Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
| Institiúid Ealaíona,Dearadh agus Teicneolaíochta Dhún Laoghaire | |
| Established | 1 April 1997 |
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| President | Dr Annie Doona |
| Registrar | Dr. Andrew Power |
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Academic staff
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340 (2010) |
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Administrative staff
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459 (2010) |
| Students | 2,000 (2010/2011) |
| Undergraduates | 1,879 (2010/2011) |
| Address |
Kill Avenue Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland |
| Campus | Urban, 7 hectares (17 acres) |
| Website | http://www.iadt.ie/en/ |
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) (Irish: Institiúid Ealaíona,Dearadh agus Teicneolaíochta Dhún Laoghaire) is located at Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. It was established in 1997 and incorporated the former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design as its School of Creative Arts.
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology is located on Kill Avenue, about two kilometers west of Dún Laoghaire on the 46A/75 bus routes, close to Bakers Corner and Deansgrange. The former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now part of the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies at IADT) moved to the campus in the early 1980s. This move facilitated an expansion of facilities and led to the creation of IADT in 1997.
The institute's site was a Christian Brothers home, Carriglea Park Industrial School, from 1894 to 1954. In the 2009 Report on child abuse, the Christian Brothers were found to be seen in a relatively favourable, if incompetent, light in comparison to abuses in other industrial schools, and still play a key part in the Dún Laoghaire area, albeit entirely separate from the Dún Laoghaire campus.
Prior to being bought by the Christian Brothers, Carriglea was a 40-acre (160,000 m2) Georgian residence owned by the Goff Family. The Reverend Robert Goff purchased the estate in 1826 for use as his principal residence. The Reverend Goff died in 1844 and the estate passed to his wife and family. Both the Reverend Robert Goff and his wife are interred in the church in Monkstown. IADT has a collection of diaries written by the Reverend Goff from the late 18th Century until his death.
The college has developed amenities such as the Media Cube for enterprise projects and SMEs in the technology sector and is expanding its campus to incorporate further departments and students. Sports facilities such as a full sized all weather floodlight soccer pitch have been added in recent years.
The institution has an emphasis on creative arts and media with the National Film School (NFS) located on campus. The college offers programmes in entrepreneurship,arts and humanities, business, arts management, psychology/cyberpsychology, computing and digital media technology.
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