Athlone Institute of Technology (Ireland)
阿狮龙理工学院
Add/地址: Dublin Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Tel/电话: +353-90 642 4562
Fax/传真: +353-90 642 4417
E-mail/电子邮件: msirnpson @ ait.ie
Website/网址: www.ait.ie
Basic Information基本资料:
Year of Establishment/建校年份: 1970
Accredited by/认证机构: Delegated authority from Higher Education and Training Awards Council
Academic level/学校类别: Higher Education
Major area of professions/program/专业、学科设置: Business, Accounting, Hospitality Management, Engineering, Science
Degrees offered/学位: Foundation, Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
Starting date/开学时间: September
Applica6on deadline/申请截止时间: 1 June 2007
Language of Instruction/教学语言: English
Number of Int'l student/国际学生人数: 350
Ratio of Faculty Staff to Students/在校学生以教师比例: 15:1
Ratio of Int'l students to Chinese students/国际学生与中国学生比例: 3:1
Institution Description简介:
Athlone Institute o1 Technology is an Irish government higher education institute with 5,000students. There are 150 non EU and 220 EU students at the institute for the academic year 2006-07. AIT offers internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the fields of business, accounting, information technology, humanities, hospitality and tourism studies, engineering and science. Graduates from these disciplines have been very successful in progressing to further studies and in obtaining relevant employment. Researchers at AIT have established an international reputation in the areas of software and polymer engineering, ecotoxicology, environmental science, and cell and molecular toxicology.
Located in the centre of Ireland, Athlone has a population of 25,000 people and is 90 minutes journey time from the capital city, Dublin. It is a thriving urban centre and is well serviced by public transport; the town is situated on the River Shannon, the largest river in Ireland and Britain, and offers excellent sporting and leisure facilities. The economic boom of the past decade has seen a growth in quality, secure, student accommodation adjacent to the main campus AIT has won awards for the quality of its student services and it has one of the highest rates of student retention in Ireland at 82%, with 99% of graduates securing employment or continuing their studies six months after finishing in A~T according to the latest graduate.
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