Institute of Technology, Sligo

Institute of Technology Sligo
Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Sligeach
Established 1970
President Brendan McCormack
Academic staff
 470[1]
Students 6,000[1]
Address Ash Lane,
Sligo,
Ireland, Sligo, Ireland
54°16′41″N 8°27′36″W / 54.278°N 8.460°W / 54.278; -8.460Coordinates: 54°16′41″N 8°27′36″W / 54.278°N 8.460°W / 54.278; -8.460
Campus 70 acres (280,000 m2)
Website http://itsligo.ie

Institute of Technology Sligo (Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta, Sligeach) (ITS) is a state-funded third-level educational institution situated in the town of Sligo, Ireland. The Institute has three Schools and nine Departments.

History

The institute opened in 1970 as a Regional Technical College, and adopted its present name on 7 May 1997.[2] Dr. Brendan McCormack has been President of the Institute since September 2016,[3] and, as of 2018, Colin McLean is the Registrar.[4]

Development

IT Sligo's "Main Concourse"

IT Sligo has been developing as a provider of online distance learning since 2002, and as of 2016 had 1,800 online learners registered on various online programmes.[1]

In sports, the college has active ladies' soccer and men's Gaelic football teams, the latter winning the Sigerson Cup three times during the six years up to 2005. The college also caters for other sports such as indoor soccer, hang gliding, surfing and rugby.

In technology, IT Sligo's "Team Hermes" won the software design category of the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup (a world student technology competition, held in 2011 in New York).[5]

Construction began on a new science block in 2012. This involved the demolition of the old 1970s building and the building of a new three-storey School of Science and canteen. The extension, completed in 2014, caters for the growing numbers of science students entering the Institute.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IT Sligo Annual Report 2015 - 2016" (PDF). itsligo.ie. 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1997". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "President's Office". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Registrar's Office - Organisational Chart - April 2015" (PDF). Institute of Technology Sligo. April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "IT Sligo team wins at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011". Silicon Republic. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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