Waterford Institute of Technology

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Welcome you to the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). With a long tradition of leadership in education, WIT is continually pushing the boundaries in response to our students' needs, society, and the economy.
It is no accident that WIT is Ireland's leading research-informed Institute of technology with a global reputation for innovation and research excellence. The Institute has been focused on creativity and research innovation as a driver of the knowledge society for over 20 years. It plays a crucial role in Ireland's social, cultural, and economic development.
We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our activities, including educating the next generation leaders through our undergraduate and postgraduate programs producing highly creative and industry-ready graduates developing our internationally connected research and innovation eco-system, and evolving our unique stakeholder engagement model, which has had a real impact on our economy.
The Institute leverages its national and international partnerships with other education institutes, industry, social, and government bodies to ensure the international relevance and excellence of our teaching, research and innovation activities.
Waterford Institute of Technology is a truly international environment with students from 70 countries and strategic collaboration partnerships with over 300 education and industry partners. We have created an exciting learning environment in the South East of Ireland.
In our world, you are not just a student but a member of a community that values all aspects of life: learning, sport, arts, community engagement, and, above all, the person. Through education, we open a world of endless possibilities that will challenge, excite, and reward you.
Waterford Institute of Technology is firmly committed to enhancing the quality of life of citizens of Waterford, the South-East region, and the nation. WIT plans its activities with this goal in mind.
The Institute is currently finalizing its Strategic Plan for the period 2018-2021. Following an extensive consultation process, a draft Plan has been prepared and may be viewed here. The Plan identifies the actions needed to position WIT as the leader of educational, social, cultural, and economic transformation in the South-East of Ireland. The Plan charts a path to building a more collaborative, accessible organization that will be progressive and innovative—such an organization is needed to create an environment where all citizens' quality of life is improved. The Plan sets out actions across various thematic areas, including Access to Education, Research, Teaching and Learning, and other domains.
The objects and functions of the Institutes of Technology are established in legislation and direct the Waterford Institute of Technology mission. Under the law (specifically the Institutes of Technology Act 2006), the principal function of Waterford Institute of Technology is "to provide vocational and technical education and training for the economic, technological, scientific, commercial, industrial, social and cultural development of the State with particular reference to the region served by the college". WIT was founded in 1970 as a Regional Technological College (RTC) and became an Institute of Technology in the late 1990s.

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