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Welcome
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Cork Institute of Technology
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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.
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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.
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and study opportunities
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The
following Departments and Courses would welcome applications
from International Students:
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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
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Student
Profiles:
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Brian
Corcoran
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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
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Sinead
O'Riordan
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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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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
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