Galway Technical Institute

GTI - THE Leading Hub of Further Education in the West!

Galway Technical Institute (GTI) is one of Ireland’s foremost centres for Further Education, welcoming over 1,100 learners each year across a diverse range of QQI Level 5 and Level 6 programmes. Our courses are built around one clear goal: giving students the skills, confidence, and experience they need to thrive—whether that’s entering the workplace, progressing to higher education, or charting a new personal direction. Everything learned at GTI is designed to have real, lasting value.

 

Learning That Connects to the Real World: At GTI, education comes alive through an Applied Learning approach that places hands-on experience at the heart of every programme. Students engage in projects, productions, and problem-solving tasks rooted in genuine industry practice—whether engineering sound in our state-of-the-art recording studios, delivering treatments in Poise Salon, or contributing to live events, digital campaigns, creative projects, and more.

Every department creates its own real-world environment where learning is collaborative, immersive, and practical. This approach not only builds technical know-how but develops the adaptable, future-ready skills essential in the 21st century.

 

A Community of Learning: GTI’s philosophy is centred on learning together—encouraging active participation, teamwork, creativity, and the ability to learn independently. Students join a community that supports and challenges them, helping them grow academically, professionally, and personally.

 

Exceptional Facilities: Learners at GTI have access to an impressive range of specialist facilities. These spaces are designed to mirror real industry settings, ensuring students train with the tools and technologies used in modern workplaces. These include:

  • Professional recording studios

  • A fully equipped dog grooming studio

  • Creative digital media labs

  • Hairdressing and beauty salons

  • Wood workshops

  • Fashion studios

  • Extensive IT and technology suites

 

European Opportunities

Through our extensive network of European partners developed via our Erasmus+ programme, more than 100 students each year complete funded work placements in countries such as Poland, Portugal, Finland, Malta, Spain, and Turkey. These placements provide invaluable international experience, enhancing learners’ skills while broadening their cultural and professional horizons. New projects include long-term placements and international placements, expanding on our already successful European mobility programme.

 

Mission Statement: GTI’s mission is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of our learners by designing programmes that are innovative and of high quality, and to deliver the programmes in a learning environment that reflects the complexity and challenge of a changing world.

 

Admissions Policy

  • GTI Admissions Policy 2026 - 2027 can be viewed HERE
  • GTI Admission Notice 2026 can be viewed HERE

 

Awards: Certification is provided by QQI, CIDESCO, ITEC, CIBTAC, City & Guilds, FAI, GAA , Junior Trades, Senior Trades, ATI [Accounting Technician Ireland]

GTI offers further education courses in the following areas:

  • Applied Health Sciences
  • Arts & Social Sciences
  • Art & Design
  • Business & Law
  • Technology - Design & Engineering
  • IT & Computing
  • Fashion
  • Hairdressing & Beauty 
  • Media
  • Sports 
  • Projects for Applied Learning

 

 

GTI’s exclusive beauty salon and health science therapy centre. Open to the general public, two days per week, this facility presents students with the opportunity to perfect their skills whilst also learning the skills to manage a health treatment centre or beauty salon.

 

GTI’s Hairdressing Salon. Established in 2006, Concept Hair Studio is a fully operating hair salon, open to the public, providing students with the opportunity to apply and perfect the skills learned in the classroom.

 

Music Technology/Sound Production students operate the GTI Recording Studio. GTI students work alongside local, national & international singers, performers and musicians. Again, the emphasis is on ‘learn by doing’, a hands-on, real-life experience.

 

GTI’s online radio station offers students an opportunity to develop presentation, production and technical radio skills in a real world setting while providing news, entertainment and a voice for the entire college community.