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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 23 Mar 1993

Vol. 428 No. 1

Written Answers. - Third Level Student Capacity.

Jim Higgins

Question:

500 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the official student capacity of each of the State-funded universities, each of the Dublin Institute of Technology colleges and each of the regional technical colleges and the number of full-time/part-time students in each for the 1992-1993 college year.

Provisional student numbers for 1992-93 are shown in the following schedules.

The capacity of the institutions to cater for the increasing numbers of students is kept under continuous review. Substantial investment has taken place to date and is continuing to increase this capacity and further enhancement of the capacity will be an important aspect of the Department's approach to the new round of EC structural funds.

Provisional 1992-93

College

Full-Time Undergrad

Full-Time Postgrad

Full-Time Total

Part-Time Undergrad

Part-Time Postgrad

Part-Time Total

UCD

10,487

2,253

12,740

954

672

1,626

UCC

6,740

1,338

8,078

641

257

898

UCG

4,645

1,034

5,679

207

297

504

TCD

7,062

1,217

8,279

839

686

1,525

SPM

2,487

464

2,951

219

102

321

DCU

2,891

421

3,312

480

278

758

UL

4,553

546

5,099

482

110

592

NCAD

633

31

664

2

2

RCSI

900

127

1,027

Total

40,398

7,431

47,829

3,824

2,402

6,226

The number of full-time and part-time students in the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Regional Technical Colleges for the 1992/92 academic session is as follows:

Institution

Full-time student numbers

Part-time student numbers

Athlone regional technical college

2,108

386

Carlow regional technical college

2,089

308

Cork regional technical college

3,164

5,580*

Dundalk regional technical college

1,972

222

Galway regional technical college

2,692

1,537

Letterkenny regional technical college

1,474

411

Limerick regional technical college

2,009

577

Sligo regional technical college

1,729

351

Tallaght regional technical college

574

386

Tralee regional technical college

1,514

202

Waterford regional technical college

3,057

2,877

Dublin Institute of Technology

8,915

10,628

Bolton Street

(2,284)

(2,198)

Kevin Street

(2,336)

(850)

Catering

(1,401)

(465)

Commerce

(1,229)

(4,283)

Marketing and Design

(1,617)

(915)

Music

(48)

(1,917)

Totals

31,297

23,465

*Includes 3,381 part-time students in the School of Music.
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