The Munster Technological University (MTU), previously known as Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), opened in 1973 at its present location in Bishopstown in the western suburbs of Cork City and Is a multi-campus technological university across the South-West region in Cork and Kerry. It is estimated that the institute has approximately 18,000 registered students (part-time and full-time) studying in the areas of art, business, engineering, music, drama and science.
The Institute boasts a range of high quality facilities including its award-winning Library & IT Building and research laboratories, with the main campus winning awards for its architectural design and aesthetics. The constituent Faculties of the Institute of Technology are Engineering and Science, and Business and Humanities while its constituent colleges are the MTU Crawford College of Art and Design, the MTU Cork School of Music and the National Maritime College of Ireland.
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