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GMIT is pleased to announce that Samir Mahmood, a graduating student of the four-year part-time BA in Contemporary Practices, has been awarded the inaugural Mary Lavelle Burke Bursary Award.

GMIT is pleased to announce it is hosting a virtual open day for all campuses on Saturday, 21 November (10.30-3pm), with a live-to-camera Q&A available for the full morning.

GMIT is pleased to announce a free webinar “Tourism’s Future: The Path to Recovery”, featuring an expert panel of speakers discussing ways in which businesses can recover and rebuild post Covid-19, which will go live on Thursday next, 26 November (12-2pm).

GMIT’s annual conferring ceremonies will be held fully online this year with 14 sessions taking place over five days, from Tuesday 24 November to Saturday 28 November (2020). 

A GMIT Engineering student’s project “Remote Robot” has won joint first place in this year’s National Midas Third Level Electronic Project Competition: Ruairi Doherty from Creagh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, who completed the B.

GMIT is delighted to announce that its excellent academic resource for students, the GMIT Academic Writing Centre, has transitioned fully to online delivery, offering focused academic writing tuition to all students, at all levels, across all disciplines on the Galway and Mayo campuses.

GMIT, as part of the Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Network, is delighted to host the third annual SURE Conference (SURE2020) which will go live on https://forms.gle/oVjzyhrPPeH3c9rj9 on Friday, 16 October, 2020 in association wi

Higher Education is set to reimagine teaching and learning through an innovative and ambitious proposal led by Institute of Technology, Sligo, with the announcement of €12.4 million funding under the Human Capital Initiative announced on Monday 05 October by Minister for Further and Higher Educat

A question “How has your mindset changed since the pandemic?” put to attendees at the recent EMPOWER and Spirit of Entrepreneurship webinar hosted by GMIT Mayo iHub reveals a surprising variety of positive responses.

GMIT Mayo Innovation Hub will host an online event with WestBIC and Grant Thornton on Thursday 24 September (10am) focusing on R&D supports and EU Funding for start-ups.

A GMIT Engineering student’s project “Remote Robot” has been shortlisted for this year’s national 2020 – 3rd Level Midas Electronic Project Competition. Ruairi Doherty from Ballinasloe, Co Galway, completed the B.

SmartBay Ireland, in collaboration with GMIT is delighted to announce the call for applications for a new Masters in Research Scholarship programme.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) are pleased to jointly offer a Maths course to CAO applicants who do not achieve the required grade in Maths in their Leaving Certificate, giving students a second chance to gain admission to some

GMIT and a consortium of European Higher Education Institute partners have been awarded funding of €4.4 million under the EU Erasmus+ Key Action 1 - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees 2020, to continue delivery of the International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea).

GMIT’s Letterfrack campus has been synonymous with furniture design and wood technology since 1987, working with regionally dispersed, small and micro enterprises in areas such as architectural woodworking, cabinetmaking, panel processing, kitchen manufacturing, bespoke furniture, shop fitting an

The President of GMIT, Dr Orla Flynn, together with the presidents of Ireland’s Institutes of Technology, encourages incoming students and continuing students across the country to continue their higher education in the next academic year (2020/21) and to progress with study toward careers that w

A group of second year students studying on the B.Sc (Hons) in Furniture Design and Manufacture in GMIT Letterfrack, the National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology, have recently completed a project with the Office of Public Works (OPW).

An exciting exhibition of artwork by students on the GMIT Mayo BA in Contemporary Art Practices course will be unveiled online, instead of on campus, going live on Zoom on Friday, 5 June at 6 pm.  This will be the first of several virtual exhibitions this summer, showcasing the work of GMIT desig

Staff within the GMIT School of Engineering have designed and developed a new type of emergency ventilator that can be produced rapidly and inexpensively to assist the medical profession in the treatment of COIVD-19 patients.

GMIT is pleased to announce a new ‘Virtual Open Day’ online experience for prospective students and their families.

GMIT staff are working all out producing and delivering vital equipment and PPE materials for health care workers in hospitals, pharmacies, GP surgeries and care settings across the west, in the race to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

The GMIT School of Business has been awarded funding through the Government/HEA Springboard+ programme to provide a free online course in Family Business to 50 successful applicants.

GMIT is delighted to announce an exciting programme of events to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day on the theme ‘Each for Equal’ (#EachforEqual).

French and Irish students will compete in a cook-off as part of a culinary and heritage showcase at

GMIT has unveiled an exciting new identity for its sports activities across all campuses, bringing student teams and individuals together under the one sports brand, ‘GMIT Falcons’, for the first time in the history of the college.

Students and graduates of GMIT Letterfrack’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology have been selected to exhibit at one of the world’s leading furniture and lighting exhibitions - the Stockholm Furniture Fair (4 – 8 February 2020).

A study into how fitness apps can affect users, conducted by Dr Trevor Clohessy, GMIT School of Business, and Dr Eoin Whelan, Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUIG, has found the apps can lead to both positive and negative wellbeing outcomes, depending on the person’s social motivation f

GMIT Mayo is pleased to offer, for the second year, the innovative new 13-week course in Contemporary Sports Coaching Practices, developed by GMIT academics in association with members of Mayo GAA.

The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) of GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo are building the digital and flexible learning capability of staff and students in its eight campuses in the West and North West in its efforts to meet the criteria to apply for Technological University (TU) designation.

GMIT Mayo is pleased to announce a brand-new part-time post graduate programme, the Master of Science in Digital Media and Marketing, which will commence delivery in January 2020.  The two-year Level 9 course is suitable for those who hold a primary degree in any discipline and wish to gain a pos

GMIT has become a key driver in conducting research and producing resources aimed at boosting innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe’s rural communities through numerous European and international research projects.

Rossa White, Chief Economist with the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), will deliver a lecture on “Characterising Ireland’s financial cycle” to GMIT business students in the Galway campus on Friday, 29 November, at 11am (Room 1039). Members of the public are welcome to attend.

A team of talented building and civil engineering degree students in GMIT have won the coveted All Ireland Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Student Challenge 2019 for developing the best detailed proposals for a complex building heritage project on a busy commercial site in inner city Dubli

GMIT is delighted to announce it has submitted a planning application for a new state of the art building at the Galway campus to cater for the delivery of programmes in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).

Staff in GMIT’s Marine and Freshwater Research Centre in Galway are celebrating the latest success of their colleague, Dr Olga Lyashevska, at the World Judo Championship in Morocco where she won the bronze medal this October.  Earlier in the year Olga was a gold medallist at the European Brazilia

The first cohort of GMIT students on the new Ibec Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship programme completed the course recently, receiving their Ibec Certificates of Achievement at a ceremony organised by Ibec in the Galmont Hotel, Galway (2 October 2019).

Due to the status orange weather warning issued by Met Éireann and in the interests of student and staff safety, all GMIT campuses will close from 5pm today (Thurs 3 Oct).  All campuses are expected to re-open as normal tomorrow (Fri 4 Oct).

Metamorphosis, an exciting exhibition of work by eleven graduating artists from GMIT’s MA in Creative Practice was opened in GMIT's Centre for the Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) recently by artist Michael Minnis.

An initiative aimed at fostering and promoting healthy living in the workplace by staff and students in GMIT was today (Monday, 23 September) launched in GMIT Galway by the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Health Promotion and the National Drugs Strategy, Cath

GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) and the That’s Life arts programme at the Brothers of Charity Services, Renmore, Galway, are pleased to announce that documentary film-maker Jill Beardsworth is the first recipient of The Radius Project Bursary.

CAO figures show an increase in applications for Level 8 courses in GMIT this year (2019) in areas such as Science, Technology, Maths, Computing (STEM), Design, and Agri-Business and Agri-Science courses.

A free Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp for 40 second-level students will run this summer in GMIT’s Galway (Dublin Road) campus, commencing 8 July.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has been awarded €2.2m from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to deliver 14 Springboard courses in its campuses in Galway and Mayo from September.

Final-year art students in GMIT’s School of Design and Creative Arts will hold an exciting exhibition of their work in GMIT’s Cluain Mhuire campus, opening Saturday, 1 June, at 2pm.

The Bachelor of Business (Hons) programme (GA886) in GMIT Mayo has been shortlisted for a prestigious award in the ‘Excellence in Education’ category in this year’s national Irish Accountancy Awards. This programme of study can lead to two awards one in accountancy and one in business.

An international standard “E-Thermal” environmental test facility designed to assist Irish SMEs in developing new sustainable heating products was formally opened in GMIT on Friday (10 May) by Deputy Seán Canney, Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development.

A GMIT engineering student’s prototype of the Avalanche Backpack has won him the overall Engineers Ireland’s Project Award at GMIT’s Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Expo 2019. John O’Toole from Inishturk, Co Mayo, won the overall Mechanical Engineering Year 4 Competition.

GMIT’s new workplace choir, GMIT Voices, were crowned "Best Newcomer" on Saturday evening (13 April) at the annual SCCUL Choir Factor Competition which took place in Clarinbridge.

Over twenty employers from Ireland and the UK attended a careers fair in GMIT offering numerous positions for graduates in the Built Environment sector.

87% percent of GMIT graduates (Class of 2017) were in employment or further study nine months after graduating, the latest “HEA Graduate Outcomes Survey – Class of 2017” shows.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce a programme of public events and activities marking International Women’s Day 2019 (8 March) which are taking place in all campuses in Galway and Mayo from Wednesday 6 March to Friday 8 March, and in Higher Education Institutes acr

In celebration of International Women’s Day, GMIT Mayo Students Services are delighted to welcome champion surfer, environmentalist and ambassador for women’s surfing and gender equality Dr Easkey Britton who will give a presentation entitled "We are ocean: cross-cultural connections between peop

Each year the Berlin International Film Festival selects emerging filmmaking talent from each European country to showcase rising talent.

The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA), comprised of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Institute of Technology Sligo (ITS), and Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), has been awarded €2.8m funding under the new Higher Education Innovation and Transformation Fund to develop new flexibl

Tutors in the hotel, catering and tourism industry in five European countries including Ireland will take part in a three-day consultation forum in GMIT from 29 to 31 January to start the process of creating a new European network of Hotel and Catering Schools that will improve employability for

The second cohort of women entrepreneurs on the EMPOWER Start Programme in GMIT iHubs marked their completion of the course by taking part in a final pitch session, Dragons Den style, in the GMIT Galway campus recently (14 January).

Staff and students in GMIT’s School of Science & Computing are celebrating the remarkable achievements of lecturer Dr David Mac Hale who won four top titles in the 2018 100% Raw World Powerlifting Championships in the United States recently, after only taking up the competitive sport three ye

Wood, whether living trees or felled timber, is celebrated in See The Wood From The Trees, a new book by GMIT Letterfrack lecturers, Dr Marion McGarry and Dermot O’Donovan, which will be formally launched at a reception in GMIT Galway on Tuesday, 27 November, by the Mayor of the City of Galway, C

GMIT is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Neville McClenaghan to the post of Vice President, GMIT Mayo campus. Professor McClenaghan comes to GMIT from the University of Ulster where he held a number of roles including Course Director of the B.Sc.

Two outstanding academics from the GMIT School of Science & Computing, Dr Heather Lally and Dr Ian McLoughlin, were presented with the GMIT President’s Award for Teaching Excellence at this year’s GMIT Conferring ceremonies, attended by their families, friends and colleagues.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has conferred Honorary Fellowships on award-winning journalists, authors and film makers Sally and John McKenna for their significant contribution to the food industry in Ireland.

GMIT student Margaret Murray from Claregalway, Co Galway, has won the national "Student of the Year” award for Quality Management 1 from EIQA at the National Q Mark Awards formal presentation ceremony in Dublin recently.

The Innovation Hub (iHub) in GMIT Mayo is hosting a full day conference on “Artificial Intelligence and how this disruptive technology is going to change everything", next Tuesday 20 November.

Several hundred secondary school pupils are expected to attend an Open Morning hosted by GMIT at the Galway campus this Saturday (13 October) from 10 am to 1pm.

Paul Casey, a third-year student on the Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Services & Automation Engineering in GMIT, has been shortlisted as one of three finalists in the 2018 third-level MIDAS Electronic Project Competition for designing, building and programming a product called ‘Check

ESRI’s John Fitzgerald to deliver lecture to GMIT Business students on Irish economy and policy challenges

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) warmly welcomes the announcement of €2M capital funding for GMIT Mayo under the Government’s recently unveiled investment in education package as part of Project Ireland 2040.

In March 2017 a working group was convened by the Minister for Education to consider the challenges faced by the Mayo Campus of GMIT.  The working group produced a report in October 2017.

GMIT School of Business is pleased to once again run a free Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp for 40 young people from 9 to 13 July at the Galway campus.

GMIT’s Medical and Engineering Technologies (MET) Gateway is to receive €1.4m Government funding over the next five years to provide cutting-edge, industry focused solutions for SMEs and larger organisations across the MedTech, Engineering and Lifesciences sectors.

A ‘domestic drying space using a heat recovery ventilation system’ and a ‘quadcopter for rapid response cardiac arrest rescue’ have won two Engineers Ireland West Project Awards at the inaugural GMIT Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Expo.

GMIT Mayo is delighted to host Aluminium, a show of work by GMIT alumni of the part-time BA in Art and Design programme, opening on Friday 27 April from 6 to 8 pm in St Mary’s Hall on campus.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce a new scholarship opportunity for second year students on the Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology degree programme in GMIT.

Mar pháirt de imeachtaí ceilliúradh Bliain na Gaeilge 2018 beidh Lá na Gaeilge ar súil ag ám lón amárach, De Ceadaoin 21ú Márta ar campús na Gaillimhe de Institiúid Teicneolaíochta na Gaillimhe-Maigh Eo.

Tá an ceilliúradh seo a eagrú ag Coiste na Gaeilge san institiúid.

Over one hundred students from primary and secondary schools in Galway attended events in GMIT organised for Engineers Week 2018.

GMIT is delighted to host a free public seminar on Consumer Protection by Derville Rowland, Director General, Financial Conduct, Central Bank of Ireland, on Thursday 12 April in the Galway campus (Theatre 995, 11am - 12.30pm) and Mayo campus (Theatre P002, 4.40pm to 7pm).

A number of sales professionals from leading companies in the region addressed a GMIT student event called “Success in Sales” in the college recently (Tuesday 27 February).

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Volunteer Galway have established a partnership aimed at enhancing civic engagement in Galway City and county.

Final year art students from the Galway School of Design & Creative Arts, GMIT, are to hold an artist themed fancy dress fundraiser in the Roisin Dubh, Galway City, on Monday 5 March (8pm – 11.30pm).

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Galway City Council (GCC) have signed a new agreement setting out a commitment  to work together on common principles and strategies to make the greatest and most sustainable use of the economic, social and cultural assets of Galway city and region f

An information evening on accounting programmes offered by GMIT will take place in the GMIT Galway (Dublin Road) campus on Thursday, 8 February, 2017, from 6.30pm to 8:30pm.

It will include information on the following courses:

The first Code of Governance for higher level education bodies under the 2016 State Guidelines was launched on Thursday, 25 January, 2018, by the Institutes of Technology representative body, the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA).

GMIT Galway International Hotel School is pleased to welcome Mr Gerald Lawless to the college for the first time.

Staff and students in GMIT Mayo recently held a seminar entitled, 'White Ribbon and The Story of the Inspirational Women',  in association with the Mayo Women’s Support Services and Mayo Rape Crisis Centre.

The President of GMIT, Dr Fergal Barry, presented four outstanding GMIT academics, Lucia Cloonan, Paul Leamy, Dr Paul O’Dowd, and Dr Cormac Quigley, with the GMIT President’s Award for Teaching Excellence at this year’s GMIT Conferring ceremonies, attended by their families, friends and colleague

The National Museum of Ireland marked a number of successful collaborations with GMIT Mayo this year with the formal presentation of an academic achievement award to a graduate of the BA (Hons) in Heritage Studies.

Culinary Arts and Hotel Management students in GMIT will host a very special gourmet evening in aid of the local RNLI Galway Lifeboat Station, on Monday, 4 December, 5pm.

President of GMIT, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, an honorary fellowship is the highest honour that GMIT can confer. It is therefore a great honour for me to be invited to read this citation for Mr Pat McDonagh, a businessman, innovator and entrepreneur of great distinction.

GMIT President Dr Fergal Barry and THEA, the Technological Higher Education Association, welcome the approval by Cabinet (yesterday 7 Nov) of insertions and amendments to the Technological Universities Bill.

Business students in GMIT learned about a diverse range of jobs opportunities currently available in EU institutions at special talks delivered by the Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee and Daragh Higgins of the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, in GMIT today (Tuesday 7 November

GMIT Mayo is opening its doors to the public on Friday, 10 November (10am – 1pm) for an Open Morning  for secondary school students, parents and anyone interested in starting or returning to third-level study as a mature student.

The following three GMIT campuses will re-open as normal tomorrow, Tuesday, 17th October, 2017:

Due to a Status Red weather alert for a Category 3 hurricane, ALL FIVE GMIT campuses will be closed tomorrow, Monday, 16th October, 2017.

Lectures will resume as normal on Tuesday, 17th October.

A student at GMIT’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack has been identified as Ireland’s most promising young craftsperson in Cabinetmaking and has been selected to join an Irish Team competing in WorldSkills 2017 taking place in in Abu Dhabi, United

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce that its Medical & Engineering Technology Gateway has been awarded the prestigious ISO accreditation (9001:2015).

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to offer over 260 free places on a range of Springboard courses in Business, Culinary Arts, Engineering, Science and Computing, from September.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Ibec are pleased to announce two new manufacturing apprenticeship programmes – a three-year Bachelor of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering and a two-year National Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering.

GMIT School of Business will run a free Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp for 20 second level students this summer.

The GMIT Department of Building and Civil Engineering and RPS have scooped two national awards - the ‘Excellence in Education and Training Award’ and the ‘Business Collaboration Award' at two separate national industry awards events in Dublin recently, the Irish Construction Industry Awards (9 Ma

GMIT is pleased to announce an innovative new Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning (MA in T&L), commencing September 2017 at the Galway campus.

As the Government plans Ireland’s transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy in Ireland’s first National Mitigation Plan due on 10 June, a survey of GMIT’s energy engineering graduates shows that they are already delivering these key goals of the Mitigat

The GMIT Department of Building and Civil Engineering and RPS were delighted to win the ‘Excellence in Education and Training’ Award at the 2017 Irish Construction Industry Awards, held in the Clayton Hotel, Dublin recently (Tuesday 9 May).

The Mayo Campus of GMIT is delighted to welcome applications for this year’s summer residency programme in Castlebar.

Culinary Arts Management degree students Michaele Gorman and Linda Rogers have been named the winners of the GMIT Development Chef of the Year 2017 competition in association with Blenders.

A new Creative Hub has been established in GMIT’s Centre for the Creative Arts & Media (CCAM) comprised of companies developing gaming projects, animated features and TV projects for the international marketplace.

GMIT’s School of Science and Computing is pleased to offer a brand new honours degree in Public Health Nutrition, the first such course to be offered in the west of Ireland, commencing in the Galway campus in September (2017).

GMIT's first public Agri Showcase will take place in the GMIT Galway campus this Wednesday, 29 March from 12pm to 4.30pm. The event has been organised by third year B.Bs. in Rural Enterprise & Agri Business and B.Sc.

Students in the GMIT College of Tourism and Arts (CTA) are to host a very special culinary dining experience on Monday next, 27 March, in aid of the RNLI Galway Lifeboat Station, the charity that saves lives at sea.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is inviting the public to attend a series of free digital learning events in its Mayo and Galway campuses as part of the national All Aboard 2017 initiative.

Over 50 representatives from employers groups within the Hotel, Tourism, and Hospitality industry are to attend the GMIT College of Tourism and Arts (CTA) annual Careers Fair, on Wednesday next, 8 March, in the Dublin Road (Galway) campus.

Civil Engineering and Construction Management students from GMIT visited the recently constructed Human Biology Building (HBB) in NUI Galway and took part in a load test on a concrete slab with embedded sensors, as part of their GMIT studies.

The annual GMIT International Construction Management Day Conference will take place at the GMIT Dublin Road campus on Tuesday 7 March, from 9am.

Six GMIT students who are not actively involved in sport or daily exercise have signed up to take part in Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon in May, as part of a major campaign to boost students’ mental health and wellbeing through sport.

GMIT and Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, have formed a new strategic partnership to develop academic and educational co-operation in areas of mutual interest.

GMIT’s College of Tourism & Arts is hosting a public lecture on current liquor licensing legislation, by Constance Cassidy, Senior Counsel, at the Galway (Dublin Road) campus, on Monday next, 6 February, 4pm (Theatre 903).

The Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, and the President of GMIT, Dr Fergal Barry, last evening (Thursday 19 January 2017) launched a new honours business degree in International Tourism Management at the college’s Galway campus, attended by over 40 representatives from

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce a new innovative honours degree in International Tourism Management which will be formally launched at a reception in the college by the Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Deputy Patrick O’Donovan and the President of GMIT,

Cian Mulligan from Rathcoole, Co Dublin, made history on 9 December, 2016, by becoming the first student to hold three IrelandSkills titles in Carpentry, Joinery and Cabinetmaking.

A GMIT Business & Agri student from North Roscommon has won a top prize and award from the Roscommon Local Enterprise Office (LEO) for his innovative start-up business idea, a heather-fed fowl farm.

GMIT has appointed Michael Gill from Kiltimagh as Acting Head of the Mayo campus. GMIT continues to accept applications for all CAO and Lifelong Learning programmes delivered in the Mayo campus

Woodside Energy Ireland, a subsidiary of Australia's largest oil and gas company, and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are pleased to announce the award of a new scholarship, the Woodside Irish Cetacean PhD Scholarship, to Myrto Tourgeli, a PhD student at GMIT’s Marine and Freshwater Re

The President of GMIT, Dr Fergal Barry, says it’s time, once again, to consider free undergraduate education to all who seek it.

Two GMIT lecturers, Anne O’Leary and Tom Conlon, have been honoured with national ‘Teaching Hero’ awards after being nominated for the accolade by their students.

GMIT welcomes the publication of the HEA’s Financial Review of the Institutes of Technology.

As part of GMIT’s 1916 commemorations, the Institute awarded three €500 prizes to the winners of an Institute-wide Art & Design Competition, the works of which were shown at a special exhibition in GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts & Media (CCAM) last week.

A new report published by the GMIT Careers Office shows that 94% of GMIT graduates are either in employment or further education, eight months after graduation: 55% of GMIT graduates are in paid employment and 39% are in further education.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) this week launched its bid for Green Campus status for its two Galway city campuses, with the official signing of an agreement between An Taisce and GMIT at the Institute’s inaugural Green Campus & Energy Awareness Open Day.

GMIT is pleased to announce a series of free public lectures on the theme of Ireland’s 1916 Rising, which will take place every Tuesday evening in the Galway campus until 8 November.

The Careers Office in GMIT will host its Annual Careers Fair on Monday, 3 October, at the Dublin Road (Galway) campus from 12 noon to 3pm.  Over seventy companies and organisations will have stands at the event which is aimed at GMIT students and graduates.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Galway Community College (GCC) have signed a new collaborative agreement aimed at promoting and improving equity of access to higher education for second level students of the community school and for providing progression routes for PLC students. 

The President of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Dr Fergal Barry, welcomes this week’s announcement by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) that the HEA will conduct a full review into the way it funds third-level institutions.

GMIT Mayo recently launched a new honours degree in History and Geography (CAO code GA887), commencing September 2016.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMT) is pleased to offer 136 free places on four new part-time courses and one full time course at two of its campuses from September (2016), under the Government-funded Springboard Higher Education initiative, announced recently (Wednesday 15 June 2016) by th

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) will launch its new Enterprise Ireland funded Medical and Engineering Technology (MET) Gateway (www.metcentre.ie) at an industry open day on the GMIT Galway campus on Thursday, 16 June.

Of the over 80 projects exhibited at SciFest@GMIT 2016, the top prize on the day went to Maghnus Hartigan from Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, for his project, Applying Real-Time Physiological Responses to a Virtual Classroom Environment

Students on the new part-time BA in Contemporary Art Practices at GMIT Mayo recently took part in a very successful book-binding workshop with Red Fox Press, the fine art screen-printing and artists’ book publisher based in Dugort, Achill.

Irish Examiner journalist Lesley Williams, in association with the Spanish Embassy, delivered the Albariño Masterclass which explored some of the world's most famous white wines, to students in GMIT’s College of Tourism & Arts (CTA) recently.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, staff and graduates of GMIT Mayo recently held a women’s history seminar in association with the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life.  The seminar was chaired by Dr Deirdre Garvey, GMIT Mayo Head of campus, and it was designed to showcase research on

A student at GMIT’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack has won his second top award in the 2016 IrelandSkills National Competitions.  Cian Mulligan from Rathcoole in Co Dublin, studying on the B.Sc.

GMIT is pleased to offer a new Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Sport and Exercise Science, the first course of its kind in the west of Ireland.

A go-kart demonstration, featuring electric cars built from scratch by third year Mechanical and Energy Engineering students in GMIT, is expected to be a major draw for secondary school pupils attending the Institute’s Open Morning on Saturday 23 April from 10am – 12.30pm.

GMIT researcher Sharon Duffy has won industry recognition and acclaim for her early research into clot types and treatment for stroke, in collaboration with Neuravi, a medical device company in GMIT’s Innovation Hub.

GMIT Business & Agri student Jack Hahessy Madigan from Kilkenny has won the 2016 GMIT Student Enterprise Award for his start up business, Kilkenny Rosé Veal.

There was some good news for students and recent graduates of construction and built environment courses attending a construction conference in GMIT this week (Tuesday 8 March).

A group of teaching staff from third-level colleges in Europe are on a two-day visit to GMIT this week (Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 March) to outline the opportunities for Irish students to study abroad under the EU Erasmus Plus programme.

The New Frontiers ‘Internet of Things (IoT) Summit’ in GMIT proved to be a major success with hundreds of delegates from across the country in attendance to hear about internet-connected objects and opportunities for new businesses and new business applications.

GMIT Science student Aoife Monahan from Tubber, Co Clare, has won a prestigious award from the International Society of Automation (ISA) at the ISA Honours and Awards ceremony held recently in University College Cork.

GMIT Science lecturers and researchers attended a “Women in Science” celebration hosted by the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, and Mrs Sabina Higgins in Áras an Uachtaráin recently.

GMIT students were among the winners announced at the annual SCCUL Enterprise Awards prize giving ceremony and business expo hosted by NUI Galway in the Bailey Allen Hall recently.

GMIT’s College of Tourism and Arts (CTA) is delighted to host a Sherry Masterclass on Thursday, 4 February, by world renowned sherry expert Javier Hidalgo.

Four GMIT business students, Ian Kelly, John Waldron, John Pigott and John Brennan, were runners-up in the national Irish Tax Institute Fantasy Budget competition 2016.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Rick Officer to the post of Vice President GMIT for Research and Innovation.

Hundreds of kayakers from Ireland’s third level colleges are to gather in Galway and Mayo from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 February for the 2016 Kayaking Intervarsities, hosted by students and staff on the Outdoor Education degree programme at GMIT Mayo.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has introduced a range of measures to address the Institute’s retention rates which will aid first year students complete their programmes of study.

Cian Mulligan, a student at GMIT’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack, has scooped the coveted top award in this year’s IrelandSkills National Competition in Joinery, held in Cork Institute of Technology.  Cian, from Taravic, Redgap, Rathcoole, Co D

GMIT students in all campuses are in with a chance to win substantial cash prizes and supports for their start-up ideas and businesses following the launch of the GMIT Student Enterprise Awards 2016.

The research vessel RV Polarstern arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday, 1 December, after a five-week voyage from Germany during which 32 international young scientists were trained in how to observe and measure the vital signs of the Atlantic Ocean on the North South Atlantic transect (NoSoAT).

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has awarded Honorary Fellowships to three outstanding individuals for their contribution to their communities and to regional development in the west; Donagh O’Donoghue, Galway city, Matt Molloy, Ballaghadereen, Co Roscommon and Westport, Co Mayo, and Mi

An exhibition of contemporary textiles, celebrating an international project called ‘Passion & Legacy’, will open in GMIT’s Centre for the Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) on Thursday, 3 December, from 5.30pm.

Over 100 students from GMIT and IT Carlow took part in this year’s GMIT Hackathon hosted by students in the Department of Computer Science & Applied Physics at the Galway (Dublin Road) campus.

A collective photography exhibition involving Galway’s two third-level colleges, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), opened in GMIT’s Centre for the Creative Arts & Media (CCAM) this evening (Wednesday, 18 November).

On Thursday, 26 November, GMIT Mayo will proudly host a public talk by Eoghan Mullen who, as part of an international caving expedition in 2010, descended the deepest known cave system in the world, the Krubera-Voronja cave.

Diversity means different things to different people.  Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIIT) extends an open invitation to a conference titled “Understanding diversity: Promoting equality” which takes place in the Mayo campus on Friday next, 13 November, from 9.15am to 12.30 pm.  

A new secure bicycle shelter has been established at GMIT’s main Galway campus for use by GMIT students and staff.

World famous ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will visit GMIT on Wednesday next, 11 November, to deliver a talk to 500 secondary school students as part of the 18th Galway Science and Technology Festival.

GMIT hospitality lecturer Elizabeth Fox has been awarded a special prize for the highest result in the World Certified Sherry Educators Programme in Spain. 25 professionals from around the world gathered in Jerez in October to qualify as Sherry Certified Educators.

GMIT Mayo has been awarded the Amber Flag, from the voluntary national group Suicide Aware, in recognition of GMIT students’ successful mental health promotion campaigns.

On Saturday, 24 October, the Marine Institute operated national research vessel, the Celtic Explorer, departs from Galway on the exciting 20 day, multidisciplinary deep-sea scientific expedition “Deep-Links: Ecosystem services of deep-sea biotopes” to the Gulf of Cadiz off the Spanish coast.

GMIT Letterfrack has formed an important new alliance with Coillte, aimed at advancing the objectives and mission of the two organisations through knowledge transfer, technical projects and research. 

A second year Digital Media student from GMIT Mayo was involved in the creation of a short animated video for the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital (RVEEH) website on how to use ear drops.

Secondary school pupils, teachers and career counsellors will find a brand new format at GMIT’s upcoming two Open Days on Friday 23 October (9.30am-12.30pm)and Saturday 24 October, with a new focus on learning and development games and activities.

GMIT Letterfrack is undertaking an exciting public initiative, with support from Irish Design 2015, which will see seven large display boxes put on permanent public exhibition in prominent locations around Galway City to promote Irish Design.

The Irish Summer of 2015 was not the most memorable weather wise but it did not hold back two graduates of the GMIT Mayo Outdoor Education & Leisure Programme, Pearce O’Toole from Spiddel  and Ruairi Leddy from Roscommon,from embarking on a 1,500km kayak journey around the coast of Ireland fo

As part of Irish Design 2015 (ID15), a national year-long programme loring, promoting and celebrating Irish Design in every form, GMIT Letterfrack is hosting a one-day conference on Friday, 30 October 2015, titled Déanta: Irish Design from Concept to Manufacture to Market.

GMIT is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Justin Kerr as Head of the Nursing, Health Sciences and Social Care Department at the GMIT Mayo campus.

According to research, first impressions are formed within the first 17 seconds of meeting someone. This year’s GMIT Graduate Careers Fair, taking place on Monday, 5 October (12 noon to 3pm), will feature an exciting new event called ‘Dressing for Success’.

The Giddy Biddy Collective, a Galway-based artists group, volunteering with the Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture bid, are proud to present INFINITY, a project born in response to Europe’s forced migration issues, for  Galway’s Culture night, Friday 18th September 2015.  INFINITY, takes the

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has made up to 20% more offers at honours degree level this year (2015) compared to last, this year’s CAO figures show.

GMIT is currently accepting applications for a new course in Creative Enterprise which is fully funded through the Springboard programme.

A group of people with innovative start-up ideas have commenced the New Frontiers (Phase II) entrepreneurship programme delivered by GMIT at its Innovation Hubs in Galway and Mayo. The group’s  business ideas span the Information Technology, Business Services and Retail sectors.

The flexibility of wood was demonstrated by students throughout Ireland at the 2015 Third Level Student Wood Awards hosted by the Wood Marketing Federation (WMF) in Dublin recently.

PhD student Jan Gottsche (centre) from Oranmore, Co Galway has won ‘Best Waste and Resource Management' presentation at the recent Environ 2015 conference in IT Sligo.

Information Technology Association Galway (ITAG), of which GMIT is a member, is hosting its inaugural conference AtlanTec 2015 in GMIT's main Galway campus on Friday week, 15 May, from 9am to 4.30pm (registration 8.30am). 

A Medical Science student at GMIT has won the top prize at this year’s Medical Laboratory Conference, LABCON 2015, for ‘Best Undergraduate Science Project’, which took place in Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny on 17 and 18 April.

GMIT College of Tourism & Arts in partnership with Fáilte Ireland held a one-day Adventure Tourism Forum in the Galway campus (Dublin Road) this week, Thursday 23 April.

GMIT will hold its last Open Day of the academic year on Saturday, 18 April, for secondary school students, parents, career teachers and matures students. As some 6,000 CAO applicants have still not registered their course preferences, this event aims to help students make the right choices.

The fifth International Construction Management Day Conference, hosted by the GMIT Department of Building & Civil Engineering, had the highest number of delegates in attendance since the inaugural conference five years ago.

The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) today submitted a formal Expression of Interest to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for re-designation as a Technological University.

Students in GMIT’s College of Tourism & Arts have once again swept the awards board at Catex 2015, one of the biggest national culinary competitions and networking events in the Irish foodservice industry.

As part of GMIT’s partnership with RTÉ, the Institute is pleased to announce a new series of talks with key individuals from the public service broadcaster which commenced in GMIT’s Dublin Road campus today (17 February) to the end of May.

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Dr Noel Harvey, senior lecturer in the GMIT School of Business, was made a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Management (IAM) at their recent conference in the University of Limerick.

A number of graduates of the Medical Science course in GMIT returned to the Galway campus last week (7 November) to share their career experiences with current students on the BSc (Hons) degree programme.

Over 2,100 students will be conferred with awards at GMIT's annual Conferring ceremonies which take place in Galway and Mayo over four days this month (November), commencing Thursday 13 November.

Students and graduates of GMIT design programmes are joining forces to hold an exciting exhibition of art work and furniture pieces in GMIT’s Centre for the Creative Arts and Media (CCAM), on Monday next, 10 November.

A series of innovative documentaries will be screened in Mayo Movieworld, Castlebar, on Tuesday 18 November (2pm and 5.30pm) in collaboration with GMIT Mayo’s Applied Social studies programme and Dutch lecturer and filmmaker Willem Blok.

Large crowds of second level pupils and careers teachers from schools in Mayo and surrounding counties are expected to attend GMIT Mayo’s Open Day next month, Friday 14 November (10am-1pm).

Staff and students in GMIT Letterfrack were delighted to receive a visit today from the President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins. The first couple visited the Furniture Gallery and machine halls on campus, and the President delivered a speech to students and staff.

Staff and students in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are celebrating winning the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015, a special 16-page supplement to be published free with the newspaper this Sunday, 28 September.

GMIT this week launched a new identity for its campus Innovation Hubs, formerly known as the Innovation in Business Centres (IiBCs), at the annual GMIT Mayo Spirit of Entrepreneurship event on Monday evening (15 September).

A member of staff in GMIT Mayo, who started writing as a hobby two years ago, has been shortlisted in a prestigious national short story competition for her story “Poked” which will be broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on 18 July.

GMIT Business students have won student enterprise awards and funding for two innovative start up ideas -  an agricultural monitor called ‘Heat Tracker’ that helps farmers determine if cattle are in heat, and a baby monitoring device called ‘Heartbeat’ that could help prevent cot deaths.

Three unique educational documentaries about rural community development projects in Mayo, made by a visiting Dutch academic on GMIT’s Applied Social Studies degree programme, will be screened in Castlebar’s Movieworld cinerma on Tuesday 3 June (5pm).

GMIT is pleased to announce a new entry route to accountancy programmes in the Institute in response to increasing employer demand. The School of Business is now offering a full-time, two-year Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) programme, commencing September 2014. 

Staff and students in GMIT Letterfrack are this week celebrating a milestone in the campus’ history after being formally appproved for an international Green Flag Award in recognition of its implementation of the Green-Campus Programme.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce a new strategic alliance with Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) that will provide greater educational opportunities for students, communities and industry in the West/North West and Mid-West regions (Atlantic Corridor).

Culinary students from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) scooped a range of top awards at this year’s IFEX Culinary Competition in Belfast, with Co Clare student Patrick Phillips winning ‘Student Culinarian of the Year’ for his three-course meal.

GMIT Mayo held off stiff competition from a strong IT Sligo team and reigning champions NUI Galway to win the 2014 Surf Intervarsities at Keel beach in Achill, Co Mayo on Sunday (23 March 2014).

Students on the Heritage Studies programme in GMIT Mayo are hosting a history exhibition ‘The Plantation of Leitrim, 1585-1670’ in partnership with Carrick-on-Shannon Heritage Group, in GMIT’s campus in Castlebar. 

The over-riding message from the 4th annual Construction Management Conference in GMIT this week (Tuesday 11 March 2014) was one of cautious optimism for the industry, and a broad welcome for the new range of regulations.

Gairmsat from Gairmscoil Mhuire, Athenry and Freefallers from Mercy Convent, Galway have won the Connacht final of the 2014 ESERO Ireland – CEIA CanSat competition at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).  The winning teams will now go on to compete at the national final of the competition

A valuable new research resource for third-level students and academic staff in the North West has been officially launched by the three Institutes of Technology in the Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA). 

GMIT’s Building and Civil Engineering Department is delighted to announce a new partnership agreement with the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) which will benefit graduates of the BSc (Hons) in Construction Economics and Quantity Surveying programme in GMIT.

GMIT is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Deirdre Garvey as the new Head of the GMIT Mayo campus. Dr Garvey, originally from Ballyhaunis, joined GMIT in 2008 as a Senior Lecturer with responsibility for the Lifelong Learning area.

Students from GMIT have won first prize in the SCCUL Enterprise Awards for developing a driving app that may save lives.

The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) welcomes the Technological Universities Bill published by the Minster for Education & Skills today (Wednesday 22 January 2014). The bill paves the way for the establishment of Technological Universities.

The Tech Industry in Ireland continues to grow and opportunities exist for graduates, whether from an ICT background or not. But what do Tech companies actually want? What is needed to start up a tech company of your own?

A Kilkenny student in GMIT's Letterfrack campus has scooped the coveted top award in this year’s IrelandSkills National Competition in Cabinetmaking, held in in Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute.

GMIT and the GMIT Students Union awarded scholarships to 37 first year students this year (2013) in recognition of their academic and sports achievements on commencement of their GMIT studies.

A senior researcher in GMIT’s biomedical engineering research centre, GMedTech, is hosting a public lecture in GMIT’s Galway campus on Tuesday 3 December (7pm) on how this engineering discipline helps save and improve the lives of people with cardiovascular diseases.

A special open evening on two engineering programmes, BSc in Construction Management in Refurbishment and Maintenance and BSc in Sustainable Building Technology, will take place in GMIT’s Mayo campus on Tuesday evening, 3 December, 7pm (St Mary’s Hall).

First year Heritage degree students from GMIT are taking to the streets of Galway on Friday and Saturday, 15 and 16 November,  to raise awareness of the heritage value of the landmark historic Lynch’s Castle building on Shop Street.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) will host a public lecture by the Head of RTÉ’s News and Current Affairs, Mr Kevin Bakhust, on the topic “Is there a future for public service broadcasting?’, in GMIT (Galway) on Wednesday 23 October, 2pm (Theatre 1000).

GMIT School of Business is hosting a public lecture series on the Irish Economy and economics topics during October and November; Professor John Fitzgerald of the ESRI will deliver the first lecture, titled ‘The Irish Economy; An overview’ on Thursday 17 October in the main Galway campus (Theatre

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Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is hosting a public debate on the Seanad Referendum in the Dublin Road (Galway) campus on Monday, 30 September, 11.30am (Rm 994).

Hundreds of secondary school pupils from Mayo are to attend a unique event in the GMIT Mayo campus on Thursday 19th September called ‘Jobs of the Future Open Day’.

Two leading Irish entrepreneurs Niall Harbison of Simply Zesty and Seamus McCann of Astec Global are to address the annual GMIT Spirit of Entrepreneurship seminar in the GMIT Mayo campus on Monday 16 September, as part of Mayo Ideas Week.

Demand for GMIT programmes in Science, Computing and Agriculture continues to be as high as last year, reflecting the national trend, this year’s CAO figures show.

The Institutes of Technology in the Connacht-Ulster Alliance, which comprises Galway–Mayo Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology, Sligo, and Letterkenny Institute of Technology, are pleased to announce almost 540 free, part-time places for jobseekers on an exciting range of courses star

GMIT is delighted to offer a new four-year part-time BA degree in Contemporary Art Practices in its Mayo campus, commencing next January (2014).

A group of secondary school students from St Joseph’s Patrician College (The Bish), Galway, took part in workshop and lab sessions in GMIT’s Department of Building & Civil Engineering recently as part of a new collaborative arrangement between the GMIT department and the award-winning Galway

A graduate showcase of work by 28 students on the GMIT Film & TV degree programme will be shown in the Eye cinema in Galway on Friday, 7 June, from 10:45am.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) honoured seven outstanding individuals with Honorary Fellowships at a special GMIT conferring ceremony in Galway on Friday 24 May, attended by 200 invited guests.

Delegates from the Irish hospitality sector are to gather in GMIT next month (6 and 7 June) for the 9th Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC).

The annual student art exhibition at GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts & Media (Cluain Mhuire campus) has become an important fixture in Galway City's cultural calendar and this year 87 honours degree Art & Design students will unveil their work at its formal public opening on Saturday 1 Ju

Science students from over twenty secondary schools in Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Clare are to take part in a major project exhibition in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) next Thursday 16 May as part of the 2013 Young Scientist SciFest.

The GMIT Castlebar Archery Club world record attempt came up just a little short at 6.38am today (Friday 19 April) after 21 hours and 8 minutes. Adria Quinn, the only remaining shooter still with possibility of breaking the record, was forced to withdraw, having not missed one single shot.

GMIT is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Smyth as Marketing Officer for the Institute, with responsibility for promoting GMIT in Ireland and overseas, and managing all marketing activities.

The first cohort of students on the new Electrical Services & Automation Engineering degree programme in GMIT recently hosted an exciting exhibition of their work in the Galway campus.

An award winning GMIT Letterfrack graduate, David Monson from Ballyheigue in Co Kerry, is hoping to carve out a new investment for his jewellery business when he enters the Dragon’s Den this weekend (Sunday 14 April).

A student in the School of Business, GMIT, has won a one-week internship with the Supermac’s Management team, Galway, in ‘The GMIT Apprentice” which took place in GMIT Galway recently (Wednesday 6 March).

For the first time ever, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has to operate a waiting list for companies wishing to recruit students for jobs and work placements at GMIT’s annual Tourism & Hospitality Careers Fair, taking place on Wednesday 13 March, 1.30 to 4.30pm.

Fionnuala Comer and Anthony Voisine, two final year Business students in GMIT Castlebar, have won first prize in the annual GMIT Student Innovation Awards 2013 for their start-up business concept ‘Lollicakes’, an innovative healthy confectionary for all types of occasions.

Architects, engineers, surveyors and property professionals from Ireland and the UK are to gather in GMIT on Monday, 11 March, for the 3rd International Construction Management Day Conference, hosted by the GMIT Department of Building & Civil Engineering.

GMIT students, staff and visitors to the Galway campus were given a glimpse of life in Saudi Arabia at a special Saudi Arabian Cultural event in the college this week (Thursday 24 January 2013), attended by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Abdulaziz Aldriss.

Scientists from GMIT’s Marine and Freshwater Research Centre will depart Galway today (Monday 21 January 2013) on board the RV Celtic Explorer to carry out the fourth dedicated survey of cetaceans on the continental shelf edge.

Students from the BA (Hons) in Outdoor Education programme recently designed and facilitated a programme of adventure sports on Lough Lannagh for people with disabilities, as part of a national project called ‘Xcessible - Inclusive Outdoors Initiative’.

Following its successful launch in 2012, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) will once again host the popular open FoodieForum, in GMIT Galway on 5 February (2013), for all lovers and supporters of Irish Food.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) this year awarded scholarships worth €67,000 to some 21 first year students in the college. Ten of the students received Academic Scholarships for having the highest points in the Leaving Certificate in their respective area of study in GMIT.

A GMIT group working on a major EU Framework 7 research project called “FutureSME” has launched an important new business model to help SMEs adapt better to the changing business environment.

A GMIT Physics & Instrumentation student has become the top student in Ireland in her discipline after winning the prestigious ‘Instrumentation Systems Automation Award 2012’ from the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA).

A range of unique and innovative new food products developed by GMIT culinary arts students went on display in GMIT this week as part of their Food Product Development module and assessment.

Over 50 student leaders from the UK and Ireland, representing 16 Higher Education Institutes, attended a national PASS Leader Conference in Galway hosted by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).

Students from the College of Tourism & Arts (formerly the Hotel School) in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have volunteered to prepare, cook and serve a Gourmet Dining Experience for thirty guests in aid of Galway Lions Club for the fifth year running.

Hundreds of secondary school pupils from across Ireland and members of the public are to attend an Open Day in GMIT’s Letterfrack campus in Connemara on Friday 23 November.

Windows 8 users will very shortly be able to download a number of new apps built and designed by students in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) last weekend (Fri 9 to Sun 11 Nov).

GMIT’s Centre for the Creative Arts & Media is hosting a number of public events as part of the Tulca Festival, launched in Galway city on Friday evening (9 November) by the new head of the GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Sarah Searson.

GMIT’s 40th anniversary is celebrated on RTÉ’s Nationwide programme (Monday 5 November). Watch the programme: http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2012/1105/nationwide.html

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) celebrates its 40th anniversary this academic year with a range of events including a national symposium, conferences, graduate reunion, a photographic exhibition and a range of GMIT Students’ Union events and activities in all campuses.

Two lecturers in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have won a top European award for developing a free innovative language learning kit as part of a European team.

Almost 30 Oireachtas members from Connacht and Ulster attended a briefing held by the Connacht-Ulster Alliance in Dublin this week (Wednesday 19 September) about its ambitions to achieve designation as a Technological University.

New opportunities for start-ups and existing businesses in Mayo and the west region were outlined at the annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship event in GMIT Castlebar on Monday, 17 September.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and the Marine Institute (MI) have launched a unique photo competition offering ten transition year students in Galway and Mayo an opportunity to conduct scientific research on the MI research vessel, The Celtic Voyager, in October.

A review from the Department of Education & Skills proposes the discontinuation of one particular teacher training programme delivered in the Letterfrack campus.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be the first person to use a lectern designed and made by a GMIT Letterfrack student when he formally opens Gaelscoil na Cruaiche primary school in Westport on 25 June. The lectern is one of 28 furniture pieces made by Letterfack students for the Gaelscoil.

A final-year Software Development student in GMIT has won global recognition and praise for his innovative travel app "iSpeak" which allows people with differing native languages to communicate with each other through a Windows Phone 7 mobile application.

A group of Art & Design students from GMIT have been invited to exhibit their work at one of Europe's most prestigious shows, "New Designers", London, from 27 to 30 June, 2012.

GMIT has been awarded HEA funding for 146 unemployed people to undertake Science and Engineering programmes and some special purpose awards in GMIT from this September, under the 2012 Springboard initiative.

GMIT has launched a new Android app which provides information on its state of the art Online Energy Laboratory at the Dublin Road campus, Galway. Users can view virtual models of equipment such as solar panels, heat pumps, biomass boilers and wind turbines, and learn about how they operate.

The winners of CodeNinja, the app development competition for NUI Galway and GMIT students, have been announced with first prize in the individual going to GMIT and NUI Galway scooping first prize in the group category.

Some fifty chemistry students from institutes of technology and universities across Ireland including GMIT are to gather in GMIT School of Science on Friday 30 March for the national final of the Eurachem Analytical Measurement Competition (EAMC).

Marine research staff and students from GMIT recently returned from a major research trip onboard the Marine Institute vessel, the RV Celtic Explorer, during which they sighted groups of fin whales and a rare black-browed albatross, normally found in the Southern Ocean.

Initial indications from the Central Applications Office (CAO) show a significant increase in applications for degree programmes in Film & Television and Physics & Instrumentation in GMIT.

The current state of the construction industry is to be the focus of the 2nd annual International Construction Management Day Conference hosted by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) on 12 March.

Musically talented students from Institutes of Technology around the country are to gather in Castlebar next Tuesday, 6 March, for the national finals of the popular IT Factor Song Contest.

GMIT has won substantial funding to develop innovative online training in renewable energy systems, using a state-of-the art online energy laboratory developed in GMIT over the past five years.

The five institutes of technology in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW) region are at an advanced stage in discussions regarding the establishment of a technological university.

A GMIT technology student has helped enrich the lives of twin brothers with Muscular Dystrophy through the use of communications technology.