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School of Art, Design and Printing
Faculty of Applied Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology
Founded in 1973
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
Head of School John O'Connor
ADDRESS
41-45 Mountjoy Sq, IE- Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone +353 1 402 4138, Fax + 353 1 402 4297
Website http://www.dit.ie
CAMPUSES
CONTACT PERSON
Head Kieran Corcoran
41-45 Mountjoy Sq, IE- Dublin 1
Phone +353 1 402 4141, Fax
E-mail kieran.corcoran[at]dit.ie
OTHER CONTACT PERSONS
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT
A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEMBER UNIT
Department of Design
Department of Fine Art
Department of Printing
AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
BA Design (Visual Communication) / 4years
BA Design (Interior/Furniture) / 4years
BA Fine Art / 4 years
B.Sc Product Design / 4years
AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
MA Professional Design Practice / 1 year
AVAILABLE DOCTORATE LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
M.Phil / 2 years
P.Hd / 3.5 years
CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS
Kieran Corcorca, kieran.corcoran[at]dit.ie
Tel. +353 402 4141
MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION
Design and Fine Art
RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Virtual Learning Environments, Drawing, Typography, Cultural Identity and Art/Design Pedagogy. See http://adp.dit.ie
B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION
SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT
To provide higher level education in art and design up to and including P.Hd with a particular focus on industry links.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL SECTOR AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
The School is very active in the European League of Institutes of the Arts, the Interartes thematic network and the Artesnet thematic network, ISTD – International Society of Typographic Designers and has active research partnerships with UIAH /TAIK, Loughborough, Kingston University, Art Academy of Latvia and Middlesex University.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECTORS AND IN HOME CITY AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
The School is the 2nd largest higher level art and design institute in Ireland. It offers BA, MA/M.Phil and P.Hd degrees in art and design.

It is a lead partner in the newly established Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media which will fund and promote practice based P.Hd research in art, design and media. The Head of School is a boardmember of Design Ireland and the Head of the Dept of Design is a member of the Council of the Institute of Designers in Ireland. The Head of the Dept of Design is Chairman of National Design Week 2008.
INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES
TEACHING LANGUAGES
English
BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER
September – December
January – May
COSTS PER MONTH (studying and living)
1000 euro
FIGURES
NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
Bachelor: 440
Master: 19
Doctorate: 3
NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
10
NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
10
NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other)
68
NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
Professors: 3
Lecturers: 40
Other permanent teachers: n/a
Part-time teachers: 12