {{Update after\|2022\|6\|1\|text=May 2022}}.<ref name="IndoEst">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/establishment-of-technological-university-of-the-south-east-confirmed-for-may-2022-41009555.html\|title=Establishment of Technological University of the South East confirmed for May 2022\|website=] \|first=Padraig \|last=Byrne \|date=2 November 2021}}</ref>		Approval was announced in November 2021, and the TU will be formally established in {{Update after\|2022\|6\|1\|text=May 2022}}.<ref name="IndoEst">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/establishment-of-technological-university-of-the-south-east-confirmed-for-may-2022-41009555.html\|title=Establishment of Technological University of the South East confirmed for May 2022\|website=] \|first=Padraig \|last=Byrne \|date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
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	*] – Irish Rugby Player<ref>, rbs6nations.com, accessed 23 March 2013</ref>		*] – Irish Rugby Player<ref>, rbs6nations.com, accessed 23 March 2013</ref>
			*] - darts player
	*] – GAA & Australian Football League player		*] – GAA & Australian Football League player
	*] – Irish Rugby Player		*] – Irish Rugby Player
	*] – GAA player		*] – GAA player
	*Ayo Williams – GAA player

	'''Business'''		'''Business'''
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Former higher educational institution

Waterford Institute of Technology
Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge
Waterford campus in June 2021
Former name	Waterford Regional Technical College
Motto	Foirfe chun fónaimh
Motto in English	Perfect to Serve
Type	Public
Active	1970 (1970)–1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)
Chair	Richard Langford
President	William Donnelly
Academic staff	715
Administrative staff	395
Students	8,061
Undergraduates	7,208
Postgraduates	766
Other students	1,519
Address	Cork Road, Waterford, Munster, X91 K0EK, Ireland
Website	www.wit.ie

The Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge) was an institute of technology, located in Waterford, Ireland. The institute had six constituent schools and offered programmes in business, engineering, science, health sciences, as well as education & humanities.

The institute opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College and adopted its name on 7 May 1997. Along with the Institute of Technology, Carlow, the institute was dissolved on 1 May 2022 and was succeeded by the South East Technological University.

History

At the time of the founding of the RTC, there were two other third-level institutions in the city, St John's Seminary Waterford News and Star which notes the closing of the St John's Seminary in 1999 and De La Salle Brothers teacher training college, but both had been closed.

Waterford politicians made strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to locate a university in Waterford at the time of the formation of the Queen's University of Ireland in the 1840s. The cause was led by Thomas Wyse, Member of Parliament for Waterford City, who was not influential in the House of Commons, having strong Napoleonic links (he married a niece of Napoleon I of France), being a Catholic and leaning towards an independent Ireland. Galway, a much smaller city at the time, won out over Waterford, perhaps because of the necessity for geographical dispersion or to bolster the Irish language. Wyse wrote in the round on the matter in his text "Education reform or the necessity of a national system of education" (London, 1836).

The institute was founded in 1970 as the Regional Technical College, Waterford. Once founded, the regional technical college grew very quickly as a result of the obviously strong regional need for tertiary education. In 1997 the college adopted its present name by order of the Minister for Education Niamh Bhreathnach, with Dublin Institute of Technology being the only other institution with the "institute of technology" title at the time in Ireland. Following a change of government and enormous political pressure on behalf of other regional technical colleges, especially Cork Regional Technical College, all other regional technical colleges were renamed similarly by Minister for Education Micheál Martin.

Since 2001, the institute had conferred its own awards at all levels from Higher Certificate to PhD, subject to standards set and monitored by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) which was established by the Government in June 2001, under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999. In October 2005 the institute was selected by The Sunday Times newspaper as the "Institute of Technology of the Year" in Ireland.

The institute now has a student population of approximately 6,000 full-time students and 1,000 part-time students. The Staff currently consists of approximately 470 Full-time academic, 300 part-time and 300 support staff.

The institute formally applied in 2006 for university status in accordance with the Universities Act, 1997, and the process of examining the case for redesignation has commenced. In January 2007 Dr Jim Port was engaged by the government to carry out a "preliminary assessment" of the institute's case.

WIT and Nemeton TV (which is based in the Waterford Gaeltacht) run a Higher Diploma in Arts in Television Production supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta.

Ranking

In 2018, Webometrics placed WIT as the 7th best higher education body in Ireland (out of 32). The institute is also ranked at 10th place by Unirank, and the leading Irish institute of technology (with the exception of DIT, which is now classified as a Technology University).

Campuses

The institute has 5 campuses: Cork Road, College Street, Carriganore, the Applied Technology Building and the Granary.

Organisation

The institute is divided into 6 schools and their various departments.

School of Business
- Department of Accountancy & Economics
- Department of Management & Organisation
- Department of Graduate Business Studies
School of Lifelong Learning & Education
- Department of Education
- Department of Lifelong Learning
School of Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of the Built Environment
- Department of Engineering Technology
School of Health Sciences
- Department of Nursing & Health Care
- Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science
School of Humanities
- Department of Applied Arts
- Department of Creative & Performing Arts
- Department of Languages, Tourism & Hospitality Studies
School of Science and Computing
- Department of Chemical & Life Sciences
- Department of Computing and Maths

Research at WIT

Research Centres

Walton Institute for Information and Communications Systems Science
Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre (PMBRC)
Eco-Innovation Research Centre
Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (formerly MPRG)
South Eastern Applied Material Research (SEAM)

Research Groups

School of Business

Centre for Enterprise Development & Regional Economy
Centre for Management Research in Healthcare & Healthcare Economics
Centre for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies
AIB Centre for Finance and Business Research
Research in Innovation, Knowledge Transfer and Organisational Networks
Waterford Crystal Centre for Marketing Studies

School of Engineering

Advanced Automotive Electronic Control Group
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Group
Construction Industry Research & Knowledge Centre
Materials Characterisation and Processing Group
Microelectronics and Systems Research Group
Nanotechnology Research Group
Wireless Communications & Large Scale Simulation Group
Convergent Technologies Research Group
Building Information Modelling Research Group
iBerg

School of Health Sciences

Health Informatics Research Group
Centre for Health Behaviour Research

School of Humanities

Spirituality in Society and the Professions
Centre For Research, Creativity & Innovation in Tourism
Centre for Social and Family Research
Content & Language Integrated Learning Research Group
Creativity & Culture Research Group

School of Science

Automotive Control Group
Centre for INformation SYstems and Techno-culture
Game Based Learning
Health Informatics Research Group
Optics Research Group

Technological University for the South East

Main article: Technological University for the South East

The institute has been planning a joint application with IT Carlow for the formation of a technological university for the south east region since the mid-2010's. A vision document, "Technological University for the South East" (TUSE) was published in 2015, and a memorandum of understanding was signed in 2017. At the launch of TU Dublin in July 2018, the Taoiseach expressed regret that this TUSE bid had not progressed sufficiently following the Technological Universities Act 2018.

Approval was announced in November 2021, and the TU will be formally established in May 2022.

Notable alumni

Arts

Gráinne Mulvey – Irish composer, currently Professor and Head of Composition at the Technological University of Dublin
Máiréad Nesbitt – Irish fiddler, former member of the ensemble Celtic Woman

Politics

Ciara Conway – TD
Martin Cullen – Teachta Dála & Government Minister
Grace O'Sullivan – MEP
John Paul Phelan – Teachta Dála

Sport

Niamh Briggs – Irish Rugby Player
Steve Lennon - darts player
Setanta Ó hAilpín – GAA & Australian Football League player
Geordan Murphy – Irish Rugby Player
Henry Shefflin – GAA player

Business

Philip Lynch – businessman, CEO of IAWS Group
Kerrie Power – businesswoman, CEO of HEAnet

References

"Governing Body - Waterford Institute of Technology". WIT.ie.
"Office of the President". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 199 of 1997). Signed on 7 May 1997. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 March 2021.
"Establishment of South East Technological University and its first president is welcomed by Minister Harris". www.gov.ie. May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
On the market: St. John's College sale to fund new pastoral centre Waterford News & Star
"AboutWIT". Retrieved 21 May 2008.
"Project Partners".
Institute a step nearer to university status Irish Independent
"Waterford Scholarship 2017". Afterschool.
Nemeton Training, www.nemeton.ie
"Ireland:Ranking". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
"Technological University for the South East". Waterford IT. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
"South East Technological University moves Closer to Becoming a Reality". Waterford IT. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
"Timeline". Technological University for the South East. 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
"Announcement by An Taoiseach". Dublin Institute of Technology. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via facebook.com.
Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018). Enacted on 19 March 2018. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 July 2018.
Byrne, Padraig (2 November 2021). "Establishment of Technological University of the South East confirmed for May 2022". Independent.ie.
Niamh Briggs, rbs6nations.com, accessed 23 March 2013

External links

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Sport	Mount Sion GAA (Gaelic football and hurling) Waterford United Football Club Regional Sports Centre Walsh Park

v t e Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology in Ireland
TUs	Atlantic TU (Galway-Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny) TU Dublin (City, Blanchardstown, Tallaght) Munster TU (Cork, Tralee) TU Shannon: Midlands Midwest (Athlone, Limerick) South East TU (Carlow, Waterford)
Independent ITs	Dundalk Dún Laoghaire
See also: List of higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland

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