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Over 50 unique furniture pieces designed and made by degree students in GMIT Letterfrack opened to the public in the campus gallery today (Wednesday, 14 June).

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

RTÉ’s new Western Regional Studio at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) officially opened on Monday 29th May 2017, marking a new partnership between the two organisations.

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).

A selection of unique food products created by GMIT Culinary Arts students were showcased in the College of Tourism and Arts last week, tasted and judged by representatives from leading organisations in the food industry.

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.

GMIT is pleased to announce that Mr Shaun Purcell, Chief Executive of Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB), has been appointed to the GMIT Governing Body by the Minister for Education & Skills, Richard Bruton, TD.

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.

The French Ambassador to Ireland, Monsieur Jean-Pierre Thébault, and GMIT President, Dr Fergal Barry, hosted a very successful culinary event in GMIT’s College of Tourism and Arts (CTA) recently to mark ‘Goût de France’ or Good France-Ireland month.

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.

According to the Greek poet & playwright Euripides “Experience, Travel – they are an education in themselves”. Throughout the centuries students have travelled as part of their education.

Students in the GMIT College of Tourism & Arts hosted a very successful Irish-themed brunch in the Galway campus last week (Wednesday 15th February) in aid of Epilepsy Ireland. 

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.

‘Distil’ is the title of this year’s exhibition of work to be presented to the public by third year students from the Art and Design programme in GMIT.

Four final year GMIT Business students have scooped a top prize in this year’s Irish Tax Institute, Fantasy Budget competition.

GMIT Mayo has been accepted onto an influential EU-led Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition which aims to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe’s labour force and develop a talent pool to equip people with adequate digital skills.

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.

Over two hundred jobs have been created in Mayo since the GMIT Innovation Hub (iHub) in Castlebar opened its doors ten years ago (2006). €20m in external funding has been secured by client companies of the Centre and 16 companies have transitioned to the wider Mayo area.

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

Two outstanding GMIT academics, Dr Mark McCarthy and Dr Mark Kelly, have been awarded the 2016 GMIT President’s Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of their intellectual and academic achievements and research-informed teaching.

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.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to host a Green Campus and Energy Awareness Open Day on Tuesday, 4 October, at its Dublin Road (Galway) campus as part of the GMIT First Five Weeks Student Engagement Programme. 

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.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC) at GMIT has been shortlisted for two prestigious national Marine Industry Awards (2016), which recognise excellence in individuals and companies that play a significant role in the growth and development of the marine industry in Ireland.

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

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

GMIT Culinary Arts students Alexandra Bourke, Catherine Carroll and Michelle Connor have been named the winners of the GMIT Development Chef of the Year 2016 competition in association with Blenders.

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.

Two GMIT Engineering students have taken joint first place in the final of the national Intel Galileo 3rd level Technology Competition which took place at the Science Gallery in Dublin on Friday, 8 April.

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.

The College of Tourism & Arts (CTA) at GMIT will host its 10th annual Tourism Career’s Fair on Wednesday, 9 March, at the Galway campus on the Dublin Road. Over 60 tourism-related organisations from Ireland, mainland Europe, and the US will take part in the event.

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.

An information evening on accounting programmes offered by GMIT, including technician, undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes, will take place in the GMIT Galway (Dublin Road) campus on Thursday, 11 February, from 6.30pm to 8pm.

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.

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.

Over 40 organisations are to take part in this year’s GMIT Mayo Graduate Careers Fair on Tuesday, 9 February (11am to 2pm). This year’s event offers a range of free workshops and presentations outlining opportunities for graduates at home and abroad.

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.

Colm Kelleher, a lecturer in GMIT’s School of Business, has won a National Teaching Excellence Award from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

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).

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.

Fiona Malone, a postgrad researcher in GMIT’s Medical Technology Research Centre, GMedTech, has won overall first prize at the 2015 National Thesis in 3 Final, held in the Sugar Club, Dublin, recently.

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.

MIT Letterfrack recently hosted a very successful Careers Day (Thursday 15 October) with Irish and international employers lining up to meet  students, graduates and staff.

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 established a new five-acre native woodland in the grounds of the Connemara National Park (CNP) in collaboration with the CNP, Connemara West and local community groups.

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.

A first year GMIT Software Development student has won a coveted Intel Women in Technology Scholarship.

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.

Several hundred people gathered in GMIT Mayo in Castlebar on Tuesday last (29 September) for the annual Innovation Hub ‘Spirit of Entrepreneurship’ event.

As part of the Start-up Gathering 2015, Ireland's national start-up week, GMIT Innovation Hubs will host an evening of colourful start-up stories from successful entrepreneurs, on Thursday, 8 October, 6.30pm, at GMIT Galway’s Innovation Hub (iHub).
 

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.

GMIT Mayo has launched its Artists Summer Residency Programme 2015 which supports emerging and established artists in the region.

Over 200 Secondary School students from Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Clare attended GMIT recently, to participate in the ‘Future Skills’ project, supported by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Access Service.

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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GMIT Mayo Surf Club has won the 2014 Student Sport Ireland (SSI) Event of the Year Award for organising and hosting the 2014 Surf Intervarsity in Achill, Co Mayo, earlier this year (2014).

GMIT is pleased to announce the winner of this year's GMIT President's Award for Teaching Excellence is Dr Pauline Logue Collins, a lecturer in Education, Religious Studies & Ethics.

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.

Dr Marion McGarry, a lecturer in GMIT's Letterfrack campus, has written a new book about furniture aimed at students of furniture design and interiors.

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 reading and discussion by two exciting and emerging Irish writers Sara Baume and Maeve Mulrennan will take place in GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts & Media (CCAM), Wellpark Road, Galway, on Friday 19 September, 5pm to 6.30pm, as part of Culture Night 2014.

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 Mayo is holding a Graduate Careers Fair on campus on Tuesday 11 February from 10am to 1pm for students, graduates and anyone interested in finding out about current opportunities and career trends.

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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GMIT’s newly formed Centre for Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) is continuing to grow a legacy of award-winning lecturers and students. Two graduates and a lecturer have won top prizes at this year’s Claremorris Open Exhibition, which runs until 5 October.

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.

Dr Paddy Tobin, a lecturer in the National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology at the GMIT Letterfrack campus, is the recipient of the 2013 GMIT President’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

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).

A new collaborative working group has been established between the GMIT Department of Building & Civil Engineering and the award-winning Galway TechnoTeachers Association, with the aim of raising awareness of programmes, subjects and innovative developments in the changing construction sector

Primary school teachers in several local Galway schools have been singing the praises of second year Computer & Electronic Engineering students in GMIT for their volunteering work teaching the programming language ‘Scratch’ to school children.

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.

A student in GMIT Letterfrack’s campus has scooped the coveted top award in this year’s IrelandSkills National Competition in Cabinetmaking final held in in Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute. Of the six finalists in this year’s competition, five were students of GMIT Letterfrack.

A new book titled Ireland’s 1916 Rising: Explorations of History-Making, Commemoration and Heritage in Modern Times, written by GMIT lecturer Dr Mark McCarthy, was launched in GMIT this week (Monday 10 December 2012) by Professor Gearóid Ó Tuaithaigh of NUI Galway.

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.

Three GMIT Hotel Management graduates have won top awards at the Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI) Awards 2012, while a further two graduates were shortlisted for awards.

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.

100 delegates from branches of the emergency services in the west are to attend the region’s first ever conference on integration of the services, in GMIT Castlebar on Thursday 13 September 2012.

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 people from Belmullet have been presented with FETAC Special Purpose Awards in "Regional and Local Guiding" from GMIT Castlebar. The one year course was delivered in Belmullet by GMIT staff in partnership with Erris Tourism and Údaras na Gaeltachta.

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.

An impressive line up of award-winning chefs are set to present a series of culinary master classes at the first national Foodie Forum, to be hosted by the Hotel School in GMIT, on 2 February. 

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