Engineering: College courses and information

Woden

Heres some links to the main pages for the engineering departments from a selection of colleges around the country.

starting with the best of course

http://www.ucd.ie/engineer/
http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/index.html
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/academic/faculties/eng/engdepts.html
http://www.nuigalway.ie/engineering/
http://www.eeng.may.ie/
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/engineering/
http://www.qub.ac.uk/feng/

po0k

NUIG Electronic Engineering Dept.

Cloud

DMT

www.electronics.dit.ie - DIT Electronics Department

SideshowBob

Engineering in UL:
http://www.ul.ie/~engineer/

and Informatics & Electronics:
http://www.ul.ie/~informat/

PhoenixRising

Handy unit converter and engineering dictionary.

http://www.engnetglobal.com/tips/toolsapp/default.asp

celticfc

IT Tallaght Mechanical Engineering dept.

IT Tallaght Electronic Engineering dept.

steveland?

www.eeng.dcu.ie

ARGINITE

Engineering in GMIT

thomasjbyrne

NUI Maynooth
Department of Electronic Engineering


Electronic Engineering Maynooth

finnpark

I would highly reccommend Letterkenny IT for anyone studying Electronics. You can get a 3 year ordinary degree there now and then go on to do just a 2 year BBEng at University. Letterkenny IT has the best reputation for electronics among compaanies along with Limerick in University stakees. No one should do a degree at university in Electronics from scratch-You will learn nothing. Go to an IT and get enjoyable practical experience.

bp_me

School of Engineering at WIT

Nukem

http://www.mae.ul.ie/

The Trinity Engineering link is out of date, it should be http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/index.php

toblerone

Sligo IT

http://www.itsligo.ie/schools/eng/

Although the electronics design course is 3yrs for a diploma, I highly recommend it, among other reasons a large investment in hardware and software, bang up to date, the biggest and best aisling emulator lab in the country.

Tar.Aldarion

the computers do rock there

el tel

http://www.engineering.ulster.ac.uk/

The courses are full of dunces and it's impossible not to get a degree.
If you can write your name and a draw a line with a ruler then you are sorted.

But best of all: the women on the campus are astonishingly hot

mrcrow

Engineering Courses in Tralee

http://www.ittralee.ie/Courses/SchoolofEngineeringandConstructionStudies

toiletduck

SyxPak wrote:

NUIG Electronic Engineering Dept.

yep, nuns' island rocks!

R0ot

University of Ulster Magee does a BEng Electronics and Computer Systems which im currently doing.

Darren1o1

http://www.dcu.ie/engineering_and_computing/index.shtml
clearly the only option

M450

I thought the best thing about trinitys course was the 2 years general engineering covering all of civil, environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, electronic and computer... I thought it was good if you werent too sure which branch too choose coming straight out of the leaving cert, you'd have 2 whole years to make up your mind!!

CAO Code TR032:
http://www.tcd.ie/Admissions/courses/course.php?ID=48

Very difficult though... alot of material to cover!:eek:

There is also Manufacturing Engineering with Management Science, and Computer Science courses which stand alone from year 1.

Faculty of Engineering:
http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/index.php

Plus the new Sports Centre will be open on schedule April 2007!!

SemperFi

exactly what i was looking for thanks

bmcgov86

take_it_easy@ucd.ie thats what i reckon

padyosullivan

www.areyouupforit.ie

This site has an excellent course information page. It has a list of all the colleges in Ireland and the engineering courses they operate and the CAO points from last year.

The website is also giving away a two day work experience with brown bag films to see how sound engineering works. Its worth a look!

Aidan47

i want to go to college to do engineering, anyone know if this is possible with just a junior cert?

Darren1o1

Aidan47 wrote: »

i want to go to college to do engineering, anyone know if this is possible with just a junior cert?

No as i am aware. in most cases you need an honour in math at LC for 4 yrs beng hons.

fuzzy12

You could probably do a BTech first and then move on to an honours degree when your done. I'd recommend doing a refresher course in maths if you can find one, if not they may let you in after an interview.

www.dit.ie has part time engineering courses.

Never say never!

lg123

defo get the maths refresher, to go as far as a hons degree in engineering you will find the maths pretty difficult without lc, even an ordinary degree will be difficult imo.

Darren1o1

Aidan47 wrote: »

i want to go to college to do engineering, anyone know if this is possible with just a junior cert?

Anything we would say would be speculation, depending on experience and your age there may be the potential. Mature candidates have a less rigourous selection procedure. I will email about, DCU has a entry level course (http://www.dcu.ie/prospective/deginfo.php?classname=FE&mode=full&originating_school=) done over two years to bring you up to snuff, degree taking five in all. Other schools do similar programs. I would email the program head (pamela.brady@dcu.ie) best of luck.

Aidan47

Hi thanks for the feedback everyone, appreciate it. I'm actually working as an engineer with an alarm company for the last 5 years just never went to college, I've completed courses in all aspects of security systems installation but i would like to learn more about electronics.
Maybe that would help me when i'm applying somewhere?

Aidan47

I'm 24 btw

Darren1o1

Aidan47 wrote: »

I'm 24 btw

DCU does electronics but would be less hands on and more on design. I think you can apply as a mature candidate in that case. I would write and email to the the program chair and see how you get on.

paulme

does anybody here have any opinions on ul (limerick) versus lit? from what i hear lit covers more practical stuff while ul is a bit more theoretical.

also i'm 27 and don't have the leaving cert, is an access course really necessary? i don't mind doing it if it is, but i don't want to study for a year if i don't really need to.

Kareir

Well, I'm guessing you could skip out on the access course, but if you havn't done the leaving cert. you may have missed topics in maths, etc. which are pretty important, or so I hear. If you're on equal footing with applicants that have done the LC, then you shouldn't need it, but you mighta forgotten stuff in your time out of school, while they're coming straight into college.

Also, i'd go for UL, cos i'd do Aeronautical :P

_Kar

Electrisco-pops

I'm an electrician and I wanted to start the Electrical Engineering course in DIT however all the places are taken. I'm am looking at starting the electronic engineering course in IT Tallaght however I'm not sure if this would be benificial relative to my Trade.
Any one know weather or not I'll be able to link this course to my trade?

CptMackey

www.cit.ie

the cert to ordinary degree course here is very good, you can go on to the Honours degree in structural with a 70% + average or transfer to the UCC course if you do well in 2 structural exams and have your 70%+ in maths(from college)

miss no stars

Currently doing a degree in structural engineering and when I'm finished I'd like to get into demolitions.

I don't mind going to the USA if required (I'd actually quite like to) so paying up to $40,000 or so for a masters isn't something I'd rule out. Problem is, I can't seem to find any programmes at all that deal with explosives and demolitions.

Does anyone know where I should be looking?

jamesplarkin

I'd highly recommend a university that operatates a 7 month co op placement. I did one myself. Most of my class mates and myself ended up working with the companies that we did our co op in. lots of contactcs made and thats whats required during a recession

UL, DCU and CIT are colleges that offer such co ops, Not sure if the other ones do but they might do so

Anton.Mamyko

Woden wrote: »

Heres some links to the main pages for the engineering departments from a selection of colleges around the country.

starting with the best of course

http://www.ucd.ie/engineer/
http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/index.html
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/academic/faculties/eng/engdepts.html
http://www.nuigalway.ie/engineering/
http://www.eeng.may.ie/
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/engineering/
http://www.qub.ac.uk/feng/

er, surprised that CIT Mech Eng. course isnt on the list....?

massey165

i want to go into energy engineering. just done my lc and got 420 and my first choice level 8 is sustainable energy in cit and my first choice level 7 is energy engineering in gmit im pretty sure im safe for points as they were only 360/380 last year.if i get offered both i dont know which one ill choose.any info on boyh courses, colleges, city's, and craic would be great.

MsStroggatrix

Hi All,

Not sure if the is the right spot to post this, if I'm wrong please redirect me to the appropriate place.

I am looking for a night course in EE, with a focus on analog electronics. I would like to eventually get a degree in EE.

The best I could find so far is IT Tallaght - there seem to be very few EE night courses. DIT would be more convenient and they don't run one. Does anyone have any opinions on the course in Tallaght?

http://www.it-tallaght.ie/PartTimeCourses/ElectronicEngineering/Name,17549,en.html

I've been doing electronics as a hobby for years and would like to get some sort of qualification.

Thanks !

p1akuw47h5r3it

Just saw this so thought I would post it here

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http://www.aerlingus.com/aboutus/careersvacancies/apprenticeship2011/

phil devlin

hI IS A ORDINARY DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORTH ANYTHING LIKE WOULD I GET A JOB HERE OR WOULD I HAVE TO GO ABROAD. IM GOING INTO FRIST YEAR IN OCTOBER ANYADVISE WOULD B HELPFUL THANKS

godtabh

phil devlin wrote: »

hI IS A ORDINARY DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORTH ANYTHING LIKE WOULD I GET A JOB HERE OR WOULD I HAVE TO GO ABROAD. IM GOING INTO FRIST YEAR IN OCTOBER ANYADVISE WOULD B HELPFUL THANKS

why the shouting?

Dont use caps locks please

CatFromHue

phil devlin wrote: »

hI IS A ORDINARY DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORTH ANYTHING LIKE WOULD I GET A JOB HERE OR WOULD I HAVE TO GO ABROAD. IM GOING INTO FRIST YEAR IN OCTOBER ANYADVISE WOULD B HELPFUL THANKS

Go to the secretary of the Eng Dept in you college and/or the Careers Dept and ask for any information on where past graduates of your course have found employment or what they're up to. That should give you an idea.

Darren1o1

miss no stars wrote: »

Currently doing a degree in structural engineering and when I'm finished I'd like to get into demolitions.

I don't mind going to the USA if required (I'd actually quite like to) so paying up to $40,000 or so for a masters isn't something I'd rule out. Problem is, I can't seem to find any programmes at all that deal with explosives and demolitions.

Does anyone know where I should be looking?

Cranfield in the UK has some.

teaand biscuits

Hi does anyone know anything about any of the add -on courses in IT Sligo for electronics or Mechatronics i have done electrical energy systems and control engineering in dit but deferred my place on there honours course just wondering how good these courses in sligo are or am i better goin for two years full time to dit. thanks

Dermighty

teaand biscuits wrote: »

Hi does anyone know anything about any of the add -on courses in IT Sligo for electronics or Mechatronics i have done electrical energy systems and control engineering in dit but deferred my place on there honours course just wondering how good these courses in sligo are or am i better goin for two years full time to dit. thanks

You could go to CIT in Cork, they have a number of options to go from a level 7 to a level 8, some are 1 year some are 2.

Alkers

I'm looking for information for colleges providing Level 9 courses, preferably diplomas and not masters and which preferably are run on a part-time basis.
I see Trinity do some and DIT also, anywhere else?

Darren1o1

Simona1986 wrote: »

I'm looking for information for colleges providing Level 9 courses, preferably diplomas and not masters and which preferably are run on a part-time basis.
I see Trinity do some and DIT also, anywhere else?

Allot of the courses do opt outs after 4 or 6 modules for grad cert and diploma respectively. DCU does the same.Is there a specific type of course?

Alkers

Darren1o1 wrote: »

Allot of the courses do opt outs after 4 or 6 modules for grad cert and diploma respectively. DCU does the same.Is there a specific type of course?

Well I'm just seeing what's out there at the moment. I'm Civil (UCD) myself, ideally I'd like something in Highway Maintenance / Winter Services but I'll consider anything for the moment as I'm not settled on anything in particular as of yet.