Open your mind and create your own future at IADT

The time spent in Higher Education is an important and defining time in your life. It is a period that allows you to reach your potential in your chosen area of study, to meet people, to gain new experiences and to make choices about your future path. You are setting ambitious goals for yourself and for your future. At IADT we also set ourselves ambitious goals of providing you with a high quality and relevant education that allows you to take your skills and knowledge into employment, self-employment or further study. IADT graduates are successful nationally and internationally in the creative and cultural industries, in the sciences, arts, technology and business.

At IADT, we specialise in creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital age. Our vision is to be at the forefront of teaching, research and innovation at the convergence of the arts, technology and enterprise and to contribute to Ireland’s development as a creative and innovative economy.

Our programmes are located in three Schools:

Business and Humanities, with programmes focusing on the world of business in the knowledge, media and entertainment sectors.

Creative Technologies, with programmes that explore the interaction of people and technology.

Creative Arts, offering programmes that blend creativity and technology in art, design and media – including the internationally recognised National Film School.

IADT offers a learning environment that caters for students as individuals. Small class groups and a project-oriented approach ensure a high level of learning support.

We are committed to developing you as an individual, as an independent thinker who can think deeply and critically about the world and make a valuable contribution to it.

We offer you opportunities across the traditional boundaries of practice, space for engineers to work with graphic designers, for business people and entrepreneurs to work with fine artists and psychologists, for poets to work with photographers and technologists. We are always reviewing our programmes to make sure that we keep pace with technology and new media and with the demands of industry and society.

IADT is part of the European Erasmus exchange programme, offering you the opportunity to study part of your programme in a European institution. We currently have exchanges with universities and colleges in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Turkey, Hungary and Sweden.

A comprehensive range of advice and support services (counselling, career guidance, assistive technology, writing and research, etc) are available to help you make the most of your time in IADT.

IADT also has excellent library, computing, studio, sports facilities, and a wide range of clubs and societies to help you enjoy the social side of studying in Higher Education.

IADT also offers extra-mural courses in the summer and autumn, including portfolio preparation courses (if you are thinking of applying to programmes in our School of Creative Arts), and a wide range of part-time certificates and postgraduate programmes.

For information on our postgraduate and part-time courses, please visit IADT's profiles in www.postgrad.ie and www.nightcourses.com

Our unique, high quality programmes offer excellent opportunities to prepare you for your future career – wherever you go, whatever you do.

Applications are invited to the CAO for the following full-time programmes:

School of Business and Humanities
§ DL241 - BA (Honours) in English, Media and Cultural Studies
§ DL242 - BA (Honours) in Business Studies and Arts Management
§ DL245 - Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship and Management
§ DL231 - Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship (offering 1 year add-on Honours Degree programme)

School of Creative Technologies
§ DL141 - BSc (Honours) in Applied Psychology
§ DL133 - Bachelor of Engineering in Audio Visual Media Technology
§ DL143 - BSc (Honours) in Computing in Multimedia Systems / Web Engineering
§ DL131 - BSc in Computing in Multimedia Programming (offering 1 year add-on Honours Degree programme) 

School of Creative Arts (Application CAO deadline: 1st February every year)
§ DL042 - BA (Honours) in Photography
§ DL043 - BA (Honours) in Visual Communication Design
§ DL044 - BA (Honours) in Visual Arts Practice (Fine Art)
§ DL041 - BA (Honours) in Animation
§ DL045 - BA (Honours) in Film and Television Production
§ DL046 - BA (Honours) in Model Making, Design and Digital Effects
§ DL047 - BA (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen (Production Design)
§ DL048 - BA (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen (Costume Design)
§ DL049 - BA (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen (Make up Design)

Open Days:
Visit our open days on the 23rd and 24th November 2012 or our open evening on the 16th January 2013 to find out what joining the IADT community is all about

Dun Laoghaire is a town on the coast 7 miles (11km) south of Dublin. IADT is located on Kill Avenue, less than two miles from the centre of Dun Laoghaire.

It can be easily reached by bus routes 46A, 75, 63, 45 and 7.
The 46A and 75 bus routes link IADT with the DART suburban rail and national rail network. The DART will take you to Dublin City Centre in less than 20 minutes.

The Luas (Sandyford and Ballyogan), linked to IADT by bus routes 46A, 75 and 63, and the M50, coming up to Shankill, are less than 2 miles from IADT.

Dun Laoghaire Harbour connects the area with the UK.
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland