Editing Cork Institute of Technology (section)

{{Short description|Former higher educational institution in Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox university
| name                   = Cork Institute of Technology
| native_name            = Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí
| native_name_lang       = gle
| image                  = Citcrest.jpg
| caption                = Crest of the institute
| former_name            = Cork Regional Technical College
| motto                  = ''Rísam Uile''
| motto_lang             = gle
| mottoeng               = Let us all achieve
| established            = 1974
| closed                 = 2020
| faculty                = 862 
| students               = 17,000
| address                = Rossa Avenue
| city                   = [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
| province               = [[Munster]]
| postalcode             = T12 P928
| country                = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| campus                 = CIT Cork, [[Bishopstown]]<br />National Maritime College of Ireland, [[Ringaskiddy]], Cork<br />Cork School of Music, [[Cork (city)|Cork City]]<br />Crawford College of Art, Cork City
| coordinates            = {{coord|51.8839|-8.5358|region:IE_type:edu_scale:5000_source:wikimapia|display=inline,title}}
| website                = {{URL|https://www.cit.ie}}
| logo                   = Cork Institute of Technology logo.png
}}

'''Cork Institute of Technology''' ('''CIT'''; {{langx|ga|Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí}}) was an [[Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland|institute of technology]], located in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in [[art]], [[business]], [[engineering]], [[music]], [[drama]] and [[science]] disciplines. The institute had been named as Institute of Technology of the Year in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' University Guide for Ireland on numerous occasions. On 1 January 2021, the institute merged with the [[Institute of Technology, Tralee]] to become the [[Munster Technological University]], Ireland's second technological university.<ref name="EchoLiveMay20">{{Cite news |title=Second university announced for Cork with green light given to CIT and IT Tralee consortium |website=[[EchoLive.ie]] |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Second-university-announced-for-Cork-with-green-light-given-to-CIT-and-IT-Tralee-consortium-065002a5-aedf-49b3-9e96-a7bb24180448-ds |url-status=live |first=Breda |last=Graham |access-date=2020-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526184832/https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Second-university-announced-for-Cork-with-green-light-given-to-CIT-and-IT-Tralee-consortium-065002a5-aedf-49b3-9e96-a7bb24180448-ds |archive-date=2020-05-26}}</ref><ref name="ExaminerMay20">{{Cite news |last=Casey |first=Jess |date=2020-05-26 |title=New technological university for Munster this week as greenlight expected for IT merger |language=en |website=[[IrishExaminer.ie]] |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/new-technological-university-for-munster-this-week-as-greenlight-expected-for-it-merger-1001810.html |url-status=live |access-date=2020-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526184844/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/new-technological-university-for-munster-this-week-as-greenlight-expected-for-it-merger-1001810.html |archive-date=2020-05-26}}</ref><ref name="ITMay20">{{Cite news |last=Roche |first=Barry |title=Taoiseach confirms creation of new Munster Technological University |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/taoiseach-confirms-creation-of-new-munster-technological-university-1.4263235 |access-date=2020-05-26 |date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

Cork Institute of Technology consisted of two constituent faculties and three constituent colleges. The constituent faculties were Engineering and Science, and Business and Humanities. The constituent colleges were the CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, the CIT Cork School of Music and the National Maritime College of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cit.ie/aboutcit/facultiescollegesanddepartments/|title=Cork Institute of Technology|website=Cork Institute of Technology|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> Faculties were made up of Schools which in turn comprise two or more academic departments.

As of May 2020, CIT had 1,465 staff members of whom 862 were academic staff.