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New Era for DIT as 1,000 Students Begin Study at Grangegorman Campus
President of DIT, Professor Brian Norton and Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan are pictured with new students at the Grangegorman DIT Campus
Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan together with Tánaiste Joan Burton, Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin, and Transport Minister Pashcal Donohoe today spoke of their confidence in the continued success of the Dublin Institute of Technology as they visited the new Grangegorman campus where the first 1,000 students have begun their studies this week.
Speaking during the visit Minister O’Sullivan said:
Grangegorman is being transformed into a world class educational campus close to the thriving heart of Dublin and this Government is proud to have supported this vision. This week more than 100 staff and 1,000 students will begin work on the campus and we expect that to grow to 10,000 students by the beginning of the 2017 academic year.The initial phase of development has focused on the remarkable conservation and development of the 19th century buildings that formed the core of the old Grangegorman site. They have been brought back to life as state-of-the-art design studios, lecture rooms, a library and student facilities. I look forward to continued progress on this unique educational facility that has achieved so much already.
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