Dublin Institute of Technology Rathmines Campus

Im a drama student here, and it’s quite possibly The best craic one can have in a full-​time college degree. Things I love about this college: Mad actor-​ly types rolling around on floors, putting on improv peices all over the college, music pouring out of every room, how they managed to fit a piano into even the shoe-​boxiest of rooms. The lecturers, always 100% supportive, always there for one to one feedback — vital in our drama course. Also, because its a small enough college, you become friendly with everyone, all the porters and admin staff are always positive — even when they have to send you down to Aungier street to avail of any of the amenities!
Downsides — having to go to Aungier street to avail of any of the amenities.

I met a groovy guy, he was arty farty,
He said ‘I know a little latin man a cus man a kai’
I said ‘I don’t know what it means’ he said ‘neither do I’
… Even if you don’t know where me jumper is, this is the place if you’re a bit ‘arty farty’ and I meant that in the most positive light. This is DIT’s home to the School of Applied Arts. So yea there’s a lot of visually arty things going on, but at the same they also do stuff like Media. Definitely worth a look if you want to do something in journalism, etc.

This, the music conservatory of the Dublin Institute of Technology, is housed in a grand Georgian building in central Rathmines. It’s often quite chilly but always impressive, with high ceilings and some of the spookiest, boarding school like toilets your likely to find this side of Columbas College. In fact, someone called Conor should set a student film called Just here because it really does look like a boarding school. Hmmm …

One of the maddest of all the DIT’s, this routinely feels like being stuck on the set of Fame. There are men in tights prancing around, people doing vocal exercises, lunch time concerts-​exactly what a school of music and drama should be like.
Check out the library, it’s an experience.