Editing Dublin Institute of Technology

{{Short description|Former technical institution in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{see also|Technological University Dublin}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox university
|name            = Dublin Institute of Technology
|native_name     = Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath
|image           = Dublin Institute of Technology.png
|shield          = 
|established     = 1887 – foundation of City of Dublin Technical Schools <br/>1978 – under the auspices of Dublin City Council <br/>1992 – as an autonomous degree-awarding institution.
|closed          = 2019 – became part of [[Technological University Dublin]]
|faculty         = 2,500<ref>{{cite web|title=Electrical and Electronic Engineering DIT |url=https://recruit.dit.ie/pls/corehrrecruit/docs/0000068722.pdf |publisher=DIT SEEE |access-date=9 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126072107/https://recruit.dit.ie/pls/corehrrecruit/docs/0000068722.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2016 }}</ref>
|president       = Professor [[Brian Norton (engineer)|Brian Norton]]
|students        = 20,000
|city            = [[Dublin]]
|country         = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|campus          = Multiple locations in Dublin.<br/>Relocating to a single inner suburban campus.
|colours         = [[Blue]], [[Beige]],<br />{{color box|blue}}{{color box|#FFCD00}} 
|affiliations    = [[European University Association|EUA]]
[[International Association of Universities|IAU]]
[[European League of Institutes of the Arts|ELIA]]
[[European Society for Engineering Education|SEFI]]<br/>
[[Association of MBAs]]<br/>
[[Dublin Chamber of Commerce]]<br/>
[[Campus Compact]]
|website         = {{URL|http://www.dit.ie/|dit.ie}}
|address         = [[Grangegorman]]<br/>Dublin 7
}}
{{location_map | Ireland Central Dublin
|border=thumb|caption=Location of [[Grangegorman]] campus, <br/>near central [[Dublin]]
| lat_deg = 53.355
| lon_deg = -6.282
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'''Dublin Institute of Technology''' ('''DIT''', {{langx|ga|Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath}}) was a major third-level institution in [[Dublin]], Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the [[Technological University Dublin]], as '''TU Dublin City Campus'''.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[GAA.ie]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601175414/https://www.gaa.ie/highereducation/fixtures-and-results/sigerson-cup/ |archive-date=1 June 2022 |title=Electric Ireland HE GAA Sigerson Cup Results |url=https://www.gaa.ie/highereducation/fixtures-and-results/sigerson-cup/}}</ref> The institution began with the establishment of the first technical education institution in Ireland, in 1887, and progressed through various legal and governance models, culminating in autonomy under a statute of 1992.

DIT was recognised particularly for degree programmes in [[Product Design]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Architecture]], [[Engineering]], [[Science]], [[Marketing]], [[Hospitality]], [[Music]], [[Optometry]], [[Pharmaceuticals]], [[Construction]], [[Digital Media]] and [[Journalism]].{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} It was ranked, in 2014, in [[Times Higher Education]]'s top 100 university-level institutions globally under 50 years old.<ref name="DIT makes 'top100' for up-and-comin">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/dit-makes-top-100-for-up-and-coming-third-level-institutions-1.1779126|title=DIT makes 'top100' for up-and-coming third-level institution|date=30 April 2014|newspaper=Irish Times|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913225043/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/dit-makes-top-100-for-up-and-coming-third-level-institutions-1.1779126|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Alumni of the Dublin Institute of Technology]] include a number of Irish writers, artists, politicians and business leaders as well as international figures in the fields of arts, architecture and business.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=Jimmie|url=https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditpress/3/|title=From Certificates to Doctorates, by Degrees; Dublin Institute of Technology – a Photographic Memoir|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84218-143-0|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806075012/https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditpress/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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" />

==Academic structure==
DIT's predecessor colleges were recognised as centres of excellence in their areas of specialism and,{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} following the establishment of the unitary DIT, their expertise formed the nucleus of an internal structure comprising the following faculties and campuses:
* Faculty of Applied Arts, [[Mountjoy Square]], Rathmines, Clarendon Row, Portland Row, Temple Bar
* Faculty of the Built Environment, Bolton Street and Linenhall
* Faculty of Business, [[Mountjoy Square]] and Rathmines, latterly Aungier Street
* Faculty of Engineering, Bolton Street, Kevin Street, Beresford Street
* [[DIT Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science, Kevin Street]]
* [[DIT Faculty of Tourism and Food|Faculty of Tourism and Food, Cathal Brugha Street]], Sackville Place and Kevin Street

From 2012 to 2018, DIT was organised into four colleges: Engineering and Built Environment, Business, Science and Health, and Arts and Tourism. These also contributed to the research activities of an overarching Graduate Research School and to four cross-institutional Research Institutes that brought together over seventy research centres and groups. The colleges in turn were divided into 27 Schools.

DIT also had various technology transfer and commercial units.

==Governance==
DIT had a governing body comprising representatives of public, including Dublin Lord Mayors (such as formerly [[Maurice Ahern]] and [[Mary Freehill]]), social and industrial groups, faculty, staff and students, its final composition was chaired by Professor Tom Collins.[[File:Prof Tom Collins.JPG|thumb|upright|Professor Tom Collins, former president of [[RCSI-Bahrain]]]]

In 1992 Michael O'Donnell became the first interim president. He was succeeded as president in 1993 by Professor Brendan Goldsmith.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/taking-the-lead-dr-brendan-goldsmith-1.335922|title=Taking the lead: Dr Brendan Goldsmith|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926200156/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/taking-the-lead-dr-brendan-goldsmith-1.335922|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2003 to 2018 Professor [[Brian Norton (engineer)|Brian Norton]] was the second, and last, president.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/prof-brian-norton-reappointed-as-dit-president-1.1363627|title=Prof Brian Norton reappointed as DIT President|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712195342/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/prof-brian-norton-reappointed-as-dit-president-1.1363627|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Faculty==
Faculty included [[David Brophy (conductor)|David Brophy]], conductor, [[Gráinne Mulvey]], composer, [[Bernie Sherlock]], conductor, [[Jane O'Leary]], pianist and composer, [[John Feeley]], guitarist, [[Kieran Hanrahan]], traditional Irish musician, [[Mike Nielsen]], jazz guitarist and composer, [[Ciarán Cuffe]], urban planner, [[Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire]], culinary arts.

Previous faculty members included [[Pat Kenny]], [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] (RTÉ and Newstalk) news and current affairs presenter, [[Joan Burton]], Teachta Dála (TD), Minister for Social Protection, [[Frank Harte]], Irish traditional singer and architect, [[Hugh McFadden (poet)|Hugh McFadden]], poet, [[Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus]], politician, Brid Grant, Dean of Arts, [[University of Connecticut]], [[Desmond Fennell]], writer and cultural philosopher, [[Lelia Doolan]], TV and film producer, [[Peter Sutherland]], lawyer and politician. [[John T. Lewis]], mathematician and physicist and [[Bernadette Greevy]], mezzo-soprano.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Research==
Dedicated research facilities include the Focas Research Institute with extensive [[spectroscopy]], [[microscopy]] and [[holography]] facilities. It also houses "CREST"; an international centre supported by [[Enterprise Ireland]] for [[paint]] and surface coating development. Antennae research is associated with the multi-institution "CTVR"; The Centre for Telecommunications Value-added Research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ctvr.ie/ |title=CTVR website |access-date=14 September 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928060551/https://ctvr.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Recently research supported by [[Science Foundation Ireland]] in the Dublin Energy Lab, water sciences, [[air quality]], [[food preservation]] and environmental health and safety are being co-located in a major new building at the [[Grangegorman]] new city centre campus together with an additional "Hothouse" start-up business incubator for new DIT spin-off companies. Hothouse nurtured, amongst other firms, Smart Wall Paint and Moletest.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

===National Optometry Centre===
The National Optometry Centre (NOC) located at the junction of Kevin Street and [[New Bride Street]] is the only such centre in Ireland.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The main function of the NOC is to facilitate clinical training for [[Optometry]] students. The centre is developing specialised clinics in areas such as paediatrics, low vision and contact lenses. It was planned to also offer eye examinations, spectacles and contact lenses to the general public. Free eye examinations are offered to DIT students.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Partnerships==
In common with other Irish universities, DIT validates programmes taught in other institutions in Dublin such as Pulse College, based in the [[Windmill Lane Studios]], and the [[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]] BA programme.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

There are student exchange and joint research programmes with several universities in India, China, Brazil, Australia, the US and Europe. DIT are also partners in the Mozambique Eyecare Project. As part of the project, an undergraduate course in [[Optometry]] was established at Universidade Lurio, [[Nampula]]. The first of its kind in [[Mozambique]]. Other partners on the project are [[University of Ulster]] and International Centre for Eyecare Education.
There are also links with [[Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences]] across several subjects, with [[Columbia College Chicago]] in design and media and with [[Purdue University]] across a number of disciplines including a joint master's degree programme. There are student and staff exchanges with [[Grenoble School of Management]]. DIT accredits programmes at [[Middle East College]] in Oman.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Ranking==
Dublin Institute of Technology was named "Best Institute of Technology" in 2010, 2016 and 2018 by the Sunday Times. It came 94th in the 2014<ref name="DIT makes 'top100' for up-and-comin"/> and 2015 Times Higher Education 100 under 50 Ranking of universities worldwide. It came 157th in the UI
Greenmetric Ranking of World Universities in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greenmetric rankings 2013 |url=http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/id/page/ranking-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201192155/http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/id/page/ranking-2013 |archive-date= 1 February 2014 }}</ref> The 2012, QS World University Rankings puts DIT in the 451–500 bracket worldwide and in the 350th position for Engineering & Technology; DIT's best result in the same ranking was when it came 326th in the worldwide ranking in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 QS World University Rankings: Dublin Institute of Technology|website=QS Top Universities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503000937/https://www.topuniversities.com/node/2317/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2012 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/2317/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2012|year=2012|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

[[File:New Bride Street, Dublin, Ireland 001.jpg|thumb|The yellow building is public clinic of the NOC]]

==Community outreach==
Embedded in the life of Dublin city centre, DIT had several links with its neighbouring communities and schools. The Access and Civic Engagement service provided programmes that enabled those from traditionally under-represented groups to study at DIT. These included a number of access routes for children in secondary schools where there had been no tradition of continuing to third level education. It also made even earlier interventions in schools, for example the 'Pathways through Education' supports students in making the transition into secondary school.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Campus==
Dublin Institute of Technology is spread across 10 locations in Dublin city, which are currently{{when|date=March 2023}} being amalgamated into a central campus at [[Grangegorman]].

===Grangegorman Campus===
[[File:Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman Campus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman Campus]]
The Institute plans to consolidate to a single campus in the centre of Dublin, at [[Grangegorman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/finishing-touches-as-dit-opens-doors-in-heart-of-dublin-city-1.1916968|title=Finishing touches as DIT campus opens in the heart of city|date=4 September 2014|newspaper=Irish Times|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226202916/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/finishing-touches-as-dit-opens-doors-in-heart-of-dublin-city-1.1916968|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus is located 1&nbsp;km from [[O’Connell Street]], with [[Smithfield, Dublin|Smithfield]] to the south; [[Stoneybatter]] to the west; [[Broadstone, Dublin|Broadstone]] to the east; and [[Phibsboro]] and the [[North Circular Road, Dublin|North Circular Road]] to the north. As of 2014, the Grangegorman campus was home to students in Fine Art, Product Design, Visual Communications, Photography and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/dit-opens-new-campus-in-grangegorman-to-first-students-30575326.html|title=DIT opens new campus in Grangegorman to first students|date=10 September 2014|newspaper=Irish Independent|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=18 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218192659/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/dit-opens-new-campus-in-grangegorman-to-first-students-30575326.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of the new consolidated city-centre campus is undertaken by the [[Grangegorman Development Agency]].

The campus is served by the [[Luas]] ([[Green Line (Luas)|Green Line]]) and the closest station is Grangegorman. An adjacent station, DIT Broadstone, is also operational.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

[[File:DIT Faculty of Science.JPG|thumb|DIT's Kevin St building; home to most science and health programmes, the [[DIT School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering|School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering]] and the [[DIT School of Computing]].]]
[[File:Cathal Brugha Street Dublin.jpg|thumb|DIT's Cathal Brugha St building; home to hospitality and culinary programmes including the [[DIT School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology]], in the photograph can be seen the sculpture of "The Three Graces" by [[Gabriel Hayes]]]]

==Students==
Dublin Institute of Technology had circa 20,000 students.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

===Students' Union===
The DIT Students' Union (DITSU) was the representative body for students in DIT. It was set up to "ensure there is a student voice at each level within the college" and all students within the institute were automatically members. DITSU, which was a member of the [[Union of Students in Ireland]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://usi.ie/featured/ditsuyestousi/ | website = usi.ie | title = 91% of DITSU Voters Say Yes to USI | date = 16 March 2017 | accessdate = 8 March 2023 }}</ref> also promoted clubs, societies and other non-academic activities and provided a range of services for its members. The union also had representation in the governance of DIT and, under the 1994 DIT Amendment Act, the membership of DIT's governing body was expanded to include two students (one male and one female).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza31y1994.1.html | website = oireachtas.ie |title = No. 31/1994: DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165140/http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza31y1994.1.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead | quote = two persons, one of whom shall be a woman and one a man, being registered students of the Institute, shall be chosen in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body and for the purposes of this provision registered students shall include full-time officers of the Students Union}}</ref> DITSU's website won a "Best Students' Union Website" award in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dit.ie/news/archive2012/ditstudentsunionwinsbestdelegationatusicongress/ |title=DIT Dublin Institute of Technology - DIT Students' Union Wins Best Delegation At USI Congress | website = dit.ie |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511175758/http://dit.ie/news/archive2012/ditstudentsunionwinsbestdelegationatusicongress/ |archive-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

When, in January 2019, DIT joined with ITB and ITT to form Dublin Technical University, a member referendum was held.<ref name="universitytimes2019"/> The referendum was passed and, in February 2019, DITSU was joined under a new constitution (with the equivalent unions in ITB and ITT) to form the Technological University Dublin Students' Union (TUDSU).<ref name="universitytimes2019">{{cite web|url = http://www.universitytimes.ie/2019/02/constitution-for-irelands-newest-students-union-passes-overwhelmingly/ | website = universitytimes.ie | title = Constitution for Ireland's Newest Students' Union Passes Overwhelmingly | date = 21 February 2019 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190221205327/http://www.universitytimes.ie/2019/02/constitution-for-irelands-newest-students-union-passes-overwhelmingly/ | archivedate = 21 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.tudublinsu.ie/yourunion/history/ | website = tudublinsu.ie | title = Your Union - History | archiveurl =https://archive.today/20230302162718/https://www.tudublinsu.ie/yourunion/history/ | archivedate = 2 March 2023 | quote = TU Dublin SU is in the middle of a time of great change. Please see some information below on the previous iterations of this Union (DITSU, ITBSU & ITTSU) }}</ref>

===Sport===
{{see also|DIT GAA}}
As of 2014, DIT had more than 40 student clubs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ditsports.ie/site/view/28/ |title=DIT Clubs |access-date=2014-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223327/http://www.ditsports.ie/site/view/28/ |archive-date=13 March 2014 }} [https://www.dit.ie/sport/clubs/ Also here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029145733/http://www.dit.ie/sport/clubs/ |date=29 October 2019 }}</ref> including [[Gaelic Athletic Association]], [[association football|football]], [[handball]], [[rifle shooting]], [[waterpolo]], [[archery]], [[basketball]], [[kite surfing]] and [[cricket]].

In 2013, Dublin Institute of Technology won the [[Sigerson Cup]], the premier Gaelic Football Championship among Irish Higher Education institutions. DIT's hurlers won the [[Kehoe Cup]] in 2007 and the [[Walsh Cup (hurling)|Walsh Cup]] Shield in 2013.

Outdoor and indoor sports facilities were developed at [[Grangegorman]] and at [[Broom Bridge]].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Notable alumni==
{{main|Alumni of the Dublin Institute of Technology}}

== See also ==

*[[Education in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[List of higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Grangegorman Development Agency]]

==References==
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