Timeline 1970 - Present Day
1970
Carlow and Waterford RTC’s open.
2006
The Institutes of Technology Act.
2011
National Strategy for higher Education to 2030.
2011
The TUSE project is initiated by the TU South-East consortium of Institute of Technology Carlow and WIT.
2012
Stage 1 joint submission by the two institutes to the HEA submitted in May setting out their strategic intentions in response to the publication of the ’Process and Criteria for Technological University Designation’.
2013
Minister for Education and Skills gives approval for the South East Consortium to progress to Stage 2 of the national process for Technological University designation.
2014
Minister for Education and Skills establishes a process of engagement and consultation, with the governing bodies, staff and students of both Institutes, together with the wider community in the South-East.
2015
Both institutes publish their vision for the TUSE. Engagement and Consultation Process on a Technological University for the South-East report is subsequently published.
2015
Funding support received under the HEA’s Scheme to Provide Support for the Restructuring of the Higher Education Landscape.
2017
MOU signed by the Presidents and Governing Body Chairs of both South East Institutes and a new joint Project Steering Group established.
2018
The Technological Universities Bill is signed in to law by the President (March 19th 2018).
2019
Technological Universities Connectedness & Collaboration through Connectivity (TURN) report is published. Further HEA Landscape funding secured supporting the TUSEI project.
2020
Carlow and Waterford Institutes of Technology celebrate 50 years serving the South East. Joint TUSEI Project Office established.
2021
Carlow and Waterford Institutes of Technology submit Application to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an Order to Establish the Technological University of South East Ireland on April 30 2021.
2021
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science announces that Institute of Technology Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology will become a Technological University in 2022.
2022
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science confirms establishment day as 1 May 2022.
2022
South East Technological University (SETU) is formally established on 1 May 2022