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  motto ''RĂ­sam Uile''
  established 1974
  head Label President
  head Dr Brendan J Murphy
  students 17,000
  city Cork
  country Republic Of Ireland
  website http://wwwcitie
  address Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
  telephone +353-21-4326 100


Cork Institute of Technology ('''CIT'''), formerly '''Regional Technical College, Cork''', is a College located in Cork , Ireland opened in 1973 . The institute has 17,000 students (both part-time and full-time) in Art , Business , Engineering , Music and Science disciplines. The main campus is at Bishopstown , Cork.

The Institutes of Technology Act 2006 designates three schools of the institute;

In addition to these three schools there are three Academic Departments , they are Business & Humanities, Engineering, and Science.

The institute has been named as Institute of Technology of the Year 2006 in The Sunday Times University Guide for Ireland {Link without Title} . This is one of the largest and most respected such guides in the world with 1.4 million copies printed in different editions, and it is aimed particularly at those going to college or university in 2007.

In 2007 the title of the head of the institute changed from "Director" to "President" {Link without Title} .