SETU - Waterford Campus - College Profile

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?

Range and scope

SETU in Waterford is the major provider of higher education in the South East region of Ireland and one of the largest IOT's in Ireland. The Institute's range and scope reflect the changing needs of the southeast as well as the country as a whole.

The range of academic programmes is exceptionally extensive, ranging from Higher Certificate right through to post-doctoral research and covering the Humanities, Health and Nursing, Science and Informatics, Engineering and Architecture, Business and Education.

Caring Environment

Providing a caring and supportive learning environment for its students is central to our ethos. Our staff to student ratio 1:14 is one of the best in the country. The range and quality of student support services is excellent. Examples include the Student Life and Learning Centre and the Medical Centre which provide care, counselling, guidance and support for any student encountering personal, social or health difficulties. Good housing for students is also one of our priorities and the Institute currently owns and/or manages sufficient very high quality students apartments to meet the demand.

Research and Innovation

There is a thriving research and postgraduate community in SETU Waterford. Many of the researchers have a high profile in both the national and EU community of academics. This is shown by the fact that SETU Waterford researchers have competed successfully against University researchers for prestigious national and EU research funding.

Lifelong Learning & Access

SETU in Waterford has been a leader in the Irish higher education sector with regard to the provision of lifelong learning opportunities and access for disadvantaged groups. Many of our successful initiatives in this area have been copied by other colleges. Because of the needs of non-standard groups, SETU Waterford has responded by developing expertise in the areas of flexible accreditation, outreach and flexible delivery modes.

International & Industry Links

SETU in Waterford has formal academic exchange and research partnerships with over 40 universities worldwide. These range from the old established Universities such as Oxford, Trinity College Dublin and University College London to newer technological universities such as Budapest University of Technology and Nanjing University of Science and Technology. In addition SETU Waterford has very close relationships with industry & commerce, the professions and the public service for research, consultancy, student and graduate placements etc. A culture of entrepreneurship and innovation is fostered at all levels in the organisation.

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Facilities

Top Class Sports Facilities
Luke Wadding Library
ArcLabs Research & Innovation Centre
NetLabs Integrated Research Building
ArcLabs Research & Innovation Centre

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Clubs & Societies

Clubs and societies are at the heart of social life at SETU in Waterford. We have a tremendous history in sport and recreation with upward of 30 sports clubs and upwards of 25 societies registered each year so there's bound to be something for everyone. The SETU in Waterford GAA Club is best known and most successful with it hurlers having won the Fitzgibbon Cup on nine occasions and the camogie team won the Ashbourne Cup this year for the sixth time in a row and eighth time in total. Other sports that feature high in the Institute include; Ladies and Men's Football, Soccer, Rugby, Athletics and Basketball. There is also a lot of support for a wide range of other sports such as; Kayaking, Badminton, Judo and Sailing. These clubs have very strong membership bases and represent the Institute in Intervarsity competitions very successfully.

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Sports & Fitness

We have a five-star rating for sports at SETU in Waterford. Our environment strives to provide our students with an opportunity to develop all of their talents in an effort to produce well-rounded graduates that can succeed in all walks of life. Through sport they can view the college life from a different angle by getting involved with the numerous clubs within the college. With a selection of clubs catering for outdoor field sports, indoor, watersports and martial arts, there will be something to interest everyone and at every level.

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Accommodation

College Campus consists of 69 Single En-suite rooms of which 3 are suitable for disabled access. These apartments are located on the Main Campus with easy access to all SETU in Waterford services and facilities.
City Campus accommodation is the ideal location for many of our students and is located two minutes walk from College Street Campus & fifteen minutes walk from the Main Campus.

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