Open your mind and create your own future at IADT

The time spent in Higher Education is an important and defining time in your life. It is a period that allows you to reach your potential in your chosen area of study, to meet people, to gain new experiences and to make choices about your future path. You are setting ambitious goals for yourself and for your future. At IADT we also set ourselves ambitious goals of providing you with a high quality and relevant education that allows you to take your skills and knowledge into employment, self-employment or further study. IADT graduates are successful nationally and internationally in the creative and cultural industries, in the sciences, arts, technology and business.

At IADT, we specialise in creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital age. Our vision is to be at the forefront of teaching, research and innovation at the convergence of the arts, technology and enterprise and to contribute to Ireland’s development as a creative and innovative economy.

Our programmes are located in three Schools: 

Business and Humanities, with programmes focusing on the world of business in the knowledge, media and entertainment sectors.

Creative Technologies, with programmes that explore the interaction of people and technology.

Creative Arts, offering programmes that blend creativity and technology in art, design and media – including the internationally recognised National Film School.

IADT offers a learning environment that caters for students as individuals. Small class groups and a project-oriented approach ensure a high level of learning support.

We are committed to developing you as an individual, as an independent thinker who can think deeply and critically about the world and make a valuable contribution to it.

We offer you opportunities across the traditional boundaries of practice, space for engineers to work with graphic designers, for business people and entrepreneurs to work with fine artists and psychologists, for poets to work with photographers and technologists. We are always reviewing our programmes to make sure that we keep pace with technology and new media and with the demands of industry and society.

DL253 - Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Cultural Event Management
This programme delivers a core business qualification focused specifically on the cultural sector, and how to manage events successfully within that sector. Modules take place 1.5 days per week (Friday and Saturday) over one academic year. You will learn all the issues relevant to the cultural sector whilst developing the core business skills to succeed in a variety of careers.

 

DL254 - MA in Public Culture Studies
The programme offers an interdisciplinary approach to public cultures in Ireland and internationally. The MA is offered in a part-time mode, on Fridays and on one evening in the week. The term ‘Public Culture’ refers to public policies, ideas, communication and behaviour in society, the relationship between individuals and the state. Key areas of interest include public/private culture and public life, citizenship, the mechanisms of governments, the media, the arts and the public realm. Public Culture Studies is also an emerging field in the context of the arts, notably in the area of arts activism, arts and critiques, cultural policy and the arts.

 

DL155 - MSc in Cyberpsychology
Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behaviour in the context of human-technology interaction. It examines the online world and its impact on human behaviour. Cyberpsychology is an essential area of expertise for anyone who wishes to make the most of online technologies for commercial, educational, organisational or other reasons. The programme is offered part-time over 2 years.

 

DL051 - MA in Screenwriting for Film and Television
This programme, offered full-time in one year or part-time in two years, is intended to give writers the opportunity to explore, experiment and learn the craft of screenwriting in conjunction with the development and writing of a full-length screenplay, or a pilot episode of a TV drama. The programme situates screenwriting within the traditions of dramatic literature and provides you with the means and skill to express your individual and unique cinematic visions, from idea to final draft.

 

DL052 - MA in Visual Arts Practices (based in The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin City Centre).
A unique initiative in art education, it provides a cohesive interdisciplinary programme in visual arts production/art-making, visual arts curation and visual arts criticism. Students elect to follow one of these three pathways, and share a core set of lecture and seminar series. The focus is emphatically on contemporary international art practices. More information on www.mavis.ie

 

DL056 - MA in Broadcast Production for Radio and Television
This one year full-time production-centred programme will be of particular interest to graduates of any discipline who wish to acquire practical production skills in radio and television broadcasting. The MA includes studio production techniques, editorial and scriptwriting skills, radio and television presentation / production / direction, among others.

 

DL116S – Certificate in Internet Research Methods
This is a Level 9 Special Purpose Award (10 ECTS). It focuses on the use of the internet as a research tool. It provides the information about method, techniques, procedures and tools required for internet based research and data analysis. The course evaluates studies and research that focus on human interactions with emerging technologies (internet, mobile computing, mobile phones, virtual reality, digital media, etc).

 

Application deadlines:

Applications must be made to the Admissions Office in IADT.
Application deadline, except for the MA in Visual Arts Practices, is Thursday, 10th May 2012 at 4pm. Should places be available after this date, a 2nd round of applications will be accepted until the 17th of August 2012.
Contact our Admissions Office for the next application deadline and start date of our MA in Visual Arts Practices.

Postgraduate by Research at IADT:

IADT's academic expertise in specialised areas offers many opportunities for skilled graduates to take part in Postgraduate Research.

 

IADT's thematic research priorities and areas of specialisation are:

1. Creative Arts & Media (Visual Cultures, Arts and the moving Image, Material Cultures)

 

2. Public Cultures / Entrepreneurship (Work Identities, Female Entrepreneurship and Ethnicity, Critiques of Public Policies and Practices, Public Cultures and Critiques)

 

3. Psychology / Technology Interaction (mLearning and eLearning, Assistive Technologies, Accessibility, Cyberpsychology)

 

For more information on postgraduate by research opportunities at IADT, please email development@iadt.ie or call us on (01) 239 4644.

 

Postgraduate Open Evening: Thursday, 19th April 2012 (5pm - 8pm)

Dun Laoghaire is a town on the coast 7 miles (11km) south of Dublin. IADT is located on Kill Avenue, less than two miles from the centre of Dun Laoghaire. It can be easily reached by bus routes 46A, 75, 63, 45 and 7.The 46A and 75 bus routes link IADT with the DART suburban rail and national rail network. 

The DART will take you to Dublin City Centre in less than 20 minutes.

The Luas (Sandyford and Ballyogan), linked to IADT by bus routes 46A, 75 and 63, and the M50, coming up to Shankill, are less than 2 miles from IADT.Dun Laoghaire Harbour connects the area with the UK. 

Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology 

Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland 
T: + 353 1 239 4621 Email: info@iadt.ie www.iadt.ie