Open Day 2016

Connect & Discover

AIT Open Days 2016 Friday 25 & Saturday 26 November

'Student Ambassadors' Come chat with our Student Ambassadors at our Open Days and get the low down on why Athlone is a great place to study.

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Douglas Hyde

Engineering Building

Hotel, Tourism and Leisure Building

Canteen

Students’ Union

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Nursing and Health

EAST CAMPUS

Open Day Venue

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Lecturer Parking

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Guest Parking

Health Centre

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Open Access

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Where do I go?

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Announcing the SCHOLARSHIPS of EXCELLENCE 2017/18 Scholarships of Excellence at AIT were inaugurated this year to celebrate our first year students in achieving 500 points or more in their leaving certificate examinations. They are a great way for us to congratulate these students on their academic endeavor and show that we are supporting them in their academic journey.

AIT is a growing, internationally diverse community with global reach that continues to expand. We stand at the forefront of innovation, teaching and student welfare and we would like you to consider choosing to start your education journey with us.

Scholarships of Excellence Recipients 2016 Nicole Mooney - 530 BA (Hons) in Accounting Killina Secondary School, Rahan, Tullamore, Co Offaly Dayna Mc Callion - 510 BA Business (Hons) in Law Colaiste Mhuire, Ballygar, Co Galway Gavin Murray - 505 BA (Hons) in Accounting Moate Community School, Moate, Co Westmeath Shannon Lawless-Molyneux - 505 BSc in Veterinary Nursing St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rochfortbridge, Co Westmeath Maria Foran - 505 BSc in Health Science and Nutrition St Mary’s Secondary School, Edenderry, Co Offaly Eva Camon - 500 BSc (Hons) in General Nursing St Rynagh’s Community College (now Banagher College, Banagher, Co Offaly) HOW ARE THE SCHOLARSHIPS OF EXCELLENCE AWARDED? Athlone Institute of Technology offers Scholarships of Excellence to entrants to the full-time undergraduate programmes either Higher Certificate (level 6), Ordinary Degree (level 7) or Honours Degree (level 8) programmes offered in the Institute. The Scholarship may be held with other Scholarships or Grants awarded by the Institute or by an external body.

VALUE The value of each Scholarship in 2016/17 was €500 credit on the student ID plus free membership to the AIT gym.

For further information: www.ait.ie

Programme

Title of talk

Location

Accounting

11.30 - 12.00 12.30 - 13.00

Passport to a global career

B10

Business

11.00 - 11.30 12.00 - 12.30

Business and Law/Accounting and Law

B09 B08

Business

11.30 - 12.00 12.30 - 13.00

Digital Marketing

B08

Business

11.00 - 11.30 12.00 - 12.30

Business Psychology

B10

Computing

10.30 - 11.00 12.00 - 12.30

Business Computing Careers in Computing in Ireland

B10 B56

13.00 - 13.30

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Careers

B09

Science

10.30 - 11.30

Sports Science with Exercise Physiology/ Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy/ Physical Activity and Health/ Health Science with Nutrition

B08

Science

11.30 - 12.30

Microbiology, Bioveterinary, Biotechnology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Careers

B09

Science

12.00 - 12.30

Veterinary Nursing

B58

Nursing

10.30 - 11.00

General Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Dental Nursing and Pharmacy Technician talk

B09

Social Care & Early Years Care & Education

12.30 - 13.00

Careers in Social Care and Early Years Care and Education

B09

Graphic Design, Animation & Illustration

13.00 - 13.30

An Introduction to Design

B08

Engineering

12.30 - 13.00

Using Drones for Disaster Recovery a Connected Devices Scenario

B58

Student Life

13.00 - 13.30

Student Life – What to expect

B55

DARE

13.00 - 13.30

DARE scheme & supports for students with disabilities

B56

Mature Students

13.00 - 13.30

Talk for Mature Students

SUSI

13.00 - 13.30

Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure

Schedule of talks - Friday

Time

SUSI and the grant process

Douglas Hyde B57

Walk and Talk Tours Engineering

11.00 - 11.45 12.00 - 12.45

Presentation and tour: Mechanical, Polymer & Civil Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Engineering Building

Engineering

11.30 - 12.00 13.30 - 14.00

Using Drones for Disaster Recovery a Connected Devices Scenario

Engineering Building

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

10.00 - 13.00

Tour of Spa and Wellness Management, Hotel and Leisure Management, Culinary Arts and Bar Supervision Facilities

HTL Building

Schedule of talks - Saturday

Programme

Time

Title of talk

Location

Accounting

11.30 - 12.00

Passport to a global career

B10

Business

11.00 - 11.45

Business and Law/Accounting and Law

B09

Business

12.30 - 13.00

Digital Marketing

B08

Business

10.30 - 11.00

Business Psychology

B09

Computing

10.30 - 11.00

Business Computing Careers in Computing in Ireland

B08

Science

10.30 - 11.30

Sports Science with Exercise Physiology/ Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy/ Physical Activity and Health/ Health Science with Nutrition

B10

Science

12.00 - 13.00

Microbiology, Bioveterinary, Biotechnology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science Careers

B10

Science

11.00 - 11.30

Veterinary Nursing

B08

Nursing

11.30 - 12.00

General Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing talk

B08

Social Care & Early Years Care & Education

12.30 - 13.00

Careers in Social Care and Early Years Care and Education

B09

Graphic Design & Animation and Illustration

10:30 – 11:00

An Introduction to Design

B11

Engineering

11:00 – 11:30

Using Drones for Disaster Recovery a Connected Devices Scenario

B11

Student Union

11:30 – 12:00

Student Life – What to expect

B11

SUSI

12:00 – 12:30

SUSI and the grant process

B11

Walk and Talk Tours Engineering

Enquire at stand

Presentation and tour: Mechanical, Polymer & Civil Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Engineering Building

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

10.00 - 13.00

Tour of Spa and Wellness Management, Hotel and Leisure Management, Culinary Arts and Bar Supervision Facilities.

HTL Building

Plan your visit...

Talks Detailed information of our programmes on offer, admission, choosing your career and subjects, ask about placements with employers and opportunities to study overseas, sports, clubs and societies and SUSI.

Tours Guided tours of our state of the art campus, facilities to include our award winning Engineering and Informatics Building and the acclaimed International Sports Arena.

Student Ambassadors Talk to our student ambassadors who are already studying on the course you’re interested in, and who will give you the low down on why Athlone is a great place to study.

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