The Technological University of the Shannon: Thurles Campus (TUS Thurles; established as the Tipperary Institute and later as LIT Tipperary ) is a constituent institute of the Technological University of the Shannon, located in

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arch ...

and

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

, Ireland. The campus is also a development agency and research centre in

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and was originally one of the five constituent schools of

Limerick Institute of Technology The Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT; ) was an institute of technology, located in Limerick, Ireland. The institute had five campuses that were located in Limerick, Thurles, Clonmel, as well as a regional learning centre in Ennis Enn ...

(LIT). The Tipperary Institute was founded by the Irish Government in 1998 and opened two campuses in

and

in September 1999. The then

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officially inaugurated the institute on 7 April 2000. It was formally integrated into LIT on 1 September 2011. In 2021, LIT Tipperary became part of the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest.

Name

The college was originally known as the ''Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute'' (TRBDI). It used Tipperary Institute as its trading name. In 2011, its name was changed to LIT Tipperary following its merger with LIT.

Courses

The college has two academic departments: ''Business, Education and Social Science'' and ''Technology, Media and Science''. It is fully

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-accredited and offers National Framework of Qualifications Level 7 and Level 8 full-time degree courses, as well as a number of part-time and evening courses.HETAC » Higher Education & Training Awards Council , News
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LIT Merger

In 2010, the Irish government introduced rationalization measures to cut costs of third level bodies, and commenced a merger between Tipperary Institute and

. The resulting integration of Tipperary Institute into LIT saw the two campuses becoming LIT Tipperary.Tipp Institute secure after alliance with LIT
By Peter Gleeson Nenagh Guardian (12/06/2010)

References

External links

LIT Website
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