Munster tech university deferred amid financial concerns and 'lack of clear vision and strategy'

A decision on the long-awaited Munster Technological University, has been set back to early 2020 amid financial concerns and a “lack of clear vision and strategy”.

A bid by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and the Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) seeking to become Munster’s first technological university “leaves questions unanswered regarding the specifics of how the two applicant institutions are to become one”, an independent review has found.