Institute of Technology, Carlow

Infobox University
name = Institute of Technology, Carlow
native_name = Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Ceatharlach


established = 1970
type = Institute of Technology
head_label = Director
head = Dr Ruairdrí Neavyn
students = 4,000
staff = 220
city = Carlow & Wexford
country = Ireland
website = http://www.itcarlow.ie
address = Kilkenny Road Carlow County Carlow
telephone = [phone]

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 announced and located in 1964 [Mulcahy, D.G. (1981) Curriculum and Policy in Irish Post Primary Education, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin] .

The institute was renamed Austin Waldron Regional Technical College, Carlow (AWRTC Carlow) 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.

Present

The institute has three campuses, the main campus is located on the Kilkenny Road just south of Carlow town, the second smaller campus is located off Summerhill Road and overlooking Wexford town and a third in the old Cleremont Convent in Rathnew, County Wicklow. The institute also had a Kilkenny Campus previously, and currently offers a single course in Kilkenny in association with the NUIM Kilkenny Campus of St Kieran's College [ [http://www.itcarlow.ie/news.asp?id=187&uid=itcarlow New Bachelor of Business (Hons) Degree] , Institute of Technology, Carlow] .

Together there are approximately 4,000 students whose courses focus primarily on business, science, technology; these three disciplines are reflected in the institutes 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 [ [http://www.concrete.ie/awards_las.asp Previous Overall Award Winners] , The Irish Concrete Society] .

On a side note, one very interesting aspect of the institute is that it is the only third level institute in Ireland to have a Computer Games Development course [ [http://www.itcarlow.ie/courses_detail.asp?id=27&top_section=2&lower_section=10&lower2_section=35&uid=itcarlow Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Games Development] , Institute of Technology, Carlow] which was actually developed in conjunction with Microsoft. It is also one of the few Irish third level institutes to offer a "higher" degree in Industrial Design [ [http://web.itcarlow.ie/courses_detail.asp?id=48&top_section=2&lower_section=10&lower2_section=34&uid=itcarlow Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Industrial Design] , Institute of Technology, Carlow] , generally seen as a continental European and American subject of study.

See also

* Education in the Republic of Ireland
* List of Irish third-level educational institutions
* St. Patricks, Carlow College

References

External links

* [http://www.itcarlow.ie Institute of Technology, Carlow Website]