RTC Tallaght welcomes our first students First student is registered by Minister for Education Seamus Brennan Barry Lawler is the first student registered Dr. Columb Collins was the director of the newly opened RTC
1992 RTC Tallaght became an independent institute in January with the implementation of the RTC Act 1992 Officially opened by Minister for Education Niamh Bhreatnach on 26th April First Students Union president elected—Jason O’Mahony Building receives Architectural award [Brady Shipman & Martin Architects] First Conferring ceremony was held on 24th November in St. Mary’s Priory Tallaght First student conferred was Cathryn Cronin
1993
New Language labs opened by An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds on 30th May Gavin McDonagh Professional Cookery student receives gold awards for outstanding performance in International Cookery March-Inaugural meeting of South Dublin County Council was held in the RTC RTC Act came into effect on 2nd December
1995
Audio-Visual studio was officially opened by the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D. Higgins on May 26th First National Diploma was conferred on Anthony Birchall (Computing) in November
1996
RTC student population reaches 1,600 Additional 20 acres of land acquired from the Dominican Priory First National Degree was conferred on Dymphna Caldwell (Business-Accounting) First Masters Degree conferred on Paul Dunne (Mechanical Engineering)
1997
£12.5 million expansion gets underway First off-campus conferring ceremony takes place in Clonmel of 14 employees of the company Merke, Sharpe and Dohme
Minister for Education and Science signed a statutory order to change the title of the RTC to Institute of Technology Tallaght First PhD student, Fiona Quinn, is presented with her parchment by her Excellency, President Mary McAleese David Allen, an Engineering student, was awarded Best overall Performance, achieving an A grade in each of his final year subjects
1999
1998
IT Tallaght sees it’s first graduates of the National Certificate in Science—Instrumentation and Applied Physics First Bachelor of Science graduates First Masters Graduate in Computing First production performed by the newly formed Drama Society in the Civic Theatre “Stags and Hens” by Willie Russell The 1st Eurachem Analytical Measurement Competition is held in IT Tallaght
William Rafferty, Electronic Engineering Diploma student won first prize in the Intel Excellence Competition Ciaran Carberry, 2nd year Professional cookery student came first in a European competition in Luxembourg Amy Clinton and Kevin O’Riordan were jointly awarded NCEA Student of the Year medals, achieving straight As in both semesters
2001
1994
2000
Priority Building 4 was completed in March Scott Tallon Walker completed a master development plan for the 45 acre IT Tallaght campus Phase 1a was officially opened by Minister for Education and Science, Dr. Michael Woods TD on May 4th
10 years on and the Institute of Technology Tallaght continues to grow from strength to strength Mentorlink was set up to promote equality of opportunity for female engineering graduates entering the workplace
2002
Library stock reaches approximately 30,000 book titles, 200 print journals as well as on-line databases and journals Library website allows for online access 24/7/365 The institute spearheaded the development of the M50 Enterprise Platform Programme (EPP) with UCD, DCU & ITB
2004
2003
Director, Dr. Columb Collins retired having served since 1991 Dr. Tim Creedon is appointed as Director Dr. Catherine Mc Kenna became the first student of IT Tallaght to be conferred with a PhD, after completing her education from undergraduate level to doctorate of science all under the ITT roof
On Wednesday the 19th of October the Alumni & Friends Association was officially opened by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern at a Gala Ball in Jurys Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin
1st Sci-fest held in IT Tallaght, now a national event Synergy Centre is opened
2006 South Dublin County Library and ITT Dublin Library join forces to celebrate Library Ireland Week launching A Walking Guide to Tallaght Construction on a new crèche commenced ITT Dublin receives a grant of €218,000 for a project on improving wireless systems
2008
2009
Talks about the formation of TU Dublin get underway between ITT Dublin, IT Blanchardstown, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology and DIT Community Addiction Studies graduation is held at the institute ITT Dublin Library launches mobile phone app ITT Dublin students achieve global first for the 3rd year in a row in the ACCA Financial Management Diploma Construction commenced on the new 1350sqm research facility the Centre of Applied Science for Health (CASH) Pat McLaughlin is appointed President of the institute on the retirement of Tim Creedon
ITT Dublin Engineering Lecturer, Fathi Akkari was appointed Libya’s Deputy Minister for Higher Education Construction work commences on a new vehicular entrance on the Belgard Road and also a Zip pathway connection from the Greenhills Road entrance to the Belgard Road for pedestrians The National Centre of Excellence in Maths and Science Teaching and Learning awarded ITT Dublin status as a centre of expertise for maths education and numeracy Maths Eyes campaign was held in the institute
2012
2007
ITT Dublin the first Institute of Technology to offer a Degree in Advertising After 7 years in the planning—ITT Dublin Crèche is opened
Wind Turbine was erected on campus in preparation for the new Energy and Environmental Engineering course ITT Dublin host the 10th anniversary of the Eurachem Analytical Measurement Competition A Degree in Sports Science and Health is launched in ITT Dublin Dr. Eamon Maher is honoured by the French Government for his work in establishing and developing the highly regarded National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies
2010
2005
2011
ITT Dublin celebrates its 20th year of service to the South Dublin region and Tallaght in particular Celebration events run throughout the year The institute in collaboration with DIT and IT Blanchardstown make a joint submission to create a new Technological University for Dublin Our first cohort of NJUT students graduate in Electronic Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science The Centre for Applied Science in Health CASH is officially opened by the Minister for Education
The institute looks forward to building on its service to the region by improving the range and quality of the educational programmes and services it offers The creation of TU Dublin with a vibrant campus here in Tallaght is a strategic objective for the institute as it will greatly benefit the people of the region The institute will continue to internationalise the campus to add value to our students in terms of understanding and valuing diversity The institute will continue to make itself more accessible to the people we serve and try to ensure that the region sees the institute as its asset The institute staff will continue to strive to develop the institute as an asset for the people of the region such that generations will benefit from its presence in Tallaght
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