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Dundalk Institute of Technology is the leading 3rd-level higher education provider in the northeast region. The number of full-time undergraduates on campus stands at over 4000, with a further 700 students doing Apprenticeships and 1200 enrolled on lifelonglearning programmes. 


The Institute offers a broad range of programmes in the areas of Business, Humanities, Computing, Creative Media, Science, Engineering, Nursing, Health, Music, Sports and Hospitality. Recent new programmes have included Applied BioScience, Pharmaceutical Science, Food Science, Midwifery, Public Relations Business, Early Childhood Studies, and Building Services Engineering. The Institute is launching a new 3-year, Level 7 Degree in September 2009 in Performing Arts. Applicants to this degree will be required to do an audition, as well as having the minimum entry requirements at Leaving Certificate, or equivalent.  The institute is also offering a 3 year level 8 degree in Humanities commencing September 2010.

Recent years have witnessed the transformation of the Dundalk campus, which is set on 90 acres. The Dr. T.K Whitaker Building, incorporates a Library and Information Resource Centre. The Padraig Faulkner Building accommodates a range of student services including a Gym, Sports Hall, Shop, Health Centre, Counselling Services and Chaplaincy. 

There is an excellent choice of new student acccommodation located directly on-campus, costing just €80 per person, per week. The apartments are all fitted out to a high spec and are currently in high demand from Irish students and from the growing number of European and International students on campus at DKIT. 

The Institute recently opened a state-of-the-art Nursing and Health Studies School, accommodating 400 Nursing and Health Studies students. The building features an interactive A&E Unit, a number of simulated hospital wards and a unique sensory garden. 

The Institute recently opened a 750-seater Campus Restaurant, and a Performing Arts Theatre. Also new on the campus is a wind turbine, the first of its kind on a third-level campus, and currently generating 50% of the Institute’s electricity requirements.

The Institute is pioneering the way in Renewable Energy studies, with a Level 9, Masters Degree in Renewable Energy Systems.  There are also several postgraduate options available at DkIT, both taught Masters programmes, and Masters by research, in the areas of Business, Humanities, Science and Engineering.

The Institute will be opening a new school on campus in Informatics, Music and Creative Media in January 2010.

Dundalk Institute of Technology is ideally located mid-way along the Dublin-Belfast corridor, just 45 minutes from Dublin Airport, and one hour from Belfast. There are excellent bus and rail links to Dundalk from both cities. 

The town of Dundalk, with a population of 30,000, is a vibrant student town, that has enjoyed a rejuvenation in recent years with new urban facilities such as the Ice Dome, Soccer Dome, All-Weather Racing Track, Leisure Centres, Retail Parks, Theatre, Cinemas and Restaurants.

Dundalk Institute of Technology
Programmes 2009

Honours Bachelor Degrees - Level 8

DK810 Accounting & Finance
DK812 Marketing
DK814 Business Studies in International Management
DK815 Public Relations
DK816 Business
DK820 Computing (Games Development)
DK821 Computing (Internet Technologies)
DK830 Building Surveying
DK860 Applied Music
DK861 Humanities
DK862 Social Care
DK876 Early Childhood Studies
DK880 Health & Physical Activity
DK870 General Nursing
DK871 Mature General Nursing
DK872 Intellectual Disability Nursing
DK873 Mature Intellectual Disability Nursing
DK874 Psychiatric Nursing
DK875 Mature Psychiatric Nursing
DK877 Midwifery
DK878 Midwifery (mature entry)

Bachelor Degrees - Level 7

DK710 Business Studies - Management and Administration
DK711 Business & Informatic Systems
DK712 Business Studies - Innovation & Entrepreneurship
DK721 Computing - Common First Year
DK740 Electronics - Electrical and Electronic Systems
DK742 Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
DK743 Engineering - Building Services Engineering
DK744 Engineering - Civil Engineering
DK745 Building
DK750 Business - Hospitality Management
DK752 Business - Event Management
DK760 Applied Cultural Studies
DK761 Applied Cultural Studies (Language)
DK762 Communications with Multimedia
DK763 Community Sports Leadership
DK765 Video & Film
DK766 Performing Arts (new 2009)
DK781 Science - Applied Bioscience
DK782 Science - Food Science and Health
DK783 Science - Pharmaceutical Science 

Higher Certificates - Level 6

DK685 Agriculture