About Ireland
Ireland is in Western Europe. It is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 7% in 1995-2004. Agriculture, once the most important sector, is now dwarfed by industry and services. Industry accounts for 46% of GDP, about 80% of exports, and 29% of the labor force. Although exports remain the primary engine for Ireland's growth, the economy has also benefited from a rise in consumer spending, construction, and business investment. Per capita GDP is 10% above that of the four big European economies and the second highest in the EU behind Luxembourg. Over the past decade, the Irish Government has implemented a series of national economic programs designed to curb price and wage inflation, reduce government spending, increase labor force skills, and promote foreign investment. Ireland joined in circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU nations.
Ireland is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world and is also called ‘The Emerald Isle’.
Universities in Ireland include the National University of Ireland, Trinity College, the University of Limerick and Dublin City University.
The National University of Ireland (NUI) is organized on a federal basis but the constituent colleges - University College Dublin, University College Cork and University College Galway - enjoy a large measure of autonomy. A further three colleges - St Patrick's College Maynooth, the Royal College of Surgeons, and St Angela's College of Education for Home Economics - are recognized colleges of the NUI.
In addition to undertaking research in a wide range of disciplines, the universities and university colleges offer degree programmers at Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate level - in the humanities, in the scientific, technological and social sciences, and in the medical area. A range of undergraduate and post graduate diplomas is also offered and all the universities have continuing and some distant education programs.
The Irish university system is in the British tradition with set program leading to a Bachelor's degree at the end of three or four years. Master's degrees are usually taken by course work, research work or or some combination of both. Doctoral degrees are awarded on the basis of research.
The Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) is the biggest third level institution in Ireland with 22,000 students. It has six constituent colleges - two Colleges of Technology, the College of Catering, the College of Marketing & Design, the College of Commerce and the College of Music. The DIT awards its own degrees.
Regional Technical Colleges (RTCs), which were introduced in the 1970s to provide for further technical educational needs have, over the years, become an integral part of the Irish third level system. There are eleven RTC's throughout Ireland offering education and training, both full-time and part-time, for trade and industry over a broad spectrum of occupations and levels, in the areas of Business Studies, Engineering &Technology and Science & Para medicine.
There are also a number of specialist colleges with programmers leading to Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees approved by the National Council for Education Awards (NCEA).
In Ireland the system of teacher training differs between primary and secondary level school teachers. Typically secondary level teachers complete a primary degree at university and then follow up with the Higher Diploma in Education at university. Primary school teachers complete a three year program leading to a Bachelor's degree in Education (B.ed.), at one of the five teacher training colleges.
In addition to formal full-time academic and professional studies, Ireland has, over the past twenty years, become an increasingly popular location for English language training, attracting students of all ages and nationalities. Currently, over 100,000 people visit Ireland annually to undertake language programmers.
Service Package
The following are the constituents of the entire Study in The Ireland package of EC - MOD/STUDY GROUP. Please note that all services included in this package should be made available to the client and any and all services not mentioned in this list will not be offered.
• Counseling on Colleges in Ireland
• Counseling on Majors, Minors, Electives
• Advice on document collection for admissions in the relevant institution
• Procurement of the relevant Admission Documents
• Advise on document compilation
• Housing
• Airport Pick-up
Institutions
EC - MOD represents in Ireland
White House Education provides 3 quality options in the Republic of Ireland. The following are the details of the 3 institutions that are represented by the White House Education in India:
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