Post Tagged with: "MTU"

PHARMACEUTICAL Science students at MTU have won the second-place prize at the 22nd Annual Eurachem Analytical Measurement Competition. The event hosted by Atlantic Technological University, ATU Sligo on April 19 was open to all universities across Ireland who were represented by second year students studying laboratory sciences. Participants who represented […]

MTU has marked a significant milestone with the topping out of the new STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) building taking place on Kerry North Campus. The building is due for completion in summer 2025 and will provide new lecture theatres, classrooms, machinery workshops, halls and laboratory space when it […]

MTU invites companies, start-ups, businesses, entrepreneurs, community groups and the general public to visit the campus from 8.30am to 11.00am to ‘Connect with MTU’ on Friday, April 26. This event is an opportunity for anyone to connect with the university. Whether you are a company looking for research support to […]

MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) has achieved its first Athena Swan Bronze Award as a new Technological University. The Athena Swan Bronze Award showcases MTU’s current and future commitment to enhance Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at university level and beyond. Receiving this prestigious accreditation paves the way for future improvements to equality […]

THE Ballyroe Heights Hotel was awash with glamour on Thursday night as students from Munster Technological University got glammed up to have a ball. They got that Easter holiday feeling early at the Nursing and Agricultural Studies Students Ball, one of the social highlights of the year. Over 300 students […]

A THIRD-YEAR student in the BA Food Business Innovation programme at MTU Kerry Campus clinched the coveted title of ‘Best Business Pitch’ at the MTU Prize for Innovation Awards held in Cork on March 14. Amongst over 65 participants and over 200 students from various disciplines including bio-mechanical engineering, computer science, […]

PROFESSOR Joseph Walsh, Head of School and Director (IMaR) Research Centre, Munster Technological University (MTU), has been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE). The Fellowship is bestowed to distinguished individuals from academia and industry, acknowledging their substantial impact on the advancement of engineering, as […]

A SERIES of workshops will take place this March and May at MTU Kerry to develop solutions for sustainable and efficient food supply. People working across fruit, vegetable, fishing, livestock production and food services businesses are encouraged to become involved. Researchers from Munster Technological University in Kerry and University College […]

MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) has received funding of €1,380,233 to provide programme progression pathways for students with intellectual disabilities. The funding is awarded under the HEA Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH) 4 Phase 2 (2023-2025). This will enhance opportunities within a higher education setting for students with intellectual […]

MUNSTER Technological University has discontinued the provision of disposable cups from yesterday in canteens on all campuses in Kerry and Cork. This initiative is aligned with MTU’s commitment to be a sustainability and climate action leader regionally, nationally and internationally. Disposable cups contribute significantly to environmental pollution as they are […]

MTU has been awarded €14.6m under the TU RISE programme (Technological Universities Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise). TU RISE is designed to improve research functions within the technological university sector and enhance institutions’ engagements with their surrounding regions. The announcement on Wednesday will support MTU’s strategic ambitions in research and […]

PREPARATIONS are well in place now for the MTU Kerry Campus to host the Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Championships from February 13th to the 17th. It’s set to be a fantastic showcase of Gaelic games activity with over 17 games taking place across the five days, with teams descending […]

KERRY was well represented at the Showcase Ireland event which took place over three days from January 21-23, at the RDS. The event showcased the best of Irish design and research and innovation focused on sustainable biobased materials for product design. Fashion designer Don O’Neill who has had a very high […]

THE Maverick Danish/Faroese musician, composer, artist, educator, activist, hacker and trickster, Goodiepal, will perform in Tralee this Friday at the MTU North Campus at 7pm. Goodiepal who is also known as Pruttipal, Mainpal Inv, Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen or by his birth name Parl Kristian Bjorn Vester, is noted for […]

OVER 300 Transition Year students gathered at Ballygarry Estate recently to take part in the January 2024 Haberdashery event, the largest event of its kind to ever take place in Ireland. Part of the IKC3 Project at MTU, Haberdashery was a two-day design challenge where senior cycle students develop their research […]

MUNSTER Technological University will receive a grant for €230,000 from the government. It is part of a €4.5 million funding package to support higher education institutions that have multiple campuses in remote regional locations. MTU has six principal campuses, including two in Tralee and four in Cork, and over 18,000 […]

MUNSTER Technological University’s North Campus in Tralee will play a central role if Motorsport Ireland’s bid to host the World Rally Championship (WRC) in Ireland from 2025 is successful, after Kerry has been confirmed as one of three locations at a press conference in Dublin today. If the bid is […]

MUNSTER Technological University will receive €7.5 million in new funding from the €50 million Technological Sector Advancement Fund, which has been set up to support existing functions and help initiate new activities in the country’s five Technological Universities. The funding from the Technological Sector Advancement Fund can be used for a variety of purposes […]

TWENTY graduates were today awarded their Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture as part of the Kerry Sustainability Awards which took place at Munster Technological University, Kerry North Campus in Tralee. The class of 2023 all came from industry collaborators Kerry Agribusiness. Speaking at today’s ceremony, Professor Maggie Cusack, MTU President, said: “We […]

THERE were 39 students from the MTU Kerry Campus honoured for their sporting achievements at a special Sports Scholarships awards ceremony on Monday evening. The ceremony saw another large crowd of invited guests, staff, students and family members join the award recipients in the pre-Christmas celebrations. MTU Kerry Campus Sports […]

MINISTER for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced two projects in Munster Technological University (MTU) that will progress to the next stage of development under the Technological Sector Strategic Projects Fund (TSSPF). The Minister made the announcement while visiting Kerry MTU’s North Campus in Tralee which […]

THE MTU Event Management students hosted an evening of drag comedy in support of Novas Homeless Services on Tuesday night in The Blasket. ‘Drag Me Upstairs’, was a fun evening of drag show comedy upstairs at the bar, as part of the final year of their degree. Drag queen Ivanna […]

MUNSTER Technological University will welcome hundreds of children and their families to the North Campus in Tralee for its Teddy Bear Hospital on Saturday, December  2. The special event is being organised by students and staff from MTU and RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). This year, MTU is […]

MUNSTER Technological University’s commitment to sustainability took centre stage during a student engagement event held on campus on Wednesday last. The event, organised by MTU’s Green Campus community, highlighted the importance of sustainability and provided staff and students with the necessary knowledge to lead environmentally conscious lives. Dr. Lynda Weekes, […]

A FAMILY Science Week showcase event took place at the MTU Kerry North Campus over the weekend, as part of National Science Week. A host of young people attended the event which offered a vast array of fun, educational and interactive events for all ages. It was a fantastic day […]

MINISTER for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced €40 million in capital funding for college campuses across the country. This includes €3,197,459 for the Munster Technological University.  The funding will be provided through the Devolved Grant system and will allow universities make […]

THE Kerry Branch of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors is organising a Careers Fair and Parent Information Talks to mark College Awareness Week. The annual College Awareness Week (CAW) is taking place from November 20th to November 24th 2023. The campaign promotes the benefits of a post-secondary plan for all […]

RECOVERY Haven Kerry and Munster Technological University have launched the findings of their collaborative research project which was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of Recovery Haven’s Building Better Caregivers (BBC) Self- Management Programme for carers of those with cancer in Ireland. This programme was developed by Stanford University and in […]

MTU hosted a reception today for Mr Norio Maruyama, Ambassador of Japan to Ireland along with management from JRI America Inc. based at the Kerry Technology Park, adjacent to the MTU North Campus. During his time at the MTU Kerry Campus, the Ambassador met Chair of the MTU Governing Body […]

MAJOR companies and organisations from the public sector, industry, business, leisure, healthcare as well as leading NGOs will be exhibiting at the MTU Kerry Careers Fair this Thursday from 11am to 3pm at the Kerry Sports Academy. This event will showcase graduate employment opportunities as well as internship and placement […]