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dundalk INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Choosng the rght degree and the rght college s a bg decson for you, one that wll shape the rest of your lfe. By choosng DkIT, we promse to put your future frst. Dundalk Insttute of Technology has earned a reputaton as the leadng hgher educaton provder n the North East of Ireland. Our reputaton has been soldly bult by provdng qualty educatonal opportuntes n a broad range of dscplnes from undergraduate degree to PhD level. Ths leaflet provdes an overvew on our Insttute and the fantastc programmes and supports that we offer nternatonal students. We welcome students from all over the world to DkIT every year and we look forward to welcomng you too! WHY STUDY AT DkIT? Students learn n small groups, supported by our hghly qualfed lecturers. We offer an Internatonal Foundaton Programme, specfcally to prepare nternatonal students for ther Bachelor study. Many of our programmes offer work-placements, gvng students real lfe work experence. There are lots of supports on campus for nternatonal students: Dedcated Internatonal Offce offerng support and pastoral care; We have a Medcal Unt, Careers Servce, Counsellng Servce, Chaplancy Servce, and Dsablty Offce; Campus Accommodaton; Our Student Learnng Centre provdes addtonal supports n areas such as IT, Mathematcs and academc wrtng. GOOD TO KNOW! The cost of lvng n Dundalk s up to 50% cheaper than n Dubln and t s a safe and welcomng place to lve. We offer 0+ Bachelor and Masters programmes. Our programmes provde graduates wth specfc dscplne expertse, and the sklls requred by employers n today s global economy, such as problem solvng, communcatons sklls and crtcal thnkng sklls. Our vbrant Insttute communty offers you opportuntes to partcpate n 60+ sports, clubs and cultural socetes, a great way to make new frends! We have multnatonal employers n the regon such as PayPal, Xerox, Henz and Coca Cola, amongst others, who gve students the opportunty for fantastc work placements and job opportuntes when they complete ther studes. We have a state-of-the-art sports campus at DkIT Sport, whch ncludes a swmmng pool, gym, a hgh performance strength and condtonng tranng zone and 0 ndoor sports ptches!
D KIT! DUBLIN IRELAND OUR LOCATION EUROPE GOOD TO KNOW! DKIT s an ACELS accredted Englsh language tranng centre. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MANY COUNTRIES OUR DKIT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE FROM: BRAZIL CHINA DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY INDIA INDONESIA JAPAN KOREA LITHUANIA MALAYSIA OUR CAMPUS! DKIT SPORTS COMPLEX 5 7 6 9 5 0 6 5 7 We are located n Dundalk, Co. Louth, whch s n the North East of Ireland. The DkIT campus s a 90 acre (60,000 m) ste and we are postoned halfway between the two largest ctes on the sland of Ireland, Belfast and Dubln, (each approxmately 0 klometres away). Dubln arport s a 5 mnute drve by car Dundalk s served by the Dubln-Belfast tran corrdor (Dundalk s central tran Staton s approxmately a 0 mnute walk from the campus). NEPAL NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PORTUGAL SAUDI ARABIA SPAIN SWEDEN VIETNAM U.S.A. Dr. T.K. Whtaker Buldng (Recepton, Admssons, Lbrary). Regonal Development Centre. School of Engneerng. Department of Appled Scences 5. School of Busness and Humantes 6. Department of Hosptalty 7. Faulkner Buldng. Outdoor Sports Changng Facltes 9. Murhevna Buldng (Department of Nursng, Mdwfery and Health Studes) 0. Campus Restaurant. MacAnna Theatre. Carroll s Buldng (School of Informatcs and Creatve Arts). Apprentceshps. Student Accommodaton 5. Crowne Plaza Hotel 6. DkIT Sports Complex
FLExble learnng pathways for nternatonal students Internatonal Foundaton Programme (IFP) Pre Sessonal Englsh Programme IELTS Entry Requrements: IELTS.5 IELTS 5.0 Englsh What s Covered: Start Dates: Englsh & Subject Specfc Modules IELTS 5.0 Englsh Drect Entry Hgher Certfcate Sept - May or Jan - July June & Sept Duraton: Academc Year Semester IELTS Needed: Start Dates: Duraton: IELTS.5 IELTS 5.5 End Qualfcaton : Progresson onto: 6 Certfcate 6 Specal Purpose Award Potental Progresson onto: Ordnary Honours / Employment st Year of undergraduate Relevant year of undergraduate, or postgraduate degree Ordnary IELTS 6.0 - Masters/PhD /Employment Honours Advanced Entry Postgraduate (Taught & by Research) IELTS 6.0 IELTS 6.5 Dependng on year of entry Depends on programme/ area of research Masters/PhD /Employment Employment What s An Internatonal Foundaton Programme (IFP) - The DkIT IFP has been developed to help students who have completed ther secondary school educaton and need language and/or academc preparaton, to prepare them for Bachelor study; Drect Entry - Students who have adequate hgh school grades and an IELTS score of 5.5/6.0 can obtan drect entry nto the frst year of ther ordnary/honours degree. Advanced Entry - Students who have adequate hgh school grades and an IELTS score of 6.0 can obtan advanced entry nto the relevant year of ther ordnary/honours degree. Reman n Ireland after Graduaton Internatonal students can reman n Ireland after completng ther degree to work or seek employment. The perod of tme allowed s: Bachelor ( 7) - 6 months Honours, ( ) - months Masters, Post Graduate Dploma, PhD (Doctorate) ( 9/0) - months QULIFICATION LEVELS IN IRELAND Educaton Qualfcatons n Ireland have 0 levels (these 0 levels are called the Natonal Framework of Qualfcatons (NFQ)). The levels are: Certfcate (NFQ ) Certfcate (NFQ ) Certfcate (NFQ ) Certfcate (NFQ ) 5 Certfcate (NFQ 5) Hgher Certfcate (NFQ 6) Ordnary Bachelor (NFQ 7) Honours Bachelor (NFQ ) Masters (NFQ 9) Doctoral (NFQ 0)
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND HUMANITIES Busness BA (Hons) n Accountng & Fnance Bachelor of Busness (BB) (Hons) BB n Busness & Management 7 BA n Dgtal Marketng, Communcatons & PR 7 BB n Busness & Technology 7 BBs (Hons) Add On BBs(Hons) n Dgtal & Internatonal Busness (add-on) BA (Hons) n Publc Relatons (add-on) BA (Hons) n Global Marketng (add-on) Hgher Dploma n Busness and Marketng Postgraduate:MBS n Entrepreneurshp & Marketng 9 Humantes BA (Hons) n Socal Care BA (Hons) n Dgtal Humantes BA n Communty Youth Work 7 BA n Sport, Excercse and Enterprse 7 BA (Hons)n Sport, Excercse wth Enterprse (add-on) BA (Hons) n Youth work (add-on) Hosptalty BA n Culnary Arts 7 BA n Event Management 7 BA n Hosptalty Management 7 Hgher Certfcate n Arts n Hosptalty Studes 6 Hgher Certfcate n Arts n Front Offce Management and Busness Admnstraton 6 Hgher Certfcate n Arts n Culnary Arts 6 BA (Hons) n Culnary Enterprse (add-on) BA (Hons) n Hosptalty Management (add-on) BA (Hons) n Event Management (add-on) SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS AND CREATIVE ARTS Computng BSc (Hons) n Multmeda Web Development BSc (Hons) n Computng BSc (Hons) n Computng n Games Development BSc n Computng 7 Hgher Certfcate n Scence n Computng and Busness 6 BSc (Hons) n Computng n Informaton Technology Management (add-on) BSc (Hons) n Computng n Cloud Computng (add-on) Postgraduate: MSc n Computng 9 Musc BA (Hons) n the Producton of Musc and Audo BA (Hons) n Appled Musc Postgraduates: MA n Tradtonal Musc Studes 9 MA n Musc Technology 9 Creatve Meda BA (Hons) n Flm & Televson Producton BA (Hons) n Communcatons n Creatve Meda BA n Theatre & Flm Practce 7 BA n Meda Arts & Technologes 7 5- mths PROGRAMMES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Engneerng BEng (Hons) n Engneerng (Common Entry) (Award Opt: Mechancal Engneerng OR Electrcal Electronc Systems OR Cvl Engneerng) BSc (Hons) n Buldng Surveyng BSc (Hons) n Constructon Management BSc (Hons) n Archtectural Technology BEng n Cvl Engneerng 7 BEng n Mechancal Engneerng 7 BEng n Electrcal and Electronc Systems 7 BSc n Constructon Management 7 BSc n Archtectural Technology 7 Hgher Certfcate n Appled Engneerng 6 BSc (Hons) n Cvl Engneerng (add-on) BSc (Hons) n Engneerng Entrepreneurshp (add-on) BEng (Hons) n Sustanable Desgn Engneerng (add-on) BSc (Hons) n Constructon Project Management (add-on) Postgraduate: MSc n Renewable Energy Systems 9 SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SCIENCE Nursng and Mdwfery BSc (Hons) n Health & Physcal Actvty BSc (Hons) n Mdwfery BA (Hons) n Early Chldhood Studes BSc (Hons) n Psychatrc Nursng BSc (Hons) n Intellectual Dsablty Nursng BSc (Hons) n General Nursng Appled Scences BSc (Hons) n Agrculture (Award Opt: Agrculture or Agr-Food Producton) BSc (Hons) n Envronmental Boscence BSc (Hons) n Scence (Award Opt: Envornmental Boscence OR Bopharmaceutcal Scence) BSc n Veternary Nursng 7 BSc n Pharmaceutcal Scence 7 BSc n Appled Boscence 7 BSc (Hons) n Sustanable Agrculture (add-on) BSc (Hons) n Bopharmaceutcal Scence (add-on) Postgraduate: MSc n Agrcultural Botechnology 9 TUITION FEES Pre Sessonal Englsh Programme,000 Internatonal Foundaton Programm 7,50 9,950 Postgraduate,000 DkIT s a leadng Insttute of Technology n Ireland n ts prortsed research areas of: -Health and Ageng -Renewable Energy and Envronment -Software Technology -Entrepreneurshp and Marketng -Musc and Creatve Arts DkIT s a lnked provder of Dubln Cty Unversty (DCU). Our Research Masters and PhD awards are from DCU. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABlE Convert your Bachelor to an Honours Bachelor degree after one further year of study.
WHAT OUR INTERNAToNAL STUDENTS HAVE to SAY: Ms. Zh Hu Fong - Malaysa I studed the Bachelor ( 7) n Pharmaceutcal Scence and then dd an add-on, Honours n Bopharmaceutcal Scence ( ) at DkIT, and graduated wth st-class Honours. I am now dong Doctoral studes n the feld of Physology at the DkIT s prestgous desgnated Smooth Muscle Research Centre on-campus. The qualty of the programmes n DkIT s hgh and Dundalk Town s a good student town, compact and convenent, wth everythng you need on the doorstep, and Irsh people are so frendly! you need on the doorstep, and Irsh people are so frendly! Mr. Luyu Gan - Chna I started my studes on the Summer Internatonal Foundaton Programme and went on to do the very popular Bachelor of Honours n Accountng and Fnance. Class-szes at DkIT are smaller than many of the tradtonal unverstes and lecturers were so helpful and flexble. I am now an ACCA Afflate workng for the multnatonal Total Produce, n Dubln n the fnancal dvson. Dubln n the fnancal dvson. Your DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Representatve s: CONTACT Dundalk Insttute of Technology Dubln Road Dundalk Co. Louth Ireland A9 K5 www.dkt.e/nternatonal T: +5 (0) 97 000 E: nternatonal@dkt.e