1,900 students to be conferred with GMIT awards
Author: Press Office
Date Article Written Wednesday 2 November 2011
GMIT Conferrings of Awards take place this week and next, in Castlebar on Friday 4 November and in Galway on Thursday and Friday, 10 and 11 November; Letterfrack students were conferred on Friday 28 October.Some 1,900 GMIT students will be conferred with awards in total this year, among them awards for new programmes such as the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering in Energy Engineering, Higher Certificates in Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, Bachelor of Business in Tourism Management and Bachelor of Business in Retail and Customer Service Management.
A number of postgraduate degrees by research will also be awarded including degree of Doctorate in the Schools of Engineering, Humanities and Science & Computing, and degree of Master in the Schools of Business, Engineering, Humanities, and Science & Computing. The first postgraduate award in Accounting and the ACCA Professional Level will also be made this year.
The Galway campus conferrings take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway on Friday 10 and 11 November, staring at 11am. Some 1,500 students will be conferred with awards for programmes ranging from Higher Cert to honours degree, Master and Doctorate in the disciplines of Business, Engineering, Science and Computing, Hotel and Tourism, and Humanities.
The Castlebar conferrings take place in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar this Friday, 4 November, 11am. Over 320 students will be conferred with awards for degree and Higher Cert programmes in Business and ICT, Nursing & Health Sciences, Outdoor Education and Tourism.
Eighty-one students were conferred with awards in the Letterfrack campus on Friday 28 October for B.Sc degree programmes in Furniture Design and Manufacture, Furniture and Wood Technology, Furniture Technology and Design and Technology Education.
GMIT Registrar Michael Hannon says it is fantastic to see the large numbers obtaining higher education awards from Higher Certificates to Doctorate level.
“Third-level education is the best chance young people and indeed this country has of beating the recession. Research shows that graduates with a third-level qualification are more employable and more entrepreneurial. The skills and competencies gained are adaptable and transferable and have proven to be what employers are looking for.”
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