Editing Cork Institute of Technology (section)

== History ==
Cork Institute of Technology, and its predecessor Cork Regional Technical College (CRTC), developed from earlier institutions such as the [[Royal Cork Institution]] which existed from 1807 until 1861, and the Crawford Municipal Technical Institute which was founded in 1912, which trained students in Science and Engineering. In 1930 the City of Cork Vocational Education Committee was set up. Cork Regional Technical College was established in 1974 and the Crawford Institute was merged with the new Cork RTC in 1976.

Following enactment of the Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992, it incorporated the Cork School of Music and the Crawford College of Art and Design on 1 January 1993. In late 1997 it was renamed from Regional Technical College, Cork, to Cork Institute of Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/how-to-solve-a-political-problem-cork-it-1.120405|title=How to solve a political problem? Cork IT.|website=Irishtimes.com|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>

James P. Roche who was head of Crawford, became the first principal of Cork RTC. Dr. Patrick Kelleher became principal of the RTC in 1988, and the director of Cork IT until 2004. In 2007 the title of the head of the institute changed from "Director" to "President".<ref>[http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=39936-qqqx=1.asp]{{dead link|date=January 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> Dr. Brendan J. Murphy was director/president from 2004 until retiring in 2017. He was succeeded by Dr. Barry O'Connor.

In March 2008, it was announced that CIT was applying for university status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cit.ie/?action=front&ID=169|title=Cork Institute of Technology|website=Cork Institute of Technology|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> 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>