Information for school-leavers and prospective students

Going to college in 2007? We want you to choose WIT, the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year 2005-06. Your future starts here, over 10,000 students can't be wrong. With a diverse range of courses and highly flexible study options you can study what and how you want.

 

Brochures

To request a free WIT brochure for prospective students, please email schoolsliaison@wit.ie.

Courses at WIT

• Business courses include Accounting, Business Studies, Finance, Marketing, Retail Management
• Engineering courses include Architecture, Architectural Technology, Construction, Building Technology, Civil Enginering, Electronics, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
• Health Science courses include Exercise & Health Studies, Health Promotion, Nursing (General, Psychiatric & Intellectual Disability), Recreation & Leisure, Sports Science
• Humanities courses include Applied Social Studies, Art, Communications, Design, Hospitality, Languages & Marketing, Legal & Business, Music, Tourism & Heritage Studies
• Science courses include Agriculture, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computing & IT, Forestry, Horticulture, Multimedia, Pharmaceutical Science, Physics

Need a good reason to choose WIT? We'll give you 11!

1. Student Facilities - restaurants, shops, bank, fitness & leisure centre, medical centre, playing fields, tennis courts and more
2. Student Support Services - pastoral care, counselling, religious services, overseas student & general student welfare
3. Extensive accommodation both on and off campus.
4. Clubs & Societies - academic, cultural & sporting
5. Located within easy reach of the centre of Waterford City, a vibrant and friendly city full of character and charm with a buzzing social scene
6. Impressive Graduate employment records - ranked best in the country by the Sunday Times with 100% employment in 2005
7. Lively student community with 6,500 full-time & 4,500 part-time students
8. The Centre for Helping, Access, Retention and Teaching (CHART) providing services including mentoring, additional learning support and disability support
9. Comprehensive careers service providing a confidential advisory service which helps students to decide on their options for the future
10. Extensive road and rail network transport system, making WIT easily accessible
11. The lowest dropout rate of any Irish college according to the Sunday Times (only 8%)

More about WIT

• Accommodation on-campus
• Student Health Services
• Students With Disabilities
• WIT Students Union
• Student life and services
• Student Information Handbook 2006/07
• International students
• How to travel to WIT
• About Waterford

Contact WIT

• Main WIT switchboard for enquiries: Tel. (051) 302000
• General enquiries by email: info@wit.ie

Applying to the CAO

The CAO application date is February 1st, 2007 but you can change your mind up to July 1st.