Editing Dublin Institute of Technology (section)

==History==
===Origins – Dublin's technical colleges===
[[File:Bolton Street College.jpg|thumb|Bolton Street College]]
The first of DIT's predecessor colleges, the City of Dublin Technical Schools, was founded in 1887 by [[Arnold Felix Graves]].

Over time, other specialised colleges opened, and those which later formed DIT are listed, each with its year of foundation:
* College of Technology, Kevin Street (1887)
* College of Music, Chatham Row (1890)
* College of Commerce, Rathmines (1901)
* College of Marketing and Design, [[Mountjoy Square, Dublin|Mountjoy Square]] (1905)
* College of Technology, Bolton Street (1911)
* College of Catering, [[Cathal Brugha Street]] (1941)

===Federal model (1978–1992)===
In 1978 the College of Technology joined with the other five institutions to form the Dublin Institute of Technology, a federation of colleges.<ref>{{cite book|last=Duff|first=Tom|url=https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditpress/1/|title=The Story of Dublin Institute of Technology|year=2000|publisher=Blackhall Press|isbn=1-842180-13-4|display-authors=etal|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715064228/https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditpress/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Unitary college model===
In 1992, Dublin Institute of Technology was established by legislation as a single institution, under the Dublin Institute of Technology Act.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/15/enacted/en/html|title=Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992|website=www.irishstatutebook.ie|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801110351/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/15/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Towards university status===
An application for university designation in 1996 was declined but with the expert panel viewing the institution as on a trajectory for university designation. Dublin Institute of Technology now has a scope of activities and variety of powers identical to those of a university, and its degrees are recognised as such both in Ireland and internationally. For twenty-five years, DIT had legislative authority to award [[Bachelor degree|Bachelor's]], [[Master degree|Master's]] and [[Doctorate degree|Doctoral]] degrees that comply fully with the Irish national qualifications framework originally put in place by the [[National Qualifications Authority of Ireland]]. DIT awarded [[Professorships]] from 2003.

===Technological University status===
{{main|Technological University Dublin}}
In 2014, the institution entered into a formal process<ref>{{cite news|title=ITs or Tech Unis|newspaper=Irish Times|date=16 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The transforming landscape of higher education in Ireland|newspaper=Public Affairs Ireland|date=4 April 2014}}</ref> which led to its designation as a technological university, jointly with two other institutions, [[Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown]] (ITB) and [[Institute of Technology, Tallaght]] (ITT).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/dit-seeks-an-upgrading-to-university-74262.html |title=DIT seeks an upgrading to university |publisher=Independent.ie |date=20 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618041525/http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/dit-seeks-an-upgrading-to-university-74262.html |access-date=13 September 2010|archive-date=18 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/technological-universities-are-they-really-such-a-good-idea-1.2567757|title=Technological universities: are they really such a good idea?|last=Peter McGuire|date=15 March 2016|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=6 February 2018|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005011/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/technological-universities-are-they-really-such-a-good-idea-1.2567757|url-status=live}}</ref> A final application was submitted in April 2018 and the formation of the [[Technological University Dublin]], "TU Dublin", was approved in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web |via=[[facebook.com]] |publisher=Dublin Institute of Technology |url=https://www.facebook.com/dublininstituteoftechnology/videos/10155313849631086/ |title=Announcement by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926200215/https://www.facebook.com/dublininstituteoftechnology/videos/10155313849631086/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Application for designation as Ireland's first Technological University has been successful! |url=https://www.facebook.com/dublininstituteoftechnology/photos/a.418760826085.200527.181376146085/10155313569641086 |publisher=Dublin Institute of Technology |via=[[facebook.com]] |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926200237/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdublininstituteoftechnology%2Fphotos%2Fa.418760826085.200527.181376146085%2F10155313569641086 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was launched 1 January 2019.<ref name= "TUD opening">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101161550/https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2019/0101/1019803-tu-dublin-merger/ |archive-date=1 January 2019 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2019/0101/1019803-tu-dublin-merger |title=TU Dublin now Ireland's largest institution as ITs merge |date=1 January 2019 |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ">{{cite web |url-status=live |archive-date=17 July 2018 |title=Approval to be given for Ireland's first technological university |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717065223/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0717/979172-technological_university/ |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0717/979172-technological_university/ |author=O'Keefe, Emma |publisher=RTÉ |date=17 July 2018|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref>

===Degree-awarding powers===
In 1975 the [[University of Dublin]] entered into an agreement whereby it conferred [[academic degree]]s at the colleges that formed Dublin Institute of Technology; this allowed these graduates a vote in the [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University constituency]] for [[Seanad Éireann]] representatives. This continued until 1998, when Dublin Institute of Technology was granted its own autonomous degree-awarding powers under the Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992.<ref name=":0" />