Institute of Art, Design and Technology

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IADT, as we now know, came into being in 2012 when three existing Schools were amalgamated to become two Faculties: the Faculty of Enterprise + Humanities and the Faculty of Film, Art + Creative Technologies. However, our unique story is deeply rooted in the area and dates back well over fifty years! It is to continue to specialize in creativity and innovation as expressed in the arts, technology, and entrepreneurship and work with learners and stakeholders as partners to develop innovative, creative, entrepreneurial, and adaptable graduates and who are ready to meet the challenges of the digital age.
IADT is uniquely positioned in terms of our programs and research. We are mission-focused and hold a distinct position within the higher education sector in Ireland as an Institute of Art, Design, and Technology leading in programs for the technological and the creative and cultural industries and sectors. Given our unique and distinctive focus, our program offering supports the development of our students' creative, entrepreneurial, and technical skills, vital for their future careers and Ireland's economic regeneration and development.
Our Strategic Plan 2014-2018 sets the objective of consolidating and enhancing our position as a specialized institute working in close partnership with industry and communities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) to educate students who can shape, change and develop industry and communities, and respond to changing societal needs.
It is to continue to specialize in creativity and innovation as expressed in the arts, technology, and entrepreneurship and work with learners and stakeholders as partners to develop innovative, creative, entrepreneurial, and adaptable graduates and who are ready to meet the challenges of the digital age.
The seed that grew into IADT began as a simple portfolio course for local school leavers, designed to prepare them for entry to art and design colleges. Successful from the outset, by the late 1960s, this had evolved into the first art foundation course in Ireland. And that spirit of innovation, that determination to be at the vanguard of fresh thinking in innovative education, continued... A further three-year course leading to a Diploma in Art and Design began. By 1980, the Minister for Education gave NCEA recognition to the newly-established Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (DLCAD). The legislative establishment of the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology in 1997 realized the long-held ambition of Dún Laoghaire VEC, the staff of DLCAD, and the wider community to create a fully-fledged third-level Institute of Art, Design and Technology in the area. The vision that went on to become IADT was for an institution that would stand firm on the established foundation and reputation of its art, design, and media courses while embracing the new disciplines of humanities, technology, and business.
As well as being a valued educational and enterprise partner at the local level, IADT is respected and renowned nationally and internationally in the creative, cultural, entrepreneurial, and digital media sectors. Student numbers have grown from 450 to 2500. We plan to grow to over 3000 students and continue to develop the campus and infrastructure. IADT is built on a history of understanding what is needed – both now and in the future – and taking action. That same spirit of enterprise, that sense of creative adventure and energy, is alive and well on the IADT campus today.
Ireland's only Institute of art, design, and technology with a specific focus on the creative culture, and technological sectors, IADT is alive with ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurial activity. Explore what is on offer, and we hope you will decide that IADT is the perfect place for your third level of adventure.
The Institute is committed to providing higher education of the highest quality, which is relevant to students' and stakeholders' needs and recognizes staff members' professional role. Providing accessible and flexible programs within a student-centered and supportive learning environment is an essential institutional objective and one which is reflected in the IADT Strategic Plan 2014-2018.
To ensure it is achieved, IADT is cognisant of the need to have effective planning processes, which consider relevant information and data timely decision-making processes, with due authority effective implementation of decisions taken, with careful monitoring and review as well as the capacity to be consistent, and the capacity to respond to situations by embracing change as necessary.
The Institute has established an inclusive infrastructure by operating two intersecting organizational elements that focus on quality. While the Institute adopts the philosophy that everyone is responsible for quality assurance, the Registrar's formal Executive responsibility for Quality Assurance (QA) resides. This responsibility is complemented by the work of the Quality Enhancement Sub-Committee, which operates on a collegial basis and advances many policies and procedures that have a good academic practice and its core value.
The Institute's Quality Assurance Framework provides a clearly stated set of policies and procedures for providing quality services and the assessment and review of the provision of those services.

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