Click here for more details: Library users must not borrow from the library if they are displaying Covid-19 related symptoms. [2], In 2007 the title of the head of the institute changed from "Director" to "President". Thanks in advance for your co-operation. CIT's Department of Media Communications became part of the Crawford College in January 2010. With about 1,500 staff and around 15500 admissions, Cork Institute of Technology is among the largest and most reputed Institutes of Technology in Ireland. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy and Cookie Policy. The Office facilitates students and their clubs and is responsible for the management and upkeep of all sports facilities in the Institute. Irish landscape painter James Brennan (RHA) was headmaster of the school from 1860 to 1889. It is supported by the Department of Education and Science, with participant support from Enterprise Ireland. The adjudication panel comprises experienced engineers, inventors and business professionals. In 1930 the City of Cork Vocational Education Committee was set up. On 17 January 2010, CIT took possession of the new NIMBUS Centre for Embedded Systems Research and, on 16 March, 65 researchers and students relocated from diverse locations in CIT to the NIMBUS building. Good lecturers found them really interesting and helpful, easy to identify problems with. The acoustics were provided by Applied Acoustic Design. The school currently operates from a five-floor purpose-built conservatory which was built on the site of the former premises. Home to over 40 knowledge-based start-up companies, the Centre is jointly financed by CIT & Enterprise Ireland. The institute has 17,000 students (both part-time and full-time) in art, business, engineering, music, drama and science disciplines. CIT's BA in Multimedia offers a joint accreditation from CIT and h_da. The college provides a range of maritime qualifications, including at academic degree level, and its facilities can accommodate 750 students. The Global Student Satisfaction Awards empower students across the globe to determine the best universities of 2019. Follow your dream of studying abroad with the help of our scholarship. The NIMBUS Centre provides space for up to 80 researchers, including facilities for undergraduate project students, visiting postgraduate students and researchers from other institutions and dedicated industry visitor workstations, already in use, where company researchers can work in close collaboration with NIMBUS staff and use NIMBUS research facilities. The main campus of some eighty acres is situated in Bishopstown in the western suburbs of Cork city. The college was founded in 1878 and became a school of Cork Institute of Technology in 1993. [3] In March 2008 it was announced that the Institute was applying for university status. CIT Library Staff were delighted to recently colloborate with the CIT Student's Union for a special supplementary issue of expliCIT which is available to read online now. In May 2011, a partnership between CIT and the National Space Centre was announced. The Crawford College of Art and Design has close ties to the Crawford Art Gallery, which is located in the college's former building. Other sports offered by the college include martial arts such as aikido, judo, karate, kickboxing and taekwondo. It opened in 2007 and was designed by Murray O’Laoire and Buro Happold. There are a number of light wells, bringing natural light to rooms in the centre of the building, where natural light would not have been possible. Run in association with the Cork Enterprise Board, the CIT Prize for Innovation awards those whose inventions and business ideas are judged most creative, novel, innovative, and likely to succeed in the marketplace. In a total area of 2,600 square metres, the library provides more than 600 study spaces, more than 65,000 volumes along with subscriptions to a comprehensive collection of journal titles. Canoeing, rowing, sailing, sub aqua, surfing, and swimming make up the college's range of water sports, while many students also participate and compete in indoor sports such as aerobics, badminton, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, trampoling, pool, racquetball, table tennis and volleyball. Facilities at the Sharman Crawford Street campus include studios with personal work spaces for all students, and well-equipped workshops including ceramics, metal and wood fabrication, stone carving, foundry, photography, film and video, digital media, etching, lithography, silk screen and relief printmaking, textiles and stained glass. [4] In January 2021, the IT is due to merge with IT Tralee to become Munster Technological University, Ireland's second Technological University.[5][6][7]. CIT offers full-time, part-time and specialist courses in Art, Business and Humanities, Computing and Information Technology, Engineering, Media, Music, Nautical Studies, and Science.