Established in 1971 Dundalk Institute of Technology is a higher education institution located on a 90-acre campus situated half-way between Dublin and Belfast (each approximately 50 miles away). It has approximately 5,000 full-time students and 1,000 part-time students. Charity status number: CHY 10925 The Institute offers higher educational opportunities in Business, Humanities, Hospitality, Engineering, Science, Computing, Nursing and Applied Arts at a variety of levels, from Higher Certificate (NFQ Level 6) to PhD level (NFQ Level 10) through full-time and part-time programmes. The Institute is divided into four Schools: Business Studies and Humanities, Engineering, Informatics and Creative Arts and Health and Science.