The Institute of Technology Tallaght (also known as ITT or IT Tallaght) (

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, the largest suburb of

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. Established in 1992, IT Tallaght offered degree and postgraduate courses as well as adult education courses. On 1 January 2019 it was dissolved and its operations merged into the new

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(TUD). Its campus is now the Tallaght Campus of TUD.

History

The institute was established as Tallaght Regional Technical College, in 1992, and was at the time the final new

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opened in Ireland. It was built on lands donated for educational use to the Irish government by the Dominican Orders, St. Mary's Priory lands, in Tallaght. Qualifications were accredited by the NCEA (the forerunner to

HETAC The Higher Education and Training Awards Council ( ga, Comhairle na nDámhachtainí Ardoideachais agus Oiliúna) (HETAC), the legal successor to the ''National Council for Educational Awards'' (NCEA), granted higher education awards in Ireland b ...

). The institute adopted the abbreviated title of "ITT Dublin" in 2005, to differentiate it from IT Tralee; this did not change the legal name which continued to be "Institute of Technology, Tallaght" as stated in the Institutes of Technology Act, 2006. In 2016, the institute re-branded as ITT. From 2011, IT Tallaght validated Theology degrees from

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, located adjacent to the campus in Tallaght. In 2013, it was announced that IT Tallaght, IT Blanchardstown and the

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

intended to apply for Technical University Status.Higher Education System Configuration Proposition Paper
Irish University Association, January 2013. On 1 January 2019, this Technical University was founded under the name of '

', amalgamating all three institutions.

Faculties and courses

The institute offered a variety of courses, including

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s and

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s as well as postgraduate courses in the schools of

accountancy Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "language ...

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, e ...

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

and

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

Student life

IT Tallaght had many clubs and societies for students, including Drama, Radio, Soccer, Martial Arts, Computing and Snow Sports. The institute also had a Radio Society broadcasting as "ITTFM" on 99.1FM. It broadcast twice annually, in February in line with the institute's RAG (Raising And Giving) week, and also in September for Freshers Week. When not broadcasting on FM, it streamed online through its website, www.ittfm.ie. IT Tallaght was in the process of redeveloping land donated by the Dominicans of St Mary's Priory (with whom ITT worked closely in providing theology courses at

), for use as sports pitches.

Technical

The institute was the hub of the

ITnet ITnet (Institute of Technology Network) was a PoS based multi Mbit/s network created for the Institutes of Technology in Ireland. ITnet used 45 Mbit/s links to each of the institutions and an international link of 310 Mbit/s via HEAnet. The syst ...

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References

External links

Official site
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