Cork Institute of Technology

Cork Institute of Technology

Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí
Crest of the institute
Former name	Cork Regional Technical College
Motto	Rísam Uile
Motto in English	Let us all achieve
Active	1974–2020
Academic staff	862
Students	17,000
Address	Rossa Avenue , Cork , Munster , T12 P928 , Ireland 51°53′02″N 8°32′09″W / 51.8839°N 8.5358°W / 51.8839; -8.5358
Campus	CIT Cork, Bishopstown National Maritime College of Ireland, Ringaskiddy, Cork Cork School of Music, Cork City Crawford College of Art, Cork City
Website	www.cit.ie

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí) was an institute of technology, located in Cork, Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in art, business, engineering, music, drama and science disciplines. The institute had been named as Institute of Technology of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide for Ireland on numerous occasions. On 1 January 2021, the institute merged with the Institute of Technology, Tralee to become the Munster Technological University, Ireland's second technological university.^[1][2][3]

Cork Institute of Technology consisted of two constituent faculties and three constituent colleges. The constituent faculties were Engineering and Science, and Business and Humanities. The constituent colleges were the CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, the CIT Cork School of Music and the National Maritime College of Ireland.^[4] Faculties were made up of Schools which in turn comprise two or more academic departments.

As of May 2020, CIT had 1,465 staff members of whom 862 were academic staff.