A Technological University is a designation of a type of third-level institution in Ireland. The potential for such universities was established through legislation in 2018.[1] Since then, various groups of institutes of technology began a merger process to create five technological universities:
In May 2021[update], Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) announced plans to join an existing TU.[28] It had previously investigated the possibility of becoming a TU in its own right.[29] By May 2022[update], DkIT was looking at a merger with an existing TU.[30][31]