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SETU - Carlow Campus
Carlow
Higher Education

About Us

Our new technological university represents a great opportunity for the south east of Ireland. SETU is a place where the whole community works together to achieve global impact. This university provides exceptional opportunities for all, from students to businesses and regional partners.

How will we achieve this?
We have built this by focusing on transformative learning, openness and co-creation, as well as a will to learn from the best, wherever they are in the world. What does your future hold for you? Our courses are designed in collaboration with industry to ensure you have the skills that employers need. As an SETU student, you will discover the latest thinking and approaches. We’ll encourage you to think critically, collaboratively, and innovatively.

Learning led by you
Everyone learns differently, so we design our teaching around you. We empower our educators to develop hands-on, experiential programmes, including practical experience, simulations, and digital teaching and learning.

Inspiring lifelong learning
Our community is made up of people of all ages, backgrounds, and ambitions. We ensure that we provide programmes for people with different schedules and requirements, so that everyone feels inspired to learn.

Shaping the region
The education we offer at SETU will prepare students for opportunities anywhere in the world. But we also aim to play our part in creating a better region for all of us. Whether we are inspiring businesses, creating impactful research, or empowering employable graduates, we work with our community to deliver real change.

Collaboration and Innovation
Our aim is to put collaboration at the heart of everything we do. We partner with industry to shape our approach to teaching, and develop new services and ideas. We learn from the latest approaches in education and research.
And we aim to build global partnerships to give our students - and our region - the best chance of success.

Why Us?

Student Life
A good quality of life for our students with more affordable accommodation,  welcoming friendly campus, access to academic staff who know students by name, smaller class sizes and a strategic location with easy access links.
Graduate Employment Rate
SETU in Carlow offers a higher than average employment rate of 93% at graduation and rising further to 96% within six months of graduation. The national graduate employment rate is 85%.
Niche Courses
SETU in Carlow offers niche courses, many of which are unique to the Institute, in areas such as : Brewing and Distilling, Agribusiness, Cybercrime and IT Security, Data Science, Aviation and Aerospace Engineering, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs.
Links with Industry
SETU in Carlow is an active collaborator with industry and ensures students are industry ready upon graduation with good networking prospects.
Ranking
SETU in Carlow currently ranks as the 4th largest of Ireland’s 14 Institutes of Technology with more than 7,500 enrolments through its centres in Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow.  

It is ranked in the top tier ofhigh-performing, university-level institutions by the Higher Education Authority, following international expert review.

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Facilities

SETU in Carlow offers first-class facilities and is mid-way through a €150million capital programme that has already delivered the Dargan Centre for Research, the Centre for Aerospace Studies, the Haughton Building for teaching and learning,  and a dedicated student services and sports facilities centre. Further plans include a 30-acre South Sports Campus, a new customised campus for Wexford, a new advanced science and technology building and the development of a further site adjacent to the Carlow campus.

Clubs & Societies

Students enjoy more than 80 clubs and societies and reap the benefits of smaller class sizes, greater interaction with academic staff and a friendly, welcoming campus.

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