Cork Institute of Technology


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Welcome to Cork Institute of Technology
	CIT - a diverse Institute CIT is a vibrant Institute embracing three campuses and with a growing total enrolment of 14,000. These students pursue courses (both full-time and part-time) in five main areas, Science and Computing, Engineering, Business and Humanities and Art and Music. The extensive campus at Bishopstown in the Western suburbs of the city is the main location for Science, Engineering, Computing, Business, Social Studies and Hotel and Tourism Studies. An ambitious development plan is currently under way transforming this campus with investment of more than €38 million. Cork School of Music and Crawford College of Art & Design are constituent schools of CIT located in Cork City Centre.
… with major strengths The Institute offers programmes at Certificate level (2 years), Diploma (3 years), Degree (4 years/5 years), Masters (Degree + 2 years) and PhD (Degree + 3 years). The balance of disciplines of full-time students is as follows: Engineering 41% Science and Computing 23% Business 23% Humanities 13% The strength of Science and Engineering has been maintained at 64% of total full-time enrolments. The Institute maintains this balance because of its close links with the relevant industry sectors and a growing reputation for quality research and technology transfer activities. Key areas of strength include Chemical and Process Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electronics Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Structural Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Biosciences, Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Biomedical Sciences, Computer Applications, Software Development, Computer Networking and Business Studies. … and study opportunities back to the top
The following Departments and Courses would welcome applications from International Students:
Electronic Engineering Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering (4 year ab initio) Contact PSLINEY@CIT.IE Computing Bachelor of Science in Computer Applications (4 year ab initio) Bachelor of Science in Software Development and Computer Networking (4 year ab initio) Contact jodwyer@cit.ie Nautical Studies National Diploma in Engineering in Marine Engineering (3 year ab initio) National Diploma in Science in Nautical Science (3 year ab initio) Contact DBURKE@CIT.IE back to the top
	Student Profiles:
Brian Corcoran	Brian graduated with an honours Degree in Computer Applications (CR106) from CIT in 1995. Brian availed of the course progression possibilities in CIT, successfully obtained a Distinction in the Certificate in Computing (CR016) before transferring onto the Degree stream. He had a A in Ordinary level Maths and had no prior experience of computing before starting the course, but as his results show that these are not essential to understanding and applying computing at the highest level. Brian is employed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd as an Analyst/Programmer in the Information Technology (IT) department.
Sinead O'Riordan	Sinead O'Riordan graduated with an honours BEng in 1998. She joined Motorola as a software test group, working on telecommunications software for cellular networks. "One thing I really liked in CIT was how approachable the lecturers were. Most of my class groups were quite small, and I was able to ask questions easily both inside and outside of the lectures".
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Contact Details
For more information about Cork Institute of Technology, please contact either the Departmental contacts shown above or The Admissions Office, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. Tel: 00 353 21 4326221 Fax: 00 353 21 4345147
Web: http://www.cit.ie
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