Dundalk Institute of Technology (abbreviated as DkIT) (Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Dhún Dealgan) is an institute of technology based in Dundalk within County Louth, Ireland. Created as Dundalk Regional Technical College, students were first enrolled in the college in 1971 and was later re-defined as an institute of technology in January, 1998.
As of 2019, the Institute has 4,509 students and is equipped with 497 full-time staff.
Structure
Schools
DkIT’s Nursing Building in the late evening. There is a wind turbine to the right of the buildingNursing Building during the day
The Institute has four schools, with each one consisting of a number of departments with a wide range of programmes on offer. Additionally, the Lifelong Learning Centre offers many part-time study options and there are also many apprenticeship options on offer, through the School of Engineering.
The four schools at DkIT are:
- School of Business and Humanities
- Department of Business Studies
- Department of Humanities
- Department of Management and Financial Studies
- Section of Hospitality Studies
- School of Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Construction and Surveying
- Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
- School of Informatics and Creative Arts
- Department of Computing and Mathematics
- Department of Visual and Human Centred Computing
- Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music
- School of Health and Science
- Department of Applied Sciences
- Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies
- Section of Midwifery
Dr Michael Mulvey has been President of the Institute since 2017. The previous presidents/directors/principals have been Dr Seán McDonagh (1971-2001), Denis Murphy (acting 1997-1999), Gerry Carroll (acting 2000-2001), Dr Tom Collins (2001-2005), Denis Cummins (2005-2016) and Ann Campell (acting 2016-2017).[12] The Chairman of the Board of Governors as of 2020 is Patrick W. Malone, he succeeded Andrew Griffith and Joanna Gardine