Digital Manufacturing and Innovation (Special Purpose Award) Limerick Institute of Technology - Tipperary
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    Course details

    Programme Aims:

    • Digital manufacturing systems allow manufacturing engineers and product designers to define the complete fabrication process in a ‘virtual environment’. Many companies are pursuing an aggressive digital manufacturing strategy as it allows them to achieve their time-to-market and volume goals. Other advantages include more sustainable use of resources, energy and cost savings by reducing expensive downstream changes.
    • LIT and the WeCreate Enterprise Centre have created this programme to provide students with the opportunity to gain technical skills in electronics and embedded systems and combine these with business, innovation and digital manufacturing knowledge. These new skills and understanding are then combined to develop a prototype product which will be produced using the digital fabrication equipment located at the WeCreate Workspace and Fablab in Cloughjordan.
    • Students will get practical exposure to the prototype development process and complete a real world project which could lead to a business innovation within an industry or a new enterprise development.
    • WeCreate is a member of the Fab Lab network developed by MIT, a worldwide network of over 150 digital fabrication labs. Course attendees will gain practical experience on the standard set of Fab Lab machines used throughout the world.

    Entry Requirement

    Applicants will normally hold a Level 6 Award. Applicants who do not meet these requirements but who are aged 23 and over will be considered for entry on the basis of a written assessment and, if appropriate, also an interview. Equivalence may be demonstrated by an appropriate qualification and significant relevant experience.

    Examinations

    On successful completion of the programme and satisfaction of the assessment requirements of the programme, a Certificate in Digital Manufacturing (Special Purpose Award) will be awarded. This programme is at NFQ (National Framework of Qualifications) Level 7 and carries 40 ECTS credits.

    Assessment will include a number of exams and project work.

    Course Content

    The programme will include the following modules

    • Computer Aided Design & Development (5 credit)
    • Electronics & Embedded Systems (5 credit)
    • Digital Fabrication Principles & Applications (10 credit)
    • Business Development & Innovation (10 credit)
    • Project (10 credit)
    Updated on 08 November, 2015

    About Limerick Institute of Technology - Tipperary

    About LIT

    Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is an institute of higher education in Limerick, a modern urban city in the Mid-theyst region of Ireland and is one of 13 institutes that are members of the Institutes of Technology, Ireland (IOTI). LIT is the ftheirth largest IOT in Ireland, with more than 6000 full time and part time students and 500 staff.

    The Institute has five campuses and a learning centre across Limerick city, Tipperary and Clare. The main campus is located at Moylish Park, with two city centre campuses in Clare Street and Georges Quay in Limerick city. LIT in Tipperary is based in two campuses -Thurles and Clonmel. The LIT Ennis Learning Centre is based in the museum in Ennis town centre.

    LIT offers ctheirses at Level 6 (certificate) through to Level 10 (PhD) whilst also catering for craft apprentices and adult and continuing education.  LIT was awarded the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year in 2008 and 2013 by the Sunday Times University Guide. The guide is the definitive guide to higher education in Ireland and the UK.

    Educational Philosophy

    LIT has a distinctive approach to Teaching and Learning known as the Active Learning philosophy. Whatever discipline area is offered the core methodology is active and practical; lab work, studio work, case studies, field visits, group assignments and more. 

    This approach to teaching and learning is embedded in assessment strategies and campus development so that the learning environment reflects the identity of LIT. It is also underpinned by staff developments, e.g. workshops and an online repository of active learning strategies.\

    History

    The genesis of LIT was the Limerick School of Ornamental Art set up in 1852 when the Athenaeum Society started a School of Arts and Fine Crafts in Limerick. In 1963 a series of technical colleges, to be known as Regional Technical Colleges (RTCs) was announced by the then Minister for Education, Patrick Hillery and the first of the RTCs theyre opened in Athlone, Carlow, Dundalk, Sligo and Waterford in 1970. 

    A regional technical college for Limerick follotheyd in 1974, initially under the name Limerick College of Art, Commerce and Technology (CoACT). CoACT was upgraded to Institute of Technology status in 1997, along with the restof the RTCs. In 1999 LIT was awarded delegated authority by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, which allows the institute to award its own bachelors, masters and doctorates degrees. 

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