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Community spirit at Mary Immaculate
College sets it apart from other colleges
OPEN DAYS
MIC Campus, Limerick,
Thursday 18th & Friday 19th
October 2018 and Saturday
12th January 2019
MIC, St Patrick’s Campus,
Thurles, Saturday 24th
November 2018
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) has many features to
recommend it as a great college. Not least among them are
leading programmes in the liberal arts, theatre studies, primary
and post-primary teacher education and early childhood
degrees, two state-of-art campuses in Limerick and Thurles,
and a reputation for excellence in learning and research.
However, for new students entering MIC one of the biggest
benefits to them will be the excellent student support services
and the community spirit that exists throughout the College.
With a student population of just over 4,500, unlike some bigger
colleges, MIC gives students a home-from-home feel and a
close knit community experience.
According to Dr Geraldine Brosnan, Director of Student Life at
MIC; “MIC prides itself on our high quality student experience.
The College's support services are extensive and of very high
quality. Part of our mission and vision is to create a community
of scholars where staff and students work together and our aim
is to provide services, activities, and resources that maintain
the College’s educational enterprise while also supporting our
students personally as they learn, grow, and change through
their time at MIC”.
To add to the student experience MIC has recently unveiled
plans for a 21st century Library and Learning Resource Centre
designed to accommodate the College’s increasing student
numbers, which are set to reach 5,000 by 2020.
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Landmark programme developments include the augmented
Bachelor of Arts programme, in collaboration with the
University of Limerick (UL), that offers students a wider range of
subject choices, making it the largest jointly delivered
programme in Ireland. The innovative BA in Contemporary and
Applied Theatre Studies programmes continues to go from
strength to strength as it prepares graduates to enter the cut-
and-thrust of the arts world. While MIC, St Patrick’s Campus,
Thurles now offers five post-primary teaching programmes with
unique content and subject combinations, including the new BA
in Education, Mathematics and Gaeilge. Alongside these
programmes are the ever popular primary teaching degrees,
early childhood degrees, in addition to a range of CPD
programmes and postgraduate programmes at Diploma, MA
and PhD level.
The College’s Liberal Arts and Education programmes are
widely recognised and celebrated, nationally and
internationally, for their academic excellence, offering learners
the critical, analytical and transferrable skills central to the
success of the ever evolving economy.
For further details contact:
Admissions Office, MIC, South Circular Road, Limerick
T: 061 204 348 E: [email protected]
www.mic.ie
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