Dublin Institute of
Technology, Ireland is a multi-faceted institution with a history stretching back over 120 years.
Today, it offers professional, career-focused education from undergraduate
to PhD level and conducts research geared towards problem-solving and
social applicability at an internationally recognised level.
Our alumni are important sources of
innovation for society and industry, and
play a leading role in the economic,
social and cultural development of
Ireland and countries around the world.
We foster creativity across and between
disciplines and are committed to making
education accessible to people from
diverse backgrounds.
At DIT, students work in an environment
where the arts, humanities and social
sciences converge with the sciences
and business.
Our aim is to
provide the best
educational
experience
for each and
every one of our
students. DIT
students participate
in a wide range
of extra-curricular
activities, societies and clubs.
Located at the heart of the social,
cultural and business life of
Ireland’s capital city, DIT provides rich opportunities for intellectual and personal
development. Our graduates demonstrate the
confidence, interpersonal skills and commitment to
innovation crucial to their professional and personal
lives.
The Faculty of Applied Arts at DIT has an
international reputation for pioneering and
developing innovative, interdisciplinary and
professional level programmes across the visual and
performing arts, journalism and communications,
and the humanities and social sciences to meet
the changing needs of society. Our philosophy is to
develop a culture of critical and
reflective thinking, informed by
experience and an appreciation
of creative and professional
practice, and applicable
technologies.
We emphasise a real
integration between theory and
practice. We teach bodies of
knowledge, ways of working, histories of disciplines,
theoretical understanding, uses of material/
equipment and skills. Students are encouraged to
achieve the highest intellectual and artistic standard
possible and to consider a wide range of career possibilities in traditional and emerging
fields in social, economic and public life.
There are currently over 3,000
students studying at undergraduate
and postgraduate level in the Faculty.
Our programmes are modularised and
students are offered a choice of electives
and study abroad opportunities with
universities across Europe and the United
States. As a result, our graduates are
highly sought after in both the private and
public sectors.
We are active in a wide range of national,
European and international research
projects, in the following areas:
• Practice-Based Research in Visual,
Performing and Media Arts
• Intelligent/Interactive Media Content and
Applications
• Media, Technologies and Civil Society
• Education, Social Context and Policy
• Migration and New Modes of Citizenship
• Social Sciences, Law & Socio-Legal
Studies
Our alumni are important sources of
innovation for society and industry, and
play a leading role in the economic,
social and cultural development of
Ireland and countries around the world.
We foster creativity across and between
disciplines and are committed to making
education accessible to people from
diverse backgrounds.