Lecturer – Art & Design Education
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Mission Statement
For nearly 170 years we have been educating, inspiring and empowering people seeking a creative future. We are proud to be recognised as one of Europe’s leading fine art, design and creative media schools. With over 1,200 students across our campuses, we are a hub of energy and imagination, a supportive creative community and a place of art and enterprise.
International Role
We have 55 International College partners, active participants in Erasmus+ exchange agreements
LSAD TUS is a member of both CUMULUS and ELIA Associations
LSAD TUS is an Active member of the RUN EU – European Reagional University Network (https://run-eu.eu/) and has long term partnerships with Politecnico de Leiria & IPCA (Portugal) , HAMK (Finland), FHV Voraldberg (Austria), NHL Stenden, (Netherlands) and Széchenyi István University (Hungary).
We have bilateral agreements in China, Canada, USA, Malaysia and India.
LSAD is engaged in Creative Europe and Erasmus + projects with Institutions across Europe including:
FUSION led by Limerick School of Art & Design (Ireland), Crafts Council (UK), Polytechnic Institute of Cavado do Ave (Portugal) and Fondazione Santagata per L’Economia della Cultura (Italy) with the support of expert partners: DESIGN FACTORS (Ireland), Sligo IT (Ireland), Fab Lab Barcelona (Spain) and the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, https://cefusion.com/
CRAFTING EUROPE https://www.craftingeurope.com/
National Role
LSAD TUS is the largest art, design and media school in Ireland outside of Dublin.
We are located in the Mid West of Ireland on 5 campusues in Limerick and Tipperary
We have partnerships with the Institute of Designers in Ireland, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, Design Educators Ireland, Visual Artists Ireland, Irish Centre for Business Excellence, Design Skillnet, Troy Film Studios, Oddyessey Studios and a range of other industrial and societal partners.
Main Focus
Art, Design and Digital Arts & Media, Critical and Contextual studies, BA and MA taught, Applied, Practice Based and Theoretical Research in Art, Design, Digital Arts , Media and Contextual studies
Faculties and Departments
Limerick School of Art and Design
Bachelor Level Programs
Bachelor level programmes (Honours) at Limerick School of Art and Design , TUS
Department of Design
BA(Hons) Graphic Design Communication
BA(Hons)Animation and Motion Design
BA(Hons) Fashion Design
BA(Hons) Ceramic Design
BA(Hons) Interior Design
Department of Fine Art & Education
BA (Hons) in Fine Art
BA(Hons) Sculpture & Combined Media
BA(Hons) Photography & Moving Image
BA(Hons) in Fine Art Painting
BA(Hons) Fine Art Print Contemporary Practice
BEd (Hons) in Art & Design Teacher Education
Department of Digital Arts and Media
BSc (Hons) Game Art Design
BSc (Hons) Animation Production
BSc (Hons) Creative Media Design
BSc (Hons) Creative Broadcast or Music Technology
Note : All of these BA and BSc programmes are 4 years in duration Common Entry Year 1 in Art & Design applies to a majority of the Art & Design programmes.
Master Level Programs
Taught Masters level programmes at Limerick School of Art and Design , TUS
Department of Fine Art & Education
PME Professional Masters in Art and Design Education, 2 year duration
MASPACE MA Social Practice and the Creative Environment, 1 calendar year.
Department of Design
MA in Interdisciplinary Design , 1 calendar year
MA in Enterprise for Creative Industries
Research Activity and Main Areas
Applied, Practice Based and Theoretical Research in Art, Design, Digital Arts , Media and Contextual studies
Doctorate Level Programs
We currently have 39 students on individual MA/PhD research programmes ranging across Fine Art, Design, and Curatorial Studies. MA research 2 years PhD 3 yrs ft and 6 yrs pt. LSAD currently has 7 PhD students and 32 MA students studying by research.
Research is growing significantly at LSAD, in the area of practice-led, studio-based programmes and have consisted predominantly of a major research project at Level 9 and 10 that offers a significant contribution to art and design practice, accompanied by a supplementary research text. LSAD also offers MA and PhD pathways by the more traditional text-based research route in areas such as film studies, critical pedagogy, visual culture, philosophy and critical theory.
Subject Areas for Exchange Students
Art, Design, Creative Media, Cultural and Critical Studies
Application Deadlines
September – November
Teaching Languages
English
Semester Dates
January to June
