IADT Undergraduate Prospectus 2018

Institute of Art, Design + Undergraduate
Technology, Dún Laoghaire Prospectus
Under –
Animation
Applied Entrepreneurship
graduate
2018
Applied Psychology
Art
Arts Management
Creative Computing
Creative Media Technologies
Creative Music Production
Design for Stage + Screen

(Production Design / C
ostume Design /
Character MakeUp Design)
English, Media + Cultural Studies
Entrepreneurship + Management
Film + Television Production
New Media Studies
Photography
3D Design,
Modelmaking + Digital Art
Visual Communication Design

Hello +
Welcome to IADT At IADT, we’re so proud of our graduates. Proud that they
leave here fully prepared for a life in the creative, cultural
and technological industries. Proud that they have a
reputation for being innovative, technologically savvy and
welcome
resourceful. When you explore the exciting collaborative
and industry relevant courses on offer from the Faculty
of Enterprise + Humanities and the Faculty of Film, Art +
IADT Undergraduate Prospectus 2018

Creative Technologies, you’ll soon understand why.
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From Art, Visual Communication Design, Applied
to iadt.
Psychology, and Creative Computing, to Arts Management,
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New Media Studies and Entrepreneurship, we have earned

our reputation as Ireland’s leading creative, cultural and
technological higher education provider. The Faculty of Film,
Art + Creative Technologies is also home to the National
Film School, Ireland’s centre of excellence for education and
training in film, design for stage and screen, animation, and
broadcasting. Across all our courses our students learn from
talented, committed staff who are strong on research and
industry practice, and benefit from the support of industry
partners such as IBM and Intel.
If you’re ready to make your next move in education
and your future career, make it with IADT. You’ll be proud
you did.
Fáilte chuig IADT Bímid mórtasach as ár gcéimithe ag IADT. Bímid mórtasach

go bhfágann siad an áit seo lánullmhaithe don saol sna
tionscail chruthaitheacha, cultúrtha agus teicneolaíochta.
Bímid mórtasach go mbíonn cáil orthu as bheith nuálaíoch,
cliste ó thaobh na teicneolaíochta de agus acmhainneach.
Agus nuair a thaiscéaltar na cúrsaí iontacha comhoibríocha
agus tionscail ábhartha ar tairiscint ó Dhámh an Fhiontair +
na nDaonnachtaí, agus ó Dhámh an Scannáin, na hEalaíne +
na dTeicneolaíochtaí Cruthaitheacha, is gearr go dtuigfidh
sibh an fáth leis.
Idir an Ealaín, Dearadh na Cumarsáide Físiúla, na
Síceolaíochta Feidhmí, agus na Ríomhaireachta Cruthaithí,
agus Bhainistiú na nEalaíon, Staidéir um Meáin Nua agus
an Fhiontraíocht, táimid tar éis ár gcáil mar an soláthraí
ardoideachais chruthaithigh, chultúrtha agus teicneolaíochta
is forásaí a thuilleamh go maith. Is ag Dámh an Scannán, na
hEalaíne + na dTeicneolaíochtaí Cruthaitheacha a fhaightear
an Scoil Scannánaíochta Náisiúnta, lárionad feabhais na
hÉireann don oideachas agus don oiliúint sa scannánaíocht,
dearadh don stáitse agus don scáileán, sa bheochan agus sa
chraolachán. Foghlaimíonn na mic léinn ar fud ár gcúrsaí go
léir ó fhoireann thallannach thiomanta le láidreacht acu
sa taighde agus i gcleachtas an tionscail, agus tairbhe a
bhaint as tacaíocht ó chomhpháirtithe tionscail ar nós IBM
agus Intel.
Má tá sibh réidh chun bhur gcéad chéim eile san
oideachas agus in bhur ngairmréim amach anseo a ghlacadh,
bígí le IADT. Beidh sibh mórtasach go ndearna sibh amhlaidh.
Dr Annie Doona, President
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Faculty of Enterprise + Department of Department of Humanities Faculty of Film, Art + Department of Department of Department of
Humanities Entrepreneurship + Arts Management Creative Technologies Design + Visual Arts Film + Media Technology + Psychology
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Bachelor of Business BA (Hons) BA (Hons)
Applied Arts 3D Design, BSc (Hons)
Entrepreneurship 06 Management 09 Modelmaking + BA (Hons) Applied

Digital Art 14 Animation 21 Psychology
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Bachelor of Business(Hons) BA (Hons)
Entrepreneurship English, Media + BA (Hons) BSc (Hons)
(one year add–on) 07 Cultural Studies 10 BA (Hons) Creative Music Creative

Art 15 Production 22 Computing 26
Entrepreneurship + New Media BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BSc (Hons)
Management 08 Studies 11 Design for Film + Television Creative Media

Stage + Screen Production 23 Technologies 27
(Costume Design /
Character MakeUp Design / BA (Hons)
Production Design) 16 Photography 24
BA (Hons)
Visual
Communication
Design 20
Cross–Faculty Collaboration 28 Admissions

How to apply 46
Portfolio Requirements 30
Entry Requirements 47
The National Film School 32
Registration, Fees + Grants 50
Why Choose IADT?
Erasmus + International Students 52
Student Experience 34
What our students say 36 Postgraduate + Professional Development 53
Facilities 42
2017/2018 Diary + Events 54
Students’ Union 43
Clubs + Societies 43
Faculty of Enterprise + Department of Department of Humanities
Humanities Entrepreneurship + Arts Management
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Bachelor of Business BA (Hons)
Applied Arts
Entrepreneurship 06 Management 09

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04
Entrepreneurship English, Media +

(one year add–on) 07 Cultural Studies 10
Entrepreneurship + New Media

Management 08 Studies 11
Enterprise +
Humanities
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Department of Entrepreneurship Ever thought you’d like to run your own business some Department of Entrepreneurship If you have successfully completed a Level 7 degree in
day? That day begins on this practical course, in which any business discipline, this one–year add–on business
you study entrepreneurship, management, marketing, course will develop and enhance your current business
digital marketing and finance. Through project work you’ll knowledge and skills. Active and participatory, this course
get the opportunity to apply your classroom learning to draws together learning from many modules with a focus
Bachelor of Business real business ideas. This knowledge and the transferable Bachelor of Business (Hons) on innovation and strategies to turn innovation into wealth
Applied skills you acquire are in high demand in business, either

Entrepreneurship creation. You will develop skills to work in the business

as an employee or as an entrepreneur. This course is 80% environment or set up as an entrepreneur by using in–depth
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continuous assessment and 20% exam–based. Small case studies and sectoral–based project work. Students
have a direct relationship with the teaching staff, and
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class sizes and direct relationships with the teaching staff Thinking about turning innovation
combine to make this the ideal course to develop the skills actively participate and learn from experience.
to wealth creation? If you’re
Get real–world necessary to launch your business career.
already a business graduate, What will I do?
business experience!
What will I do? expand your skills with this –– Gain a fantastic foundation in all aspects of the
–– Get real practical business experience: dynamic and interactive course. business world.
Year 1: Set up and run your own business in a local –– Understand how to analyse and solve business problems
market. through extensive case study work.
Year 2: Go out on placement one day a week, or work on –– Learn how to analyse business problems and generate
your own business idea. practical solutions.
Year 3: Set up a social enterprise. –– Gain skills in communication, presentation, critical
–– Investigate how businesses develop new products thinking and problem solving.
and opportunities, and become adept at spotting new –– Digital skills in web building, data analytics and digital
opportunities. marketing are a key component in the technology and
Course Code –– Learn how to develop digital marketing strategies. Course Code marketing modules.
DL701 – Level 7 Award –– Explore the internet and understand how technology DL801 – Level 8 Award –– Engage in the real world of an entrepreneur through
Application CAO relates to business. Application networking, mentoring and researching entrepreneurial
–– Develop problem solving and critical thinking skills. Non–IADT students: cao.ie case studies in the strategic entrepreneurship module.
Duration 3 years
–– Examine the relationship between business and social Current IADT students: apply
Places 45 enterprise. directly to IADT. Future careers
–– Enhance your presentation and communication skills. Graduates are employed in: technology and media,
CAO Points Application deadline 31st March 2018
marketing and advertising, retail management, channel
Minimum Points – 200
Future careers Duration 1 year add–on marketing, fundraising, finance project administration,
Median Points – 300
Graduates are employed in: technology, digital marketing, (full–time + part–time) business development and enterprise (starting your
Portfolio No social enterprise, sales, marketing and management own business).
Places 50
consultancy. Recent graduates have been employed by:
Min Entry Requirements
Accenture, Oracle, Google, Sherry Fitzgerald, Sony Music, Portfolio No What will I study?
5 O6/H7
English – O6/H7
State Street, Microsoft, Paddy Power, AIB, Salesforce, Min Entry Requirements
Strategic Entrepreneurship + Management | International
Foundation Level Maths accepted LinkedIn, Bank of America. 180 credits and an overall GPA of 2.00 Entrepreneurship | Contemporary Strategic Marketing
(40%) or higher in an ordinary degree Practice | Strategy + Technology | Business Ethics | Strategic
FETAC Entry Requirements Further study: Most graduates from this course progress Human Resource Management | Tax + Finance.
in Business, e.g. DL701, or equivalent.
Any full FETAC / QQI Level 5 or to our add–on degree Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Candidates who do not meet this
Level 6 Awards may be used for
Entrepreneurship (Level 8 Award). requirement but who can demonstrate Part–Time Study
application to this course.
equivalency through work experience If you are interested in this part–time course, contact
Advanced Entry What will I study? must complete the IADT Recognition Therese Moylan: therese.moylan@iadt.ie or +353 1 239
Eligible advanced entry candidates Year 1 – Enterprise Practice | Introduction to Digital of Prior Learning (RPL) process (see 4764. Applications for part–time study must be made to the
are encouraged to apply via cao.ie to Marketing | Marketing for Entrepreneurs | Internet Admissions section for details on RPL). IADT Admissions Office before 22nd August 2018.
Years 2 and 3. Applications I | Learning for Business | Enterprise
Contact
Management | Business Mathematics I | Finance I.
Contact Conor Heagney, Course Co–ordinator
Conor Heagney, Course Co–ordinator T – +353 1 239 4753
T – +353 1 239 4753
Year 2 – Enterprise Experience (work placement) | Practice E – conor.heagney@iadt.ie
E – conor.heagney@iadt.ie of Selling | Employability Skills | Project Management |
Internet Applications II | Enterprise Law | Economics I |
Business Mathematics II | Finance II.
Year 3 – Social Enterprise Practice | Innovation + Creativity |

Data Management | Applied Data Management | Research
for Entrepreneurs | Services Marketing Management |
Economics II | Finance III.
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Department of Entrepreneurship Get to the very heart of what makes business work! Department of Humanities + The only undergraduate degree of its kind in Ireland, Arts
This course successfully combines theory, practice and Arts Management Management brings together the best of business, public
continuous assessment to produce graduates with the relations and event management with the study of arts
solid foundations necessary for business careers or to run administration, the music industry and cultural policy. It
your own business. This practical, hands–on course is 80% will equip you with the practical skills required to work in
Bachelor of Business (Hons) continuous assessment and 20% exam–based. You learn by BA (Hons) business or the arts. Incorporating cultural field trips as well
Entrepreneurship + doing and throughout the course you will undertake practical
Arts as work placement, this course has a strong track record

projects linked to real business scenarios. The 20–week work of producing graduates with the professional management
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placement in Year 3 is a unique and valuable opportunity skills to work in the arts, cultural and creative industries.
to apply the relevance of the course to the real business
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world. Participating students find that placements are hugely What will I do?
Learn what it takes to beneficial, and a valuable asset to prospective employers. Get ready to make your mark –– Study a wide range of business, event management,
succeed as a professional in such a dynamic sector music management, and arts–related subjects.
What will I do? –– Gain relevant hands–on business experience e.g.
decision–maker or entrepreneur. with this wide–ranging
–– Learn from practical entrepreneurial business running events in music, visual arts and performing arts.
projects including: and practical course. In Year 3, you will spend 20 weeks on a work placement
Year 1: Setting up and run your own business or study abroad as an Erasmus student.
in a local market. –– Study the arts, cultural and creative industries from a
Year 2: Enterprise Case studies. business perspective, and develop the skills needed to
Year 3: Work placement. work in this sector.
Year 4: Global Business Challenge case study.
–– Learn how to analyse business problems and generate Future careers
practical solutions. Graduates are employed in: music management, festival
Course Code –– Develop skills in creativity and innovation. Course Code and event management, theatre management, marketing,
DL823 – Level 8 Award –– Develop analytical and research skills. DL822 – Level 8 Award digital marketing, hospitality, finance, and management.
Application CAO –– Explore how the world of technology and business Application CAO Recent graduates have been employed by: Wicklow Arts
interact. Festival, RTÉ, Sony, and companies such as Madison Square
Duration 4 years (full–time) Duration 4 years (full–time)
–– Develop digital marketing strategies. Garden (New York).
Places 45 Places 40
Future careers What will I study?
CAO Points CAO Points
Graduates are employed in: technology and media, Year 1 – Principles of Marketing | Management | Introduction
Minimum Points – 225 Minimum Points – 230
marketing and advertising, retail management, channel to Arts + Culture | Event Management | Introduction to the
Median Points – 325 Median Points – 320
marketing, fundraising, finance project administration, Music Business | Theatre + Performance | Digital Skills l |
Portfolio No business development and enterprise (starting your Portfolio No Financial Management I.
own business).
Min Entry Requirements Min Entry Requirements
Year 2 – Digital Marketing | Cultural + Creative Industries |
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
English – O6/H7
Recent graduates have been employed by: Accenture, English – O6/H7
Media Law I | Financial Management II | Event Management
Foundation Level Maths accepted Oracle, Sony Music, Google, State Street, Microsoft, II | Digital Skills II | Music Industry.
LinkedIn, Salesforce, Groupon and Paddy Power. FETAC Entry Requirements
FETAC Entry Requirements Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or Year 3 – Cultural Event Management ll | Business Research
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or What will I study? Level 6 Awards require distinctions in Methods | Performance Studies ll | Financial Management
Level 6 Awards require distinctions in 3 (of 8) modules.
Year 1 – Enterprise Practice | Introduction to Digital llI | Music Publishing | Cultural + Creative Industries
3 (of 8) modules.
Marketing | Marketing for Entrepreneurs | Internet Contact Sectoral Analysis | Placement.
Advanced Entry Applications | Learning for Business | Enterprise Peter Weadack, Course Co–ordinator
Eligible advanced entry candidates Management | Business Mathematics | Finance I. T – +353 1 239 4764 Year 4 – Strategic Arts Management | Cultural Policy |
are encouraged to apply via cao.ie to E – peter.weadack@iadt.ie Finance + Taxation | Human Resource Management |
Years 2 and 3. Year 2 – Enterprise Case Study | Employability Skills | Digital Public Relations | Law.
Marketing Communications + Sales | Project Management |
Contact
Internet Applications | Enterprise Law | Economics | Business
Denis Cullinane, Course Co–ordinator
T – +353 1 239 4942
Mathematics | Finance II.
E – denis.cullinane@iadt.ie
Year 3 – Work Placement | Innovation + Creativity | Data
Management | Research for Entrepreneurs | Economics |
Finance III.
Year 4 – Strategic Entrepreneurship + Management |

Contemporary Strategic Marketing Practice | Strategy +
Technology | Business Ethics | Strategic Human Resource
Management | Tax + Finance | International Entrepreneurship.
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Department of Humanities + A unique and exciting degree that combines the study of Department of Humanities + If you like to make films, documentaries, tell stories or write
Arts Management literature with film and television studies. You will explore Arts Management blogs, this course is for you! One–third each theory, practice
culture and gain insight into how it affects our daily lives. and context, New Media Studies explores the development
You will study literary works, media texts, film, television of media and its evolution into the digital era. It examines
and visual cultures. If you are passionate about literature ways to both create and better understand visual and
BA (Hons) and the media, this degree is the perfect opportunity BA (Hons) written communication and content in a digital culture.
English, Media + to develop your media literacy and refine your ability to
New Media In Year 3, students have a 20–week work placement and

make critically–reasoned arguments. get the opportunity to work in the media industry or study
Cultural Studies Studies

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abroad as an Erasmus student.

What will I do?
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–– Study a range of literary works, looking at their history, What will I do?
Explore critical and analytical genre and themes. Explore ways to create and –– Make short videos and documentaries for TV and
thinking and get highly –– Explore the development of film and television, and learn better understand new and social media.
how to analyse them. –– Develop your skills in blogging, e–journalism and
employable communication skills. traditional media content.
–– Examine the connections between the literature, cinema script–writing, and work in radio and TV studios
and television. developing your production skills.
–– Develop skills in critical and analytical thinking. –– Gain an understanding of the history of the development
–– Broaden your knowledge of culture. of media and its evolution into the digital era.
–– Investigate the relationships between representation, –– Develop production skills for digital and traditional
culture and politics. media.
–– Learn to write for different media platforms. –– Develop skills in writing, blogging, news writing, press
releases, as well as skills in visual storytelling for social
Future careers networks, podcasts, television and radio.
Course Code Graduates are employed in: journalism, publishing, Course Code –– Acquire the skills to develop and manage a social media
DL821 – Level 8 Award advertising, public relations, radio, research, international DL837 – Level 8 Award portfolio for cultural organisations, political groups,
Application CAO relations and politics, trade unionism, human rights Application CAO festivals, etc.
and advocacy, film production, television, teaching, –– Develop media production skills by working in the
and broadcasting. National Film School.
Places 40 Places 40
Further study: You will be eligible to apply for Professional Future careers
CAO Points CAO Points Check cao.ie
Master of Education courses. Media and broadcasting, social media, production
Portfolio No and journalism; bloggers, researchers and content
What will I study? developers.
Portfolio No Year 1 – Modern English Literature | Introduction to Critical
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
Theory | Introduction to Cinema + Cultural Studies | What will I study?
Min Entry Requirements English – O6/H7
Introduction to Media Studies | Visual Culture | Introduction Year 1 – Introduction to Media Studies | Introduction to
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
English – H4
to Urban Literatures | Learning Journal | Dramatic Writing. FETAC Entry Requirements Critical Theory | Media Production I | Digital Storytelling:
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or Cinema + Cultural Studies | Media Law | Reality TV.
FETAC Entry Requirements Year 2 – Critical Theory | Documentary + Film | Political Level 6 Awards require distinctions in
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or Economy + Globalisation | 19th Century Literature | Tragic 3 (of 8) modules. Year 2 – Documentary + Film | Global Media Industries |
Level 6 Awards require distinctions in Theatre | Popular Cultures | Writing for Multiple Media Media Production II | News Writing | Multiple Media
Contact
3 (of 8) modules.
Platforms | Genres of Popular Fiction. Dr. Díóg O’Connell, Course Co–ordinator Platforms | Gaming + the Media | Popular Cultures |
Contact T – +353 1 239 4742 The Music Industry.
Dr Sarah Balen, Course Co–ordinator Year 3 – 20th Century Irish Writing | James Joyce | Cultural E – diog.o’connell@iadt.ie
T – +353 1 239 4874 Identities | Contemporary Cinema | Research Methods | Year 3 – Research Methods | Contemporary Cinema |
E – sarah.balen@iadt.ie Modernism | TV Drama | Work Employment + Society | Media Technology | Design Thinking | Television Drama |
Research Proposal Development. Work, Employment + Society.
Year 4 – Media + Cultural Identity in Ireland | Year 4 – Media + Cultural Identity | Social Media Theory |
Contemporary Literature | Censorship + Control | Technology + Culture | Media Production III | Media Analysis
Politics + Public Cultures in Ireland | Dissertation. + Critique | Digital PR | Media Law II | Censorship + Control.
Electives – Sample of elective modules: Postmodernism |

American Literature | Technology + Cultures |
Non–Western Cinema | Gothic + Horror |
Visual Cultures + Political Violence.
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Faculty of Film, Art + Department of Department of Department of
Creative Technologies Design + Visual Arts Film + Media Technology + Psychology
↳
BA (Hons)
3D Design, BSc (Hons)
Modelmaking + BA (Hons) Applied

Digital Art 14 Animation 21 Psychology 25
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12
BA (Hons) BSc (Hons)
BA (Hons) Creative Music Creative

Art 15 Production 22 Computing 26
BA (Hons) BSc (Hons)
BA (Hons) Film + Television Creative Media

Design for Production 23 Technologies 27
Stage + Screen
(Costume Design /
Character MakeUp Design / BA (Hons)
Production Design) 16 Photography 24
Film, Art + BA (Hons)
Visual
Communication
Creative
Design 20
Technologies
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Department of Design + Visual Arts Learn how to design and create 3D and digital Department of Design + Visual Arts Artists think critically about the world and create new
representations of ideas and concepts in a variety of contexts ways of seeing and responding, as well as encouraging
such as film, gaming, architecture, exhibitions and theatre. debate and change in society. This course introduces you
You will work alongside the next generation of film and TV to the huge variety of approaches, methods and materials
makers and animators in The National Film School. With three being used in contemporary art in the 21st century. With
BA (Hons) equally valuable areas of study, on this course you will gain BA (Hons) workshops in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,
3D Design, the skillsets and techniques to thrive as a highly–skilled maker

Art video, digital media and performance arts, you will discover

and designer in the modelmaking industry and a variety of the creative approach that best allows you to express
Modelmaking +
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exciting creative professions. your ideas.

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Digital Art
Find inspiration in an integrated
What will I do? What will I do?
and multidisciplinary experience,
–– Get the professional competence to master specific –– Work broadly and experimentally across a wide range of
skills and techniques such as: sculpting, modelling, and critically observe aspects media and practices, including paint, print, photography,
Unite advanced skills and casting, CNC cutting, laser cutting, 3D printing, of the natural, man–made and video, sculpture, sound, performance, and curation.
techniques of manufacture technical fabrication, digital modelling/animation, digital environment. –– Explore the many opportunities that exist for artists,
with strong creative and design and presentation. through the creative pathways of contemporary art.
–– Benefit from a practical, hands–on approach to –– As you progress, you will develop an area of specialism
design knowledge.
every module. which allows you to best express your abilities
–– Get the opportunity to work within different aspects and ambitions.
of real modelmaking practice.
Future careers
Future careers Graduates pursue careers in the creative industries as
Graduates are employed as: model makers on feature artists, art teachers, arts administrators, art directors,
Course Code films or commercials; display/modelmakers for interactive Course Code community arts co–ordinators, arts mediators, art critics,
DL828 – Level 8 Award exhibits such as museums; event designers/fabricators DL827 – Level 8 Award arts officers, content developers, image researchers,
Application CAO for entertainment events. Other roles include art director; Application CAO film–makers, art historians and gallery curators.
architectural modeller; art teacher; creature developer/
Duration 4 years (full–time) Duration 4 years
character animator for games and/or animation; digital What will I study?
Places 30 matte artist; digital FX supervisor. Places 50 Year 1 – Techniques of Light + Space | Techniques of Space
+ Trace | Place Project | Core Workshop | Introduction to
What will I study? History + Critical Theory | Introduction to Modernism +
Year 1 – 2D/3D Studies | Technical Modelling | Architectural Popular Culture | Common Faculty Module.
Modelling | Prototype Modelling | Digital Studies 2D
Combination of Leaving Certificate Combination of Leaving Certificate
(Photoshop, AutoCAD) | Critical + Cultural Studies | Year 2 – Studio – Selection + Development | Studio –
and Portfolio assessment points. and Portfolio assessment points.
Common Faculty Module. Environmental | Studio – Self Direction | Workshop – Film/
Portfolio Yes – Portfolio Yes – Publishing/Sculpture | Intermedia History – Concepts of
see Portfolio Guidelines. Year 2 – Model Animation | Modelmaking for Film | see Portfolio Guidelines. the Avant Garde | Exhibition Review | Faculty Elective.
Min Entry Requirements Spectacle Arts | Advanced Sculpting | 3D Digital Studies | Min Entry Requirements
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 Critical + Cultural Studies | Faculty Elective. 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 Year 3 – Studio – Methodology | Practice Led Research |
English – O6/H7 English – O6/H7 Studio – Interdisciplinary Project | Workshop – Film/
Year 3 – Advanced Digital Modelling | Spatial Design | Publishing/Sculpture | Contemporary Practice – Exhibitions
FETAC Entry Requirements FETAC Entry Requirements
Character Design | 4D Digital Studies | Industry Project | + Publics | Literature Review.
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or Applicants with FETAC Level 5 or
Research Seminar | Business Studies | Thesis Proposal.
Level 6 Awards require distinctions in Level 6 Awards require distinctions
Year 4 – Research Methodologies | Exhibition Production |
3 (of 8) modules. in 3 (of 8) modules.
Year 4 – Initial Project | Production of final project for the Publication Seminar | Dissertation.
Contact Graduate Exhibition | Dissertation | modules in Professional Contact
Julian King, Course Co–ordinator Practice + Presentation Skills. Dr Thomas Duffy, Course Co–ordinator Cost for materials and/or field trips
T – +353 1 239 4709 T – +353 1 239 4692 Students spend varying amounts on materials and
E – julian.king@iadt.ie Cost for materials and/or field trips E – thomas.duffy@iadt.ie technologies during the 4 years; allow a budget of minimum
Approximately €1,000 per year (Years 1, 2 and 3) for €500 per year. There may also be additional expenses due
materials and tools. You will have an opportunity to take to relevant field trips or international visits. Your final year
part in extended field trips or international visits (not exhibition is your professional showcase. We advise you to
compulsory). Your final year exhibition is your professional budget for not less than €1,000 for this. It is extremely useful
showcase. We advise you to budget for not less than €1,000 to have a good quality digital camera, portable hard drive
for this. It is extremely useful to have a good quality digital and laptop. We recommend you don’t purchase these in
camera, portable hard drive and laptop. We recommend advance, but seek advice from your tutors.
you don’t purchase these in advance, but seek advice
from your tutors.
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Department of Design + Visual Arts Theatre, film and television are highly visual practices, Department of Design + Visual Arts What will I do?
requiring experts to imagine and create characters, –– Learn how clothes help create character and
costumes and physical environments. These three characterisation, whether for stage or screen.
specialist courses of study offer the opportunity to build –– Experience being part of a creative team – this may
great technical skills and a real understanding of creative include a costume supervisor, makers and tailors and
BA (Hons) collaboration, and prepare for a career in one of the most Design for Stage + Screen wardrobe assistants – backstage or stand by on set.
Design for exciting, challenging and rewarding creative arts sectors.

Costume Design A costume designer works initially with the director and

You will also work alongside the next generation of film creative team to establish the visual style of
Stage + Screen
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and TV makers and animators in The National Film School. the costumes.
–– Gain the skills necessary to recreate historical characters
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Love fabrics and want to work

Production Design / Costume Design / What will I do? and periods, or to invent a completely imagined world.
as part of a creative team?
Character MakeUp Design –– Complete a common first year, which provides a broad
range of creative skills pertinent to all pathways. Costume Design will be What will I study?
–– Focus on your chosen pathway in Year 2 + 3, and gain your perfect fit! Common Year 1 – Digital Support Studies | Introductory
high levels of specialist skills used in the design for Studies I – Design for Performance | Introductory Studies II –
theatre, television and film projects. Design for Stage (Theatre) | Introductory Studies III – Design
–– Undertake two creative projects in the final year; one for Screen (Film) | Design for Stage or Screen I | Critical +
personally selected, the other a major research project. Contextual Studies I | Common Faculty Module.
–– Work as an integral part of a larger, interdisciplinary
creative team while developing your own specialism. Year 2 – Four common modules: Photography +
Documentation | Exploration + Experimentation | Critical +
Future careers Cultural Studies II | Faculty Elective.
Graduates are employed as: designers; scenic artists; Technical Skills Studies – Costume Construction | Design for
make up and prosthetics designers; set designers; costume Course Code Screen – Period Costume Design | Personal Design Project –
designers; art directors; production designers in theatre, DL829 – Level 8 Award Costume.
film and television; and in areas such as exhibition design. Application CAO
Many designers span the entire spectrum of the performing Year 3 – Work Placement/Practical Experience | Professional
Duration 4 years (full–time)
arts in their work, while others specialise in a particular area. Studies | Critical + Contextual Studies | Collaboration
Places 10 Project (Across Course) | Advanced Discipline Practice –
Cost for materials and/or field trips Costume.
CAO Points
Approximately €1,000 per year (Years 1, 2 and 3) for
materials and tools. You will have an opportunity to take Year 4 – Directed minor project | Self–selected major
part in extended field trips or international visits (not project | Business + Entrepreneurship module (culminates
Combination of Leaving Certificate
compulsory). Your final year exhibition is your professional in Graduate Showcase) | Dissertation and/or documented
and Portfolio assessment points.
showcase. We advise you to budget for not less than €1,000. research project.
It is extremely useful to have a good quality digital camera, Portfolio Yes.
portable hard drive and laptop. We recommend you don’t see Portfolio Guidelines.
purchase these in advance, but seek advice from your tutors. Min Entry Requirements
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
English – O6/H7
FETAC Entry Requirements

Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5
or Level 6 Awards require distinctions
in 3 (of 8) modules.
Contact
Martin Marley / Dr Elaine Sisson,
Course Co–ordinators
T – +353 1 239 4812
E – martin.marley@iadt.ie /
elaine.sisson@iadt.ie
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Department of Design + Visual Arts What will I do? Department of Design + Visual Arts What will I do?
–– Learn the art of making a character complete –– Learn how to design imagined worlds and how production
and convincing. design (scenography) brings them to life.
–– Learn how to focus on a performer’s body, and create –– Learn how to create a space in response to a text, music,
appropriate characters based on a given script using dance for film, television and theatre.
Design for Stage + Screen make–up, postiche, wigs and prosthetics. Design for Stage + Screen –– Gain the skills necessary to creatively interpret and
Character –– Experience how to liaise with the director and the

Production be visually inventive. These skills are central to the

rest of the design team to discuss the interpretation production design process.
MakeUp Design Design

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of the script. –– Learn how to work closely with a director and a creative
–– Get the necessary skills to work on feature films, team, communicating through scale models, sketches,
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television dramas, television commercials, music paintings, technical drawings and digital media.
Learn the art of making videos, and theatre, opera and dance performances. Design imagined worlds and
a character complete and learn how production design What will I study?
What will I study? Common Year 1 – Digital Support Studies | Introductory
convincing. (scenography) brings them
Common Year 1 – Digital Support Studies | Introductory Studies I – Design for Performance | Introductory Studies II –
Studies I – Design for Performance | Introductory Studies II – to life. Design for Stage (Theatre) | Introductory Studies III – Design
Design for Stage (Theatre) | Introductory Studies III – Design for Screen (Film) | Design for Stage or Screen I | Critical +
for Screen (Film) | Design for Stage or Screen I | Critical + Contextual Studies I | Common Faculty Module.
Contextual Studies I | Common Faculty Module.
Year 2 – Four common modules: Photography +
Year 2 – Four common modules: Photography + Documentation | Exploration + Experimentation | Critical +
Documentation | Exploration + Experimentation | Critical + Cultural Studies II | Faculty Elective.
Cultural Studies II | Faculty Elective. Technical Skills Studies – Production | Design for Screen –
Course Code Technical Skills Studies focus on materials, techniques and Course Code Production Design | Personal Design Project – Production.
DL830 – Level 8 Award processes used to create characters suitable for theatre DL831 – Level 8 Award
Application CAO and film. This includes character, period, ageing, climatic Application CAO Year 3 – Work Placement/Practical Experience | Professional
effects, injury simulation, facial hair / postiche and wig Studies | Critical + Contextual Studies | Collaboration Project
dressing. It also includes the design, making and application (Across Course) | Advanced Discipline Practice – Production.
Places 10 of prosthetic pieces. Students apply these skills to text Places 10
based design projects in modules MakeUp Design for Year 4 – Directed minor project | Self–selected major
Screen, and the Personal Design Project. project | Business + Entrepreneurship module (culminates
in Graduate Showcase) | Dissertation and/or documented
Year 3 – Work Placement/Practical Experience | research project.
Professional Studies | Critical + Contextual Studies |
Collaboration Project (Across Course).
Portfolio Yes – Core discipline skills are explored further in Advanced Portfolio Yes –
see Portfolio Guidelines. Discipline Practice using Make Up and Prosthetics to design see Portfolio Guidelines.
Min Entry Requirements a range of characters for a specific text. Min Entry Requirements
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
English – O6/H7 Year 4 – Directed minor project | Self–selected major English – O6/H7
project | Business + Entrepreneurship module (culminates
FETAC Entry Requirements FETAC Entry Requirements
in Graduate Showcase) | Dissertation and/or documented
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 or
research project.
Level 6 Awards require distinctions in Level 6 Awards require distinctions in
3 (of 8) modules. 3 (of 8) modules.
Contact Contact
Martin Marley / Dr Elaine Sisson, Martin Marley / Dr Elaine Sisson,
Course Co–ordinators Course Co–ordinators
T – +353 1 239 4812 T – +353 1 239 4812
E – martin.marley@iadt.ie / E – martin.marley@iadt.ie /
elaine.sisson@iadt.ie elaine.sisson@iadt.ie
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Department of Design + Visual Arts Discover how to harness the power of design and creative Department of Film + Media A thriving, young art/design discipline, animation continues to
thinking, and how visual communication design informs and grow in popularity and importance across the entertainment,
assists us in almost everything we do. Listed as one of the top advertising, education and communication industries. Learn
25 Graphic Design courses in Europe by Domus (Italy/New how to explore and document your world and your stories
York) in 2013, this course produces highly–skilled, creative, with a full complement of animation production processes
BA (Hons) conceptual and strategic thinkers. From screen to print, BA (Hons) and skills. In 2016, graduates of this internationally–acclaimed
Visual Animation
environmental design to design writing, graduates are highly course received a combined total of 24 nominations for Irish

sought after nationally and internationally. Student Animation Awards at the Dingle Animation Festival.
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What will I do? What will I do?

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Design
Gain key creative, conceptual
–– Visual communications encompasses graphic design, –– Gain key creative, conceptual and strategic animation
and strategic animation production skills.
image making, typography, motion graphics and design
for screen. Key activities include visual exploration, production skills on this –– Learn the techniques and skills needed for animated
Discover how to harness design experimentation, critical enquiry, collaboration internationally acclaimed features, TV production, TV commercials, special FX,
the power of design and and innovation. short films, and traditional as well as CGI animation.
course. Member of ETNA
–– With this high quality, relevant and skill–based –– Develop the creative, theoretical and technical skills
creative thinking on this and CILECT.
educational experience, you will learn to become a appropriate to an animation degree.
internationally acclaimed –– Learn from real experiences, both individually or as
holistic designer, successfully negotiating any media
course. to find solutions to diverse and complex problems. part of a group.
Future careers Future careers

Graduates are employed by renowned agencies and studios Graduates are employed by: animation production
in Ireland and abroad. Graduates work in UX (user experience companies, multimedia companies, production and post–
Course Code design); UI (user interface design, web design, app design, Course Code production houses for animation, film and television, as
DL826 – Level 8 Award game design, motion graphics for film, TV and screen); DL832 – Level 8 Award well as in freelance/independent work. Other career paths
post–production for TV and film; design for print and include gaming, architectural and industrial modelling,
Application CAO Application CAO
publishing, advertising and art direction; environmental film/special effects, advertising, multimedia and teaching.
Duration 4 years (full–time)
design; exhibition design; illustration; photography; Duration 4 years (full–time) Graduates are employed by: Brown Bag Films, Kavaleer,
design writing and design journalism. Jam Media, Boulder Media, The Element, Monster, Screen
Places 30 Places 30
Scene, Abbey Theatre, Weta, Man and Ink, Flickerpix,
CAO Points CAO Points Windmill Lane, Salty Dog, and Cartoon Saloon.
What will I study?
Year 1 – Design Practices: Fundamental Principles | Design
Median Points – 945 Median Points – 1005 What will I study?
Practices: Spatial Form + Communication | Design Practices:
Combination of Leaving Certificate Combination of Leaving Certificate Year 1 – Critical + Contextual Studies: Visual Culture |
Type, Image + Motion | Visual Thinking: Ideas + Play |
Inter–disciplinary Design: Gameplay | Introduction to Film + Animation History | Design for Animation | Digital
Portfolio Yes – Design + Visual Culture | Common Faculty Module. Portfolio Yes – Skills for Animation | Life Drawing | Animation Principles |
see Portfolio Guidelines. see Portfolio Guidelines. Storyboarding + Layout | Common Faculty Module.
Min Entry Requirements Year 2 – Visual Thinking: Message + Audience | Design Min Entry Requirements
Practices: Print + Screen | Design Practices: Motion | Year 2 – Critical + Contextual Studies (Film, Technology +
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
Design Practices: Wayfinding + Environment | the City; Film + Narrative) | Design for Animation Production |
English – O6/H7 English – O6/H7
Inter–disciplinary Design: Viewpoint | Design Culture | Digital Skills for Animation Production | Life Drawing |
Visual and Popular Cultures | Faculty Elective. FETAC Entry Requirements Character Animation Principles | Animated Character
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 5 Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level Performance | Faculty Elective.
or Level 6 Awards require distinctions 5 or Level 6 Awards require
Year 3 – Design in Context: Print + Environment | Design
in 3 (of 8) modules. distinctions in 3 (of 8) modules. Year 3 – Critical + Contextual Studies: Research Seminar +
in Context: Screen | Professional Studio | Interdisciplinary
Contact Design: Narrative | Contemporary Practices + Critical Debates | Contact Thesis Preparation | Research + Concept Development |
Gerard Fox / Dr Linda King, Advanced Research Methods + Thesis Preparation. Keith Foran / Dr Sherra Murphy, Group Industry + Professional Practice | Production
Course Co–ordinators Course Co–ordinators Preparation | Advanced Life Drawing for Animation |
T – +353 1 239 4594 / +353 1 239 4699 Year 4 – Inter–disciplinary Design: Professionalism + T – +353 1 239 4643 / +353 1 239 4791 Advanced Digital Skills for Animation Production.
E – gerard.fox@iadt.ie / Promotion | Major Project + Exhibition | Thesis. E – keith.foran@iadt.ie /
linda.king@iadt.ie sherra.murphy@iadt.ie Year 4 – Final project + showreel for the Graduate Exhibition,
Cost for materials and/or field trips supported by a dissertation and/or documented research
Approximately €1,000 per year (Years 1, 2 and 3) for materials project portfolio.
and tools. Your final year exhibition is your professional
showcase, so we advise you to budget for costs associated Cost for materials and/or field trips
with the Graduate Exhibition. Approximately €750 – €1,000 per year (Years 1, 2 and 3)
for materials and tools. Your final year exhibition is your
professional showcase, so we advise you to budget for
costs associated with the Graduate Exhibition.
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Department of Film + Media Creative music production is the integration of core sound Department of Film + Media A challenging and exciting opportunity to broaden your
engineering/music production skills and creative audio practice, knowledge of cinema, film and television. This course
and this unique and hands–on course is run in partnership focuses on developing practical and technical filmmaking
with the Sound Training College (STC). Creativity united with and television production skills alongside strong, creative
technical prowess is fundamental to all modules. You will learn storytelling abilities. As part of a European Film Research
BA (Hons) industry–standard tools and processes, and how to work with BA (Hons) module, each February second year students attend the
Creative Music artists and clients. Modules are taught in commercial studio
Film + Television Berlin Film Festival, one of the principal film festivals in

and music production facilities at STC (Temple Bar, Dublin 2). the world. The trip includes visits to the Film Market, to
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IADT facilities, lecturers and success in the creative industries workshops and seminars, to premiere festival screenings
reinforces the partnership. and to a number of networking events.
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Discover how some of Ireland’s What will I do? The world is full of stories, What will I do?
leading commercial recording –– Spend approximately one–third of your week in IADT and and you will learn the creative –– Gain practical tuition in production, script, direction,
two–thirds in STC, the world–class recording studios – cinematography, lighting, sound and editing, television
studios become teaching spaces and technical skills to tell them.
previous clients include Rihanna, The Script and programming, drama, documentary, commercials,
with this unique and hands-on Michael Jackson. promotional, experimental and educational
course run in partnership with –– Gain real–world insight from lecturers offering both programming.
the Sound Training College (STC]. academic and industry experience. –– Benefit from hands–on production experience and
–– Study in the heart of the commercial music industry. easy access to excellent facilities in The National
–– Develop your own creative ideas. Film School.
–– Enjoy the commercial + creative benefits of dual campuses.
–– Collaborate with students in other creative disciplines. Future careers
–– Experience new creative technologies. Graduates are employed in: film and television industry
Course Code –– Start your career in the music and new media industries. Course Code in such roles as director (television drama, commercials,
DL838 – Level 8 Award DL834 – Level 8 Award documentary, features); sound recordist/mixer; sound
Application CAO Future careers Application CAO designer; director of photography; focus puller; clapper
Graduates are employed in: music and new media industries in loader; assistant camera person; digital image technician;
Duration 4 years Duration 4 years (full–time)
such roles as theatre sound designer, recording studio engineer, editor; off–line editor; on–line editor; Avid DS, sound
Places 35 music producer, studio manager, music app developer, radio Places 30 editor; scriptwriter; camera operator; producer; production
broadcasting transmission engineer, TV live floor sound opera- assistant; location manager; and television researcher.
tive, TV programme audio editor, film sound editor, film sound Graduates are employed by: Irish and international
designer, game sound editor, music supervisor in film and TV. production and postproduction companies as well as all
the major broadcasters, including BBC, RTÉ, TV3, and TG4.
What will I study? Many graduates have gone on to form their own production
Year 1 – Acoustics/Psychoacoustics of Music | Audio companies, while others have found careers in film
Portfolio Yes – Technology Fundamentals | Broadcast/Live Sound Portfolio Yes – education, film festivals, film workshops/events, web
see Portfolio Guidelines. Fundamentals | Electronic/Software Production Fundamentals | see Portfolio Guidelines. and multimedia design.
Min Entry Requirements Music Theory Fundamentals | Studio Engineering Fundamentals. Min Entry Requirements
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 What will I study?
English – O6/H7 Year 2 – Audio Electronics | Creative Audio Programming | English – O6/H7 Year 1 – Script, Production + Direction | Technical Craft
Maths – O6/H7 Creative Music Theory | Creative Studio Engineering | Skills | Shooting Techniques for Film + Television | Cinema
Foundation level Maths not accepted. Client–Based Production | Musicology + Contextual Studies. + Television History | Script to Screen I | Personal Vision
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level
– Personal Project | Philosophical Tradition + Aesthetics |
FETAC Entry Requirements 5 or Level 6 Awards require
Year 3 – Audio Production for Games | Creative Practice | Common Faculty Module.
Applicants with FETAC Level 5 or distinctions in 3 (of 8) modules.
Industry Studies | Interactive Performance Systems |
Level 6 Awards require distinctions
Musicology, Film + Theatre Studies. Cost for materials and/or field trips Year 2 – Narrative Development Skills | Location Filming |
in 3 (of 8) modules.
Approximately €750 – €1,000 per year Television Production | Film as Art | European Cinema | Irish
Applicants require at least a
Year 4 – Advanced Music Composition | Advanced Studio (Years 1, 2 and 3) for production Television | Script to Screen II | Faculty Elective.
pass (O6/H7) in Maths in the
Leaving Certificate or a pass in a
Engineering + Production | Creative Entrepreneurship | related costs, equipment and software
mathematical methods module as part Professional Project. purchases, field trips, etc. Your final Year 3 – Documentary Tradition + the Irish Film Industry |
year exhibition is your professional Film + Television Workplace Environment (Industry Focus) |
of the FETAC award.
Cost for materials and/or field trips showcase, so we advise you to budget Multicamera Television Drama Production | Documentary
Contact There is a €200 yearly studio/equipment levy. Headphones for costs associated with the + Short Film Production | Sound + Moving Image | Thesis
Geoffrey Perrin, Course Co–ordinator Graduate Exhibition.
and a back–up hard–drive are required. A laptop with audio Research + Preparation.
T – +353 1 239 4781
software is useful. We recommend you don’t purchase this Contact
E – geoffrey.perrin@iadt.ie
in advance, but seek advice from your tutors. Jean Rice, Course Co–ordinator Year 4 – Thesis | Main Project – Stage I – development
T – +353 1 239 4681 module | Major Project.
E – jean.rice@iadt.ie
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Department of Film + Media Study photographic practice and the history and theory of Department of Technology + Psychology This fascinating course is a unique opportunity to study the
photography in an environment that reflects the demands of mind and human behaviour, and how technology affects us.
the communications, cultural industries and art sectors as Explore how psychology applies to everyday existence –
well as the changing needs of students. This course offers an including our use of technology – and how it can create new
exciting opportunity to study photography in well–equipped ways to improve quality of life. Innovative and practical, course
BA (Hons) studios, darkrooms and computer laboratories within the BSc (Hons) topics include personality, childhood, mental processes (such
Photography context of an art, design and media environment. You will

Applied as attention and memory), the brain and its disorders, and how

produce work through a diverse range of contemporary other people influence our behaviour. You will develop highly
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photographic practices. employable skills, such as teamwork, communication, and

critical thinking. This degree is accredited by the Psychological
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Learn how to play a leading

What will I do? Society of Ireland.
role in capturing, defining and
–– Explore photography within the context of art, Take a unique opportunity to
reflecting contemporary culture. communications, the moving image and critical theory, What will I do?
study the mind, human behaviour,
and learn how to play a leading role in capturing, –– Group work, lectures and tutorials, independent study are
and how technology affects us
defining and reflecting contemporary culture. combined with approximately 22 hours a week in class.
–– Access a unique range of facilities that allow you to with this fascinating course. –– From second year you specialise in either Psychology +
engage with a variety of photographic technologies, Technology or Psychology + Practice.
including analogue darkroom processes and current, –– There is an emphasis on the application of psychology to
cutting–edge digital media. everyday life, the workplace, community, industry, and
–– Learn from staff at the leading edge of contemporary technology (e.g. sport and health psychology,
photographic practice and criticism. organisational psychology and cyberpsychology).
–– Learn from a range of innovative assessments, such as
Future careers a small–scale research project, making a game, creating
Course Code Graduates are employed in: a range of commercial and Course Code a blog, giving a presentation, designing a poster or
DL833 – Level 8 Award contemporary art practices, including print, publishing DL825 – Level 8 Award volunteering in the local community.
Application CAO and emerging media, both in Ireland and internationally. Application CAO
Many graduates work independently or have set up their Future careers
own businesses. Graduates are employed in a wide range of areas. This course
Places 30 Places 65 has an additional competitive edge because while it explores
What will I study? the same core psychology modules as other equivalent ac-
Year 1 – Photography + Culture | Photography + credited courses, it also offers additional modules in applied
Communication | Digital Photography I: Editing, Workflow psychology. Graduates often pursue postgraduate studies or
+ Delivery | Understanding the Photographic Image | Digital enter the technology or social science sectors.
Combination of Leaving Certificate
Photography II: Retouching + Editorial | Photography + the Portfolio No
and Portfolio assessment points.
Studio | Photography + Place | Common Faculty Module. What will I study?
Portfolio Yes – Year 1 (all students) – Introduction to Psychology | Personality +
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
see Portfolio Guidelines. Year 2 – Digital Imaging + the Online Presence: Web Design English – O6/H7
Individual Differences | Cyberpsychology | Research Methods +
Min Entry Requirements + Promotion for Photography | Modernism, Modernity + Maths – O6/H7 Statistics I | Multimedia Design | ICT | Common Faculty Module.
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 the Image | Photography + the Professional Studio | Foundation Level Maths not accepted.
English – O6/H7 Digital Imaging + the Photobook: Design + Narrative | Year 2 – Core Modules: Developmental + Lifespan Psychology |
Society, Culture + the Image | Contemporary Photography | FETAC Entry Requirements Cognitive Psychology | Perception | Research Methods
FETAC Entry Requirements Applicants with FETAC Level 5 or Level
Faculty Elective. + Statistics II | Faculty Elective.
Applicants with FETAC / QQI Level 6 Awards require distinctions in 3 (of
Psychology + Technology Path: Information Design +
5 or Level 6 Awards require 8) modules. Applicants require at least
Year 3 – Photography + Curatorial Practice | Photography Multimedia | Usability.
distinctions in 3 (of 8) modules. a pass (O6/H7) in Maths in the Leaving
+ the Moving Image | Photography + Ireland: Colonial + Psychology + Practice Path: Sport + Health Psychology |
Certificate or a pass in a mathematical
Cost for materials and/or field trips Post–Colonial Identities | Introduction to Photography + Organisational Psychology.
methods module as part of the FETAC
Approximately €1,000 per year Entrepreneurship | Contemporary Photography + Professional
award. Applied Psychology FETAC courses
(Years 1, 2 and 3) plus exceptional Practice | Reflecting on Photography. Year 3 – Core Modules: Social Psychology | Neuropsychology |
are recommended as a preparatory route.
purchases, field trips, preparation for Abnormal Psychology | Research Methods + Statistics III |
exhibitions and national / international Year 4 – Thesis | Major Project | Minor Project. Contact IT Group Project.
competitions. Your final year exhibition Dr John Greaney, Course Co–ordinator Psychology + Technology Path: Web Applications + Content
is your professional showcase, so Students pursue self–initiated projects through their chosen T – +353 1 239 4724 Management.
we advise you to budget for costs professional pathway in preparation for the Graduate E – john.greaney@iadt.ie Psychology + Practice Path: Educational Psychology.
associated with the Graduate Exhibition.
Exhibition. Students participate in seminars, lectures and
Contact workshops in a supportive peer environment to support Year 4 – Core Modules: Transpersonal + Positive Psychology |
Martin Healy / Dr Mark Curran, their development as professional photographers and artists. Advanced Research in Psychology | Psychology of New Media
Course Co–ordinators + Entertainment | Major Research Project.
T – +353 1 239 4724 Psychology + Technology Path: Human Computer Interaction
E – martin.healy@iadt.ie / in Practice.
mark.curran@iadt.ie Psychology + Practice Path: Forensic Psychology.
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Department of Technology + Psychology This practical computing course provides the skills and Department of Technology + Psychology This practical, hands–on course is ideal for those interested
knowledge to start a career in computing. Learn how to in technology and how it is applied to a number of media
develop computing skills while tapping into your creativity, platforms. Students learn by doing – from Audio Visual
imagination, and interests. You work in small classes Systems Design to the Internet of Things, you invent, create
and in modern computer labs within a friendly and and explore emergent technologies. We are looking for
BSc (Hons) supportive environment. BSc (Hons) makers and builders, creators and thinkers, and people
Creative Creative Media with the imagination to explore technology and design our

What will I do? future environment.
Computing Technologies
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–– Create exciting, interactive multimedia systems, such

as sophisticated websites, games, web and mobile What will I do?
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apps. –– Study hardware, electronics, audio and video technologies

Develop the creative, technical –– Learn to program in Java and related languages. Get your career in the and apply this knowledge in a range of practical
and professional skills you –– Use media elements, such as text, graphics, audio, audio–visual and digital environments (computing/electronics labs, radio
images, video and animations, to develop websites and TV studios).
need to work as part of a media sectors off to a
with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. –– Work with a range of technologies; hardware and software,
multi–disciplinary software –– In Year 3 + 4, choose specialist areas to study, such sound start. video and broadcast technologies, audio visual (AV)
design and development team. as Games, Interactive Graphics, Security, Physical technologies and music technologies.
Interactions or Cloud Computing. –– You can specialise according to your interests and will
–– In Year 4, you will design and develop an individual have the opportunity to exhibit your work throughout the
project. Check out our Graduate Showcase; course.
showcase.iadt.ie. –– In Year 1 + 2, your work will be on display at a Technology
–– Develop the creative, technical and professional skills Showcase at IADT as part of Engineers Ireland Engineer’s
needed to work as part of a multidisciplinary software Week.
Course Code design and development team. Course Code –– In Year 3 + 4, you design and develop an individual project
DL836 – Level 8 Award DL835 – Level 8 Award for exhibition at our Graduate Showcase; showcase.iadt.ie.
Application CAO Future careers Application CAO
Graduates are employed as: web/mobile application Future careers
designers, web/mobile developers, user experience designers, Graduates are employed as: Production Assistants / Managers,
Places 50 project managers, database administrators, and in many Places 50 AV / Sound / Software Engineers, Android / Software /
other computing roles. There continues to be high demand Python Developers, and IT Service Management Analysts.
for creative computing graduates, both in Ireland and Graduates are employed by: AvCom, Digicom and Pearl AV
internationally. in areas such as audio visual/broadcast (with RTÉ, Setanta,
community TV networks), in content creation (with Brown Bag,
Portfolio No What will I study? Portfolio No QuicksmartAV), in networks/communications (with Vodafone,
Year 1 – Computer Technology | Programming | Databases | Intel), and have also gone on to start their own companies.
Min Entry Requirements Min Entry Requirements
Creative Digital Media | Web Design + Development |
2 H5 + 4 O6/H7 2 H5 + 4 O6/H7
English – O6/H7
Project | Common Faculty Module. English – O6/H7
What will I study?
Maths – O6/H7 Maths – O6/H7 Year 1 – Introduction to Creative Media Technologies | Building
Foundation Level Maths not accepted. Year 2 – Computer Architecture + Operating Systems | Foundation Level Maths not accepted. + Making | Electrical Principles | Computing | Audio + Music
Software Development | Database Management Systems | Fundamentals | Digital Media Production | Mathematics for
FETAC Entry Requirements Computer Modelling | Advanced Web Design + FETAC Entry Requirements AV Applications | Common Faculty Module.
Applicants with FETAC Level 5 or Level Applicants with FETAC Level 5 or Level
Development | Software Project | Faculty Elective.
6 Awards require distinctions in 3 6 Awards require distinctions in 3
Opportunity to study abroad in Europe (Erasmus). Year 2 – AV Practice | Electronics | Networks | Sound
(of 8) modules. Applicants require at (of 8) modules. Applicants require at
Recording | AV Production | Advanced Mathematics for AV
least a pass (O6/H7) in Maths in the least a pass (O6/H7) in Maths in the
Year 3 – Computer Networks | Interaction Design | Research Applications | Faculty Elective.
Leaving Certificate or a pass in a Leaving Certificate or a pass in a
+ Innovation | Project.
mathematical methods module as part mathematical methods module as part
Year 3 – Work Practice / Project | Electronics +
of the FETAC award. of the FETAC award.
Students also choose two of the following streams: Microcontrollers | Design + Prototyping (2D/3D) | Software
Contact Software Architecture + Design | Mobile Computing Cost for materials and/or field trips Design | Studio Technology + Practice | Research + Innovation.
Dr Tim McNichols, Course Co–ordinator or Game Development | Interactive Graphics. Approximately €300 per year for project A Level 7 exit award is available following completion of Year 3.
T – +353 1 239 4908 materials in Year 1 + 2. This figure
E – tim.mcnichols@iadt.ie Year 4 – Data Visualisation | Business Strategy + Analytics | could rise in both Year 3 + 4 as your Year 4 – Final Project | Business Strategy + Analytics |
Research Project. projects become more sophisticated. Advanced AV Systems Design | Two electives from: Physical
Contact Interactions | Computer Music + Creative Coding | Broadcast
Students also choose one of the following streams: Conor Brennan, Course Co–ordinator Technology | Audio Synthesis | Web Design + Development.
Cloud Application Development | Computer Network + T – +353 1 239 4724
Security or Physical Interaction | Creative Coding. E – conor.brennan@iadt.ie
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Cross–Faculty Collaboration Cross–faculty collaboration is a key approach across the Year 2 Elective Modules
Faculty of Film, Art + Creative Technologies (FACT). It is Students can choose one module from a range of elective
hugely beneficial, and fosters a far greater appreciation options. Electives have been designed to encourage
of a student’s main area of study. In Year 1, students take collaboration and experimentation and to broaden and
a common 5 credit module. In Year 2, students do an deepen your understanding of the creative arts. They range
Broaden your horizons elective module. in content from theatre and performance to media and
politics, and include a wide range of learning experiences
and explore combinations

Year 1 Common Module – Introduction to FACT such as overseas visits, practical workshops, lectures and
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Students work together in the 5 credit module, Introduction seminars. Use your elective module as a chance to work
of materials, processes, to FACT. This transitional studies module will introduce with students and staff from other courses.
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students to the broad range of disciplines offered by
creative strategies and the Faculty.

Students are assigned to groups and work together
Elective modules have included:
critical thinking thanks

–– Character Visualisation for Theatre + Film
in project work, seminars and on field trips. Importantly,
you will act as student ambassadors at the Open Days –– Fashion Photography
to our cross–faculty in November, and talk to prospective applicants about

IADT. Through a range of module tasks, you get to know
–– Generative Art
collaboration. students across the Faculty and develop group work, time

management and presentation skills. Blackboard, our Virtual
–– Individual Differences – What Makes Us Different?
–– Introduction to 3D Content Creation for

Learning Environment (VLE), is used as part of learning
Virtual Reality Applications
and assessment.
–– Introduction to Comics
–– Introduction to Screenwriting
–– Photography for Portfolio Presentation
–– Sonic Art
Making
–– The Use of Type in Poster Design
–– Web Design
the most of
collaboration
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Design + Visual Arts | Film + Media
If you are applying A portfolio is a collection of your work – both finished
and in progress – that showcases your interests
Your portfolio should:
to any of the courses and enthusiasms. It should demonstrate curiosity,

inventiveness and ideas through a wide range of media,
in the Department of as well as your ability to develop your projects around

selected themes. You can include course and school Be organised. Include notebooks,
Design + Visual Arts projects as well as any independent work. We like Decide how to present cuttings, creative

to see a portfolio that demonstrates a high level of your work to your best sketchbooks or visual
and the Department

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visual skill, creativity, self–motivation, inventiveness, possible advantage. diaries. These are
experimentation, flexibility and stylistic variation.
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relevant if they show
of Film + Media, you Find out more about the IADT Portfolio Guidelines on
your interest in the
discipline.
must submit a portfolio iadt.ie/study/portfolio–guidelines or email info@iadt.ie

to request a copy of our Portfolio Guidelines Booklet.
for assessment. We offer a range of portfolio workshops at our

Open Days. Check iadt.ie for dates.
Be selective.
Highlight your best
work. We appreciate
quality not quantity,
so include no more than Include a CV for each
30 pieces. Show work course you are applying
that is relevant to the to. Note details of
course you are applying hobbies, technical
for, and demonstrates skills and involvement
hard work, commitment in activities relevant
and quality. to that course.
Information on age or
educational background
is not used for
assessment purposes,
so there’s no need to
Be clear. include it.
If team work is
included, identify
your role.
Not copy from

photographs: Do not
Not include 3D work. include any artwork
Please only include 2D that is a copy of
documentation of 3D work. someone else’s work.
Portfolio
Requirements
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Department of Film + Media The National Film School provides state–of–the–art Participants since 2004 include: Eric Goldberg (Animator) Aladdin
facilities for education and training in film, television and
Lisa Albert (Writer/Producer) Mad Men Ed Guiney (Producer) Room
radio production, design for stage and screen, animation,
3D design and modelmaking; including a purpose–built HD Lenny Abrahamson (Director) Room Gemma Jackson (Production Designer) Game of Thrones
TV studio (Studio 1). Studio 2 is used principally as a green
Welcome to Ireland’s
Jenny Beavan (Costume Designer) Mad Max: Fury Road Neil Jordan (Writer/Director) The Crying Game
screen and digital effects resource. There are two radio
studios, control rooms, a scene dock, lecture rooms, and a John Boorman (Producer/Director) Deliverance Alan Parker (Director) Mississippi Burning
centre of excellence for

broadcast newsroom. Outside broadcast units can operate
Gabriel Byrne (Actor) The Usual Suspects Stephen Rea (Actor) The End of the Affair
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and link into the facilities. It was officially opened
education and training by President Michael D Higgins in November 2013. Stephen Frears (Director) The Queen Jim Sheridan (Writer/Director)
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For almost thirty years we’ve provided a very high In the Name of the Father
in film, animation,
Brendan Gleeson (Actor)
standard of applied film education thanks to such fantastic
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Oliver Stone (Writer/Director) JFK
resources and the excellence of our staff, who possess
and broadcasting. considerable industry experience. A high proportion

of our staffing team continue to work as practitioners.
We’re proud of the consistently high achievements of our
student productions in professional competitions and
festivals at home and internationally, and of the careers
our graduates have gone on to forge in the entertainment
and media industries.
A wide variety of courses from across IADT make use
of the NFS facilities. IADT is a full member of CILECT, the
International Association of Film and Television Schools.
National Film School Lectures

“The NFS Lecture series is a really brilliant initiative. Not only
does it expose students to the very best practitioners in
up–close–and–personal interviews and masterclasses,
but it also strengthens the links between the sector and
the Film School, building on the possibility for future work
and collaboration.”
– Ed Guiney, Oscar® nominated producer of Room
Since 2004 our annual series of NFS Lectures has introduced

75 leading international practitioners from ten countries to our
students. Thirty of them are Academy Award® nominees, and
between them they have received 77 Oscar® nominations.
They have also won Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy
Awards®, BAFTAs, Césars, European Film Academy Awards,
Annies, and IFTAs. The series is supported by Bord Scannán
na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board.

The National
Film School
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Why Choose IADT? Access
Office Careers Centre
We engage in community outreach to promote the progression We provide confidential one–to–one advice and support in
to IADT for students from socio–economically disadvantaged relation to career choice and planning. This includes career
backgrounds, mature students and students with disabilities. counselling (with individual assessment and vocational
We also provide ongoing personal, financial and learning testing); up–to–date information on career opportunities
supports to under–represented student groups when they and recruitment; progression to further study; job vacancies;
enter IADT. careers information resources; employability skills seminars;

and graduate destinations surveys.
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Disability Support Service

We co–ordinate and arrange supports for students with a
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Student Health Centre

disability. If you have a disability or specific health condition We provide the best possible general medical and nursing
which you wish to disclose, we recommend that you contact care. Efficient, effective and courteous, this service is open to
us to discuss appropriate facilities and educational supports. all. A doctor is available three sessions a week to see students
Such supports may include examination accommodations requiring medical assistance. A nurse is available five days per
and access to services within IADT. week to provide emergency care, confidential professional
advice and referrals to an appropriate professional.
Learning Support Services
We welcome all IADT students who would like practical Student Counselling Service
help with their writing and research requirements. Student Counselling is free and available to IADT students.
Seminars and individual tutorial sessions are available A confidential service is available for students who may be
throughout the year on topics such as writing essays; concerned about mental health or psychological issues that
report writing; research skills; note–taking/note–making; may be impacting the individual student during their period
study skills; time management and goal setting; thesis/
Student
of study on campus. Further mental health information is
dissertation writing; and examination techniques. We available on reachout.com/college.
also provide a specialist support service to students with
dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties.
Student Services Phone
Experience
Assistive Technology
We provide training, information and support to students Access Office +353 1 239 4628
with disabilities and specific learning difficulties. Assistive Technology +353 1 239 4795
This includes the allocation of and training on Assistive
Technology hardware and software; and advice on up–to– Careers Centre +353 1 239 4670
date solutions and new developments (such as web and
Disability Support Service +353 1 239 4590
mobile apps, E–books and cloud computing).
Learning Support Services +353 1 239 4790
Student Counselling +353 1 239 4650

Service
Student Health Centre + 353 1 239 4760
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Why Choose IADT? What Our Students Say.
Eamhan Lawlor Jessica Patterson

I am studying Arts Management I studied Animation
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Now I am animating on a feature

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film and developing my own work
“The music business has always “IADT grew my passion for

fascinated me. When I found animation and showed me
out about the Arts Management that it’s a viable career choice.
course at IADT I knew it was My graduate film Did You Hear
the course for me because it About Her Dad? has been seen
teaches business but also has at festivals across Ireland, the
the arts side of things too. I UK and America, including
hope to run my own record Santa Barbara, San Francisco
label and recording studios and Toronto, Canada. It won
one day and IADT has been the first prize for best student film
perfect start to my journey.” at DAFF 2015. Right now, I’m
animating on an upcoming
feature film, and am writing
and developing my own shorts.”
What our
students say.
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ABOVE Eamhan, 2017 ABOVE Still from Jessica's award–winning
graduate film, Did You Hear About Her Dad?
Michael Keelan + Max Fox Paul Conroy

We studied Entrepreneurship + Management I studied Creative Computing
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We set up and run an event Now I am a mobile developer that specialises in

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management company, Flying Elephant Android applications for a mobile app development
company in Dublin.
“The Entrepreneurship + “The course allowed me to build

Management course in IADT creative applications from
was the ideal choice. Practical concept to code through the
projects, expert guidance along guidance of my lecturers, which
the way from lecturers in areas in turn helped to shape my
such as finance and marketing, career path. It was through this
and the opportunity during the level of freedom that I realised I
placement module to hone our had a passion for writing mobile
business plan with fantastic applications. I am a mobile
support from lecturers and developer that specialises
mentors. We now employ six in Android applications for
full–time staff and more than a mobile app development
twenty staff on a part–time company in Dublin. I have
basis. We always knew we developed several applications
would work for ourselves, and that have been published to the
IADT helped that to happen.” Google Play Store.”
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ABOVE Michael and Max ABOVE Paul's project, 2016
Vera Klute

I studied Art
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Now I am a visual artist working

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independently on different projects,

exhibitions and commissions.
“Since graduating I have been

able to work as a full–time
visual artist. My working day
is never the same, and I use
a variety of media and work
on different exhibitions and
projects. After I graduated I
received Arts Council funding
and I have won various awards
over the years which has
helped to sustain my practice.
These include the Hennessy
Portrait Prize at the National
Gallery; The Hennessy Craig
Scholarship and The Evans
Award for painting (both
at the RHA Annual); and
the Emerging Artist Award
(Wexford Arts Centre).”
ABOVE(L–R) Self–Portrait, Hennessy
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Portrait Prize winning Anne Ryder
and Growth 2 by Vera Klute
Why Choose IADT? Course
Facilities Students' Union
Specialised, industry–standard equipment includes TV and The IADT Students’ Union (SU) represents and supports all
radio studios, digital video editing, photographic studios students. Elected representatives from each class form the
(including digital photographic techniques) and advanced Union Council. It has many functions and means different
workstations (e.g. Silicon Graphics and high–end Macintosh things to everyone: from representing the entire student
As the national centre and PC platforms). Spacious and well equipped studios
provide up–to–date equipment across a range of disciplines.
body at an academic level to arranging entertainment,
cultural and sporting activities. Getting involved in the SU is
for art, design, film,

Extensive computer laboratories serve both general purpose a great way to get to know people. The SU is affiliated to the
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computing needs and high–end specialised requirements for Union of Students in Ireland (USI).
media and interactive multimedia design, development and programming. There are
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laboratories and workshops for electronics and networking. Get in Touch
media courses, our The Library

T +353 1 239 4646
facilities are as excellent Alongside print materials, the Library has a specialist area
dedicated to electronic media with PCs and Macs, as well
W iadtsu.ie | facebook.com/iadtsu
as you would expect. as a varied collection of electronic databases / books /

journals. Check it out at library.iadt.ie.
Get involved: Clubs + Societies
Clubs + Societies are at the heart of the student experience.
From sports and activities to more abstract ideas, there is
Pitch
something for everybody. And if you can’t find what you’re
The all–weather floodlit football pitch is available for use
looking for, there’s always room to set up a new one! The first
by student clubs and teams.
step to getting involved is to contact the SU Clubs + Societies
Officer on +353 1 239 4646 or clubssocsiadt@gmail.com.
Campus
We’ve
Because IADT combines a stimulating energy with a relaxing
Societies
environment, you’re sure to discover new experiences and
find new ways of thinking at IADT. Animation Environment Poetry
Burlesque Fashion Psychology
got it!
Cat Film QSA
Comic Book Game Rover / Scout
Debate Gothic Surf
DJ/Music Mature Students Veghead
Drama Nerd Zumba
Enactus Photography 3 Monkeys
Clubs Clubs
Climbing Rugby
Football Skate
Freerunning Yoga
Pool
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What you
need to know
IADT Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 PB-45

Admissions Applying Through the CAO Entry Requirements For standard applicants, selection is based on points. These are calculated
All applications for admission to the first year of Ordinary Degree and ab–initio by adding together the points scored in the best six subjects in a single
Honours Degree courses at IADT must be made directly to the CAO. sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). In the courses
for which a portfolio is required, additional points to a maximum of 600 are
Closing Dates added, based on the outcome of the portfolio assessment.
How do I Application 1st February 2018 How are
apply? applicants
Maths Requirements

Late Application 1st May 2018 * Some courses will accept Foundation Level Mathematics while others
selected?
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require Ordinary Leaving Certificate Mathematics. Please read the entry

Change of mind 1st July 2018
requirements for each individual course.
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Courses in the Department of Design + Visual Arts and the Department of Film Foundation Level Mathematics
+ Media are referred to by the CAO as Restricted Application, as they have For courses that do not specifically require Mathematics as an entry
special requirements (portfolio assessment). To ensure that you are considered qualification, Foundation Level Mathematics will be accepted. Foundation Level
for these courses, you must follow the CAO instructions precisely. In particular, Maths at grade F1 and F2 will count as a passing subject. Points will be awarded
* L
ate application deadline
only applies to courses which your application must reach the CAO by 1st February 2018. There is no facility for these grades as follows: F1 = 20, F2 = 12.
do not require a portfolio for late applications to the CAO in the case of Restricted Application courses.
submission (Dept. of Technology Therefore, you cannot introduce a Restricted Application course as a new choice Implementation of Bonus Points for Higher Level Maths
+ Psychology, Dept. of
Entrepreneurship and Dept. of (Change of Mind) after 1st February 2018. However, you can change the order of A bonus of 25 points will be allocated to students who achieve a grade H6
Humanities + Arts Management). preference of your courses until July 1st. or above in Higher Level (HL) Mathematics. This means that the maximum
cumulative LC points total will increase from 600 to 625 (existing maximum
CAO Contact Details points plus bonus points).
A Tower House, Eglinton St, Galway

Formula
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–– All students presenting H6 or above in mathematics will have 25 points
W cao.ie added to their score for mathematics.
–– The six highest subject points scores will then be counted to achieve
Mature and Non–standard Applicants a cumulative points score, as is normal practice.
We welcome applications from mature students to all courses. Mature applicants
– i.e. those who are 23 years of age or over on the 1st of January in the year
The bonus points will only be relevant in cases where the subject HL
of entry to an IADT course – are not required to meet the minimum entry
Mathematics (including bonus points) is scored as one of the candidate’s six
requirements specified for standard applicants.
best subjects for points purposes. Consequently, if HL Mathematics (cumulative
Mature and non–standard applicants must also apply to the CAO by the
points score) is not among these six subjects, the bonus points will not be
above closing dates and tick the relevant box (mature student or disability/
included in the total points score.
specific learning difficulty) on the CAO application.
CAO Applicants who have ticked the ‘Disability/SLD’ Box on the CAO
EU Other International Examinations
application form will receive the ‘Supplementary Information Form’ from the CAO.
All EU students presenting for admission to IADT with a clear equivalent
This must be completed and returned to the CAO by the specified deadline. Such
to HL Mathematics as one of their EU school leaving subjects will be
students may be invited to an informal interview to discuss their application and
awarded bonus points. Please refer to the EU qualifications section
any additional provisions that may be necessary to ensure their full participation
on the CAO website cao.ie .
on our courses.
If applying for a course in the Department of Film + Media and/or the
Department of Design + Visual Arts, mature and non–standard applicants must
submit a portfolio for assessment as above. The 1st of February application
deadline applies to such applications.
Advanced Entry at IADT

In certain circumstances application may be made for admission to undergraduate
courses at post–Year 1 level. Availability of places differs from year to year.
Sometimes, in certain courses, no places become available. Application for
advanced entry (to Year 2, 3 or 4) of our undergraduate courses must be made via
cao.ie. There is no direct application to IADT for advanced entry places.
Closing Date 31 March 2018, 4pm
Admissions Officer Eoin Kelly
T +353 1 239 4621
E eoin.kelly@iadt.ie
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Entry Requirements Irish Language requirements Entry Requirements Minimum Leaving Certificate Entry Requirements
Foundation Level Irish, at F2 or better, will meet the minimum language for IADT Courses 2017/18
requirement for entry to all courses, but currently no points are added. See course information for the minimum entry requirements.
Calculating Your Leaving Certificate Points FETAC Links Scheme

IADT is committed to encouraging FETAC / QQI award holders to progress
Higher Points Ordinary Points Foundation Points onto our courses. For details of FETAC courses and the FETAC Higher
Level Grade Level Grade Level Grade

Education Links, please refer to FETAC / QQI on +353 1 9058100 or qqi.ie.
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H1 100 – – – – Applications from FETAC award holders are made through the CAO, and
all relevant closing dates and conditions apply.
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H2 88 – – – –
If you have any full FETAC Level 5 or FETAC Level 6 award, you are eligible
H3 77 – – – –
to apply for a place on our Ordinary Degree (Level 7 award) course – DL701.
H4 66 – – – – If you have any full FETAC Level 5 or FETAC Level 6 award, with a minimum of
H5 56 O1 56 – – 3 distinctions, you are eligible to apply for a place on any of our Honours Degree
(Level 8 award) courses.
H6 46 O2 46 – –
H7 37 O3 37 – – Please note that some courses (Applied Psychology, Creative Computing,

H8 0 O4 28 – – Creative Media Technologies and Creative Music Production) require at
least a pass (O6/H7) in Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate or a pass in a
– – O5 20 F1 20
Mathematical Methods module as part of your FETAC award.
– – O6 12 F2 12
– – O7 0 F3 0 Points are awarded on the basis of FETAC results.

– – O8 0 F4 0 –– See qqi.ie or cao.ie for details on the scoring system used.
–– Some courses require a portfolio in addition to your FETAC award. Please
see the individual course details and details on portfolio assessments.
GCSE / GCE Requirements
Applicants are scored on the basis of a maximum of 4 different subject results Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
at A and/or AS level. For scoring purposes, a combination of a smaller number At IADT, we accept applicants to our courses who may not hold the required
of “A Levels” and “AS Levels” will be permitted as follows: qualification, but who may have proven relevant experience and whose academic
1. The best 4 A level results in a single sitting. background may be non–traditional. Students wishing to apply for admission
2. The best 3 A level results in a single sitting, plus the best AS level result to courses on the basis of accreditation of prior learning must follow IADT’s
from the previous or the same sitting. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) procedure:
3. The best 2 A level subject results in a single sitting, plus the best 2 results –– Completion of application form, identified academic work and preparation of
at AS level from the previous or the same sitting. a portfolio of evidence.
4. The best 1 A level subject result in a single sitting, plus the best 3 results –– Internal assessment (for some courses, applicants are interviewed).
at AS level from the previous or the same sitting. –– If the applicant is offered a place, standard registration procedures then apply.
5. The best 4 AS level subject results in a single sitting. –– Applicants wishing to apply for admission to courses on the basis of RPL
should contact our Admissions Office.
GCSE / GCE Scoring System
For further information on RPL, please see iadt.ie/about/policies–procedures/
All AS Levels (+ 4th
Grade A–Level quality–policies.
A–level where presented)
A* 180 60†
A 150 60
B 130 55
C 100 40
D 65 25
E 45 20
† Applies to A–level only
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Registration, Fees + Grants After you have accepted a place, the Office of Academic + Student Affairs will Registration, Fees + Grants Tax Relief
email you information regarding Registration + Induction. Tax relief, at the standard rate of tax, may be available for tuition fees and student
Registration + Induction for all new students generally takes place during the contributions paid in respect of approved third level courses. It is intended that
second full week of September. New students are expected to be in attendance families who pay student contributions for more than one student in a year will
for this week. be able to claim tax relief on the second and subsequent contributions. Further
When will If you accept a place and subsequently decide not to take it up, you must information on tax relief is available from the Citizens Information website
I register?
immediately inform our Admissions Office in writing so that your place can citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/third–level–education/ .

be offered to the next person on the waiting list. If you do not register on the
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appointed date, your place may be forfeited. Rate of Fees

If you have registered as a student and then decide to withdraw from your The rate of fees is determined by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) each
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course, it is very important to complete a withdrawal form and return it to the year and is subject to change. The rates are normally available by the end of
Office of Academic +Student Affairs. August. Please check our website iadt.ie for details. Further information
General information in relation to registration will be made available at on fees in general may be available from studentfinance.ie or hea.ie .
iadt.ie at the end of August in each year.
Can I avail of any grants?
Do I have Student Contribution

An annual Student Contribution (€3,000 in the academic year 2017/18) is payable
You can obtain details of maintenance grant schemes and other supports
at susi.ie; studentfinance.ie; hea.ie or the Citizens Information website
to pay fees? by all full–time students. This fee, subject to change from year to year, includes
an Examination Fee and is payable for each year of study. All students are
citizensinformation.ie. All applications will be made online to a single awarding
authority, Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) through susi.ie; or
required to pay the Student Contribution on Registration. Students who receive studentfinance.ie . Decisions regarding eligibility are made by your grant authority
a grant will have this charge refunded. Those in receipt of Back to Education and not by IADT.
Allowances may qualify for an exemption from the student contribution. An
application under the Higher Education Grant Scheme to cover the cost of the
Student Contribution must be submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland Office of Academic + Student Affairs We provide support to prospective students in relation to the
(SUSI) through susi.ie or studentfinance.ie . following areas:
For families with more than one student attending Higher Education, please
note that you will be required to pay each Student Contribution in full, and
Phone Email
then claim the reduction on the second and subsequent contributions through
tax reliefs. Further information on Student Contribution is available from the Admissions information on courses, application +353 1 239 4621 eoin.kelly@iadt.ie
Citizens Information website citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/third– Office procedures, portfolio assessments,
level–education/. direct entry
Registration information on registration +353 1 239 4923 john.mernagh@iadt.ie

Tuition Fees
and induction
Currently, EU nationals (subject to residency requirements) attending full–time
Ordinary Degree and Honours Degree courses are not normally required to pay
tuition fees. However, non–EU nationals must do so. Details are available from our Fees Information on fees + grants +353 1 239 4722 linda.doyle@iadt.ie
Office of Academic + Student Affairs.
If you are an EU national and have already attended a third level institution,
you should be aware that this may affect your entitlement to free tuition fees and
Examinations information in relation to +353 1 239 4626 margaret.murray@iadt.ie
maintenance grants. The general principle, with some exceptions, is that you will
examinations, assessments
only receive financial support once for a given stage/year of study.
Further information on tuition fees is available from the Citizens Information
website citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/third–level–education/.
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ERASMUS + International Students ERASMUS encourages international mobility by allowing students to study for a term Postgraduate + Professional IADT Postgraduate Courses (Level 9 Award)
or semester (4–5 months), or for a full academic year (9–10 months) at a range of Development Courses
DL907 MA in Art + Research Collaboration
higher education institutions across Europe. Students study a course that is similar
to, and recognised as fulfilling requirements of, that at home. IADT is proud to have DL902 MA in Broadcast Production for Radio + Television
ERASMUS arrangements with over twenty Higher Education Institutions in; Belgium, Czech
DL912 MA in Creative Production + Screen Finance
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey and the UK. (And we’re working on more!) DL906 Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Cultural Event

Management
Erasmus
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Why should I take part?

DL904 MSc in Cyberpsychology (part–time)
The academic, cultural, social and personal benefits are enormous. ERASMUS is
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at IADT a valuable opportunity to connect with some of the best educational institutions
in Europe in your field of study. It’s a great way to exchange ideas, experience the
DL909
DL910
Master of Business in Digital Entrepreneurship
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Start–up

learning environment of a different culture, learn a language and meet new people. (30 credits)
Returning students tell us how rewarding they found the intellectual challenge of
living and studying in a different European environment. Time spent on ERASMUS DL914 MA in Interdisciplinary Design Strategies
studies is fully accredited using the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). DL905 MA in Public Cultures + Society
Courses you can exchange with are often taught in English.
DL901 MA in Screenwriting for Film + Television
IADT’s Erasmus Co–ordinator is Elena Somoza DL908 MSc in User Experience Design (part–time)
T + 353 1 239 4922

Accredited Part–Time Courses
E erasmus@iadt.ie
DL124 Certificate in Applied Digital Business
W iadt.ie/study/international–students/erasmus
DL106 Certificate in Critical Research
(Foundation, Futures + Skills)
Does IADT Yes. We welcome international students to IADT. IADT courses are delivered
through the English language. If English is not your first language and you have not DL101 Certificate in Cyberpsychology
accept successfully completed English in the Leaving Certificate (the final examination in
the Irish secondary school system) or have not obtained a minimum of a Grade C
DL103 Certificate in Data Visualisation
international at GCSE O Level, then you will need to submit evidence of one of the qualifications
DL125 Certificate in Design Thinking
students?
listed before an offer of a place can be made. A copy of the relevant certificate DL122 Certificate in the Fundamentals of UX Design
must be submitted to the CAO with your application. IADT has formal links with
DL105 Certificate in Sport Psychology
colleges in Ontario and Loras College in Iowa.
How do I apply? Find out more about our postgraduate and accredited part–time courses
Prospective international students must apply to the CAO by the relevant closing on iadt.ie/courses
dates. When we assess applications, we establish qualification equivalencies
to ensure that each applicant meets the required academic threshold for entry. Part–Time Courses (non–accredited)
Certified transcripts and English translations of qualifications not issued originally In addition to the Accredited Part–Time Courses listed above, IADT runs
in English must be submitted with your CAO application. extramural part–time courses via the Part–Time Courses Office. These run
from October to March and in June and July. They cover subjects such as:
Acceptable Qualifications
–– Portfolio Preparation – –– Digital Photography –
IELTS omposite score in the range 6.0 – 6.5 with not less than 6.0
C Fine Art + Media/Animation Beginner + Intermediates
in any one component.
–– Advanced Photoshop –– Drawing Skills Workshop
TOEFL Computer based test 215 or Internet based test 80.
UCLES Proficiency in English: Grade C or Advanced English: Grade A. For further information, please contact Barbara Carraher
PTE Academic Minimum of 63, with not less than 59 for each test item. T +353 1 239 4631
E barbara.carraher@iadt.ie
In certain circumstances, results of English examinations other than those outlined
may be accepted, though such results must indicate competence of a comparable W iadt.ie/courses
standard. If you do not currently hold the relevant certificate, please indicate which
certificate (and Examining Body) you intend to submit, and when you intend to
undertake the assessment. These must be submitted by 1st June of the year of entry
to enable us to process them before CAO offers are made.
Get in touch for more information
T + 353 1 239 4621 E admissions@iadt.ie
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Dates for Your Diary

Open Days Taster Days
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25 20 31 12
(schools mid–term break)
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Nov 2017 Jan 2018 Oct – Feb –

10am –4pm 10am –4pm 3rd Nov 16th Feb
2017 2018
CAO deadline Late Applications * Change of Mind
CAO Deadlines * o
nly relevant Exhibition
to courses which
01 01 01 do not require
a portfolio
submission
+ Showcase
(Faculty of Film, Art
+ Creative Technologies)
25
Feb 2018 May 2018* July 2018 May 2018
Portfolio Advanced
Assessments
12 13 14 15 Entry Deadline
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Mar 2018 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 Mar 2018
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Bus – IADT is easily reached by Dublin Bus routes
@myIADT 4, 46A, 63, 75 and 111. Routes 46A and 75 have

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route 75. The LUAS in Carrickmines links to IADT
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