GTI - THE Leading Hub of Further Education in the West!
GTI is one of the leading colleges of Further Education in Ireland, providing QQI Level 5 & 6 courses to over 1,100 learners annually. At GTI, courses are designed to be of immediate and practical use in the workplace or as a stepping stone to further study and higher qualifications. Everything our students learn will be valuable to them throughout their lives.
Our Applied Learning approach is designed to enable students learn more effectively in real-life situations. Applied Learning provides our students with learning experiences that involve solving problems that are based on real-life situations. Examples include, learning the role of a sound engineer, in GTI's state of the art sound recording studio, or working as a Beauty Therapist in GTI’s Poise Salon. Each department has its own unique real-life, real-time production/event/project. By bringing the real world into the classroom and the classroom into the real world, Applied Learning has become the most effective and exciting way to learn the key skills required for the 21st Century. GTI’s underlying philosophy is about learning together. This is centred on learner activity, collaborative learning and critically, learning to learn.
Facilities at GTI include recording studios, dog grooming studio, creative digital media laboratories, hairdressing and beauty salons, wood workshops, fashion studios plus a wide range of specialist IT facilities. Our European Links provide work placements abroad for over 90 GTI students annually. Students currently travel to Poland, Portugal, Finland, Malta, Spain and Turkey. These placements are fully funded and afford students the opportunity to gain valuable work related training in institutions and enterprises throughout Europe.
Mission
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 2025 - 2026 can be viewed HERE
GTI Admission Notice 2025 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.