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Faculty of Engineering and Design
Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering and Design at ATU Sligo. Skills shortages across the engineering and design landscape means there are huge job opportunities. Graduates are highly sought after and can demand significant starting salaries. Engineering, construction, computing and design inustries continue to boom. Our graduates with their applied skills and theory knowledge are in very high demand both within Ireland and across the globe.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Our students benefit from the latest cutting-edge trends and practical experience on campus.
BIGGEST-FACULTY
We have got the biggest faculty on campus with approx. 3,000 students.
ONLINE LEARNING
55% of our students take part through online learning ensuring no matter your circumstance you can still get a university standard education with us.
Within this Faculty, we have six departments
Course name | NFQ | Graduate |
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Certificate in Mechatronic Engineering (Online) | Level 7 | Springboard+ |
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronic Systems | Level 7 | Undergraduate |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Robotics and Automation | Level 8 | Undergraduate |
BEng (Hons) in Polymer Processing (Online) | Level 8 | Online |
BEng in Data Centre Facilities Engineering (Online) | Level 7 | Online |
BEng (Hons) in Mechatronics (Online) | Level 8 | Online |
BEng in Mechatronics (Online) | Level 7 | Online |
BEng in Polymer Processing (Online) | Level 7 | Online |
Certificate in Polymer Technologies (Online) | Level 6 | Online |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechatronics (add-on) | Level 8 | Add On / Direct Application |
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics | Level 7 | Undergraduate |
Certificate in Polymer Technologies | Level 6 |
Staff Name | Position | Department |
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Ali, Dr Muhammad Mahmood | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Bernardes, Dr Giordano | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Collins, Kevin | Jt Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Collins, Mr Kevin | Jt Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Creedon, Dr Leo | Jt Sl1(T) | Mechatronic Engineering |
Creedon, Leo | Jt Sl1(T) | Mechatronic Engineering |
Hughes, Kieran | Jt Post Doctoral Researcher | Mechatronic Engineering |
Lawlor, Conor | Jt Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Lawlor, Mr Conor | Jt Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Marques, Dr Douglas | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Marques, Dr Douglas | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Mcafee, Marion | Jt Sl1(T) | Mechatronic Engineering |
Mcafee, Dr Marion | Jt Sl1(T) | Mechatronic Engineering |
Mulligan, Dr David | Jt Head Of Dept Mechatronic Engineering | Mechatronic Engineering |
Mulligan, Dr David | Jt Head Of Dept Mechatronic Engineering | Mechatronic Engineering |
Mulrennan, Dr Konrad | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Murphy, Mr Aonghus | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Roche, Dr Jamie | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
Roche, Dr Jamie | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechatronic Engineering |
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Staff Name | Position | Department |
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Branley, Miss Catriona | Jt Clerical Officer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Branley, Catriona | Jt Clerical Officer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Collery, Dr David | Jt Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Collery, Dr David | Jt Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Massie, Mr Anthony | PART-TIME LECTURER | Civil Engineering & Construction |
McCann, Brian P | Jt Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
McCann, Dr Brian P | Jt Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Naughton, Patrick | Jt Sl1(T) | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Naughton, Dr Patrick | Jt Sl1(T) | Civil Engineering & Construction |
O'Brien, Dr Maeliosa | LECTURER | Civil Engineering & Construction |
O'Flaherty, Tomas | Jt Head Of Dept Of Mktg Tourism & Sport | Civil Engineering & Construction |
O'Flaherty, Dr Tomas | Jt Head Of Dept Of Mktg Tourism & Sport | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Quigley, Mrs Kathryn | Jt Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Quinn, Dr Ruth | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
Quinn, Dr Ruth | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Civil Engineering & Construction |
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Course name | NFQ | Graduate |
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Certificate in Quality Assurance with Project | Level 6 | Online |
Certificate in Validation Technologies with Project | Level 6 | Online |
Certificate in Lean & OpEx (Yellow Belt) | Level 7 | Online |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering | Level 8 | Undergraduate |
Certificate in Mechanical Analysis and Automation (Online) | Level 6 | Online |
Certificate in Validation Technologies | Level 6 | Springboard+ |
Special Purpose Award : Work Based Project | Level 6 | Online |
Bachelor of Engineering in Precision Engineering and Design | Level 7 | Undergraduate |
Certificate in Quality Assurance (Online) | Level 6 | Online |
BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering (add-on) | Level 8 | Add On / Direct Application |
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering | Level 7 | Undergraduate |
Staff Name | Position | Department |
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Ali, Dr Muhammad Mahmood | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Coll, Mr Brian | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Coll, Brian | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Craig, Ian | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Craig, Mr Ian | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Donohoe, Dr Molua | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Donohoe, Dr Molua | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Donovan, John | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Donovan, Dr John | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Doran, Conall | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Doran, Mr Conall | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Ferry, Paul | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Ferry, Paul | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Henry, Fergal | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Henry, Fergal | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Howe, Ms Finola | Jt Education Outreach Manager | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
McGranaghan, Dr Gerard | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
McGranaghan, Dr Gerard | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Mullery, Sean | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Mullery, Mr Sean | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Murphy, Eva | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Murphy, Ms Eva | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Saleem, Dr Waqas | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Sheridan, Mr Declan | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Sheridan, Declan | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Unnikrishnan, Dr Saritha | Jt Lecturer | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
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Staff Name | Position | Department |
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Davey, Mr Colm | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Durcan, Mr Adrian | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
L'estrange, Ms Una | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Lang, Mr Drew | Jt Lecturer | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Lang, Mr Drew | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Loftus, Mary | Jt Lecturer | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Loftus, Ms Mary | Jt Lecturer | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
McBrearty, Mr Shaun | ASSISTANT LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
McManus, Mr Keith | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
Mitchell, Ms Aine | ASSISTANT LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
O'Brien, Ms Diane | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
O'Regan, Mr Denis F | LECTURER | Computing & Electronic Engineering |
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Staff Name | Position | Department |
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Caffrey, Ms Elizabeth | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Caffrey, Elizabeth | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Drohan, Mr Declan | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Drohan, Mr Declan | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Formanova, Marketa | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Formanova, Ms Marketa | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Gilligan, Ms Hilary | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Gilligan, Ms Hilary | Jt Lecturer 1 (Ept) | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Hopper, Dr Keith | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Hopper, Dr Keith | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Hughes, Ronnie | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Hughes, Mr Ronnie | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McCauley, Mr Ciaran | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McCauley, Ciaran | Jt Assistant Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McHugh, John Joe | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McHugh, Mr John Joe | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McManus, Mr Louis | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
McManus, Louis | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Pallai, Agnes | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Pallai, Dr Agnes | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Rea, Dr Niall | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Rea, Niall | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Rooney, Mr Mark | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Rooney, Mark | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Scanlon, Mr Peter | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Scanlon, Peter | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Trench, Rhona | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Trench, Dr Rhona | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Watson, Rowan | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Watson, Mrs Rowan | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Weir, Mr Tom | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
Weir, Tom | Jt Lecturer | Yeats Academy of Arts, Design & Architecture |
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Why Choose Faculty of Engineering and Design at ATU Sligo?
AWARD-WINNING FOR INNOVATIVE DESIGNS
MORE THAN JUST A DEGREE
STUDY ABROAD
Putting the A in STEAM
Our state-of-the-art Precision Engineering Manufacturing Centre was established in 2013 and has so far conducted over a 100 research projects.
Made up of five Principal Investigators, two senior academic researchers, three postdocs and three postgraduates, the PEM gateway focuses on ATU Sligo’s research strengths which include: laser processing, micro machining and material science, among others.
PEM provides in-depth research and technology services to the rapidly growing manufacturing industry of the North West and beyond.
Meet Our Students and Graduates
Nathan Wray
Construction Project Management and Applied Technology
Blaithin Ryan, BA (Hons) in Writing & Literature
Conor Doherty, BSc (Hons) in
Computing
Get in Touch
Una Parsons has been Head of the School of Engineering in ATU Sligo (formerly IT Sligo) since April 2017. Her roots with the college run deep as she previously was a Toolmaking apprentice here.
Prior to this, she held senior roles at Bausch and Lomb and served as Industry Director at Engineers Ireland. It was in this role that she helped develop Engineers Week in 2007, now a nationwide event celebrating engineering in all its forms.
Outside of being Head of Faculty, Una is an award-winning chartered engineer and a fellow of Engineers Ireland.
Una Parsons,
Head of Faculty of Engineering and Design,
+353 (0) 719305225
Email: headfacultyengineeringdesign.sligo@nullatu.ie