Editing Institute of Technology, Tralee (section)

{{Short description|Former RTC}}
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{{Infobox university
| name                   = Institute of Technology, Tralee
| native_name            = Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Thrá Lí
| native_name_lang       = gle
| image                  = Institute of Technology, Tralee, 2021-06-20, 04.jpg
| image_alt              =
| caption                = Tralee campus in June 2021
| former_name            =
| motto                  =
| type                   = [[Public university|Public]]
| established            = {{Start date|1977}}
| closed                 = {{End date|2021|01|01|df=y}}
| president              = Oliver Murphy<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.kerryman.ie/news/new-acting-president-appointed-at-it-tralee-2533850.html |title=New acting President appointed at IT Tralee |first=Simon |last=Brouder |date=9 February 2011 |newspaper=[[The Kerryman]] |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154237/http://www.kerryman.ie/news/new-acting-president-appointed-at-it-tralee-2533850.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| students               = 3,500+
| address                = Dromtacker
| city                   = [[Tralee]]
| province               = [[Munster]]
| postalcode             =
| country                = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.ittralee.ie}}
}}

The '''Institute of Technology, Tralee''' ('''IT Tralee'''; {{langx|ga|Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Thrá Lí}}) was an [[Institutes of technology in the Republic of Ireland|institute of technology]], located in [[Tralee]], Ireland. It was established in 1977 as the '''Regional Technical College, Tralee'''. In January 2021, itself and the [[Cork Institute of Technology]] were dissolved 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 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203085350/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/taoiseach-confirms-creation-of-new-munster-technological-university-1.4263235 |url-status=live }}</ref>