# Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Irish: Institiúid Ealaíona, Dearadh agus Teicneolaíochta Dhún Laoghaire), more commonly known as IADT Dún Laoghaire or simply IADT is an institute of technology with a focus on art and design located in Deansgrange near Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. It was established in 1997 and incorporated the former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design as its School of Creative Arts.

## Academic work
### Approach

The institution has an emphasis on creative arts and media with the National Film School (NFS) located on campus. The college offers programmes in entrepreneurship, arts and humanities, business, arts management, psychology/cyberpsychology, computing and digital media technology.
Emphasis is placed on the convergence of the arts, technology and enterprise. A flagship campus incubation centre called Media Cube supports the graduate enterprise development programme and accommodates start-up business in the media and digital media sectors.

### Organisation

IADT has two faculties:
* Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies
* Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities.

#### Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies

Courses include:
* BSc (Honours) in Creative Media Technologies [replacing the BEng in Audio Visual Media Technology]
* BSc (Honours) in Creative Computing [replacing the BSc in Computing in Multimedia Programming and BSc (Honours) in Computing Multimedia Systems/ Web Engineering]
* BSc (Honours) in Applied Psychology
* BA (Honours) in Design in Model Making for Film and Media
* BA (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen
* BA (Honours) in Animation
* BA (Honours) in Film & Television Production
* BA (Honours) in Photography
* BA (Honours) in Design in Visual Communications
* BA (Honours) in Art
* BA (Honours) in 3D Animation
* MSc in User Experience Design
* MSc in Cyberpsychology
* MA in Screenwriting
* MA in art, Research and Collaboration
* MA in Broadcast Production for Radio and Television

##### National Film School

The National Film School is part of the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies. It was launched in 2003. It acts as a "centre of excellence" for film, animation, broadcasting and digital media. The School offers the only BA Honours in Film and Television Production in the country, although the Huston School in Galway, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin do offer diplomas in film-related studies.
Notable visiting lecturers include Jim Sheridan, Oliver Stone, John Boorman, Neil Jordan, Stephen Frears, Stephen Rea and John Landis.

#### Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities

Formerly the School of Business and Humanities, the Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities focuses on the knowledge, media and entertainment sectors.
Courses include:
* BA (Honours) in English, Media and Cultural Studies
* BA (Honours) in Business Studies and Arts Management
* Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship & Management
* Bachelor of Business in Entrepreneurship
* Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship
* Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Event Management
* MA Public Culture Studies

## Campus

The institute is located on Kill Avenue, about two kilometres west of Dún Laoghaire, close to Bakers Corner and Deansgrange. It is served by several bus routes. The former Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now part of the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies at IADT) moved to the campus in the early 1980s. This move facilitated an expansion of facilities and led to the creation of IADT in 1997. The college had strong ties with artist Diarmuid Larkin and his sons Seán and Derek who later worked there.
The college has developed amenities such as the Media Cube for enterprise projects and SMEs in the technology sector and is expanding its campus to incorporate further departments and students. Sports facilities such as a full sized all weather floodlight soccer pitch have been added in recent years.

### Campus history

The institute's site was a Christian Brothers home, Carriglea Park Industrial School, from 1894 to 1954.
Prior to being bought by the Christian Brothers, Carriglea was a 40-acre (160,000 m$^2$) Georgian residence owned by the Goff Family. The Reverend Robert Goff purchased the estate in 1826 for use as his principal residence. The Reverend Goff died in 1844 and the estate passed to his wife and family. Both the Reverend Robert Goff and his wife are interred in the church in Monkstown. IADT has a collection of diaries written by the Reverend Goff from the late 18th Century until his death.

## Facilities

* Library
* Computer labs
* Outdoor AstroTurf pitches
* Car parking (pay & display)
* The Chapel (Student Union area)
* Canteen
* Cafes: Warbler and Wren

## Student projects

Some student projects in IADT Dun Loaghaire have achieved acclaim such as a project by Gobias productions, a group of five students from IADT. The students developed a student film called, "On the cutting room floor." They went on to win all the judges categories in the student film competition at the Dare2Bdrinkaware awards ceremony. The award ceremony is for third level students in Ireland and is organised by the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA).

## Clubs and societies

The college is also home to many clubs and societies including, the surfing, golf, soccer, LGBT, enterprise and music society.