Mountbellew Agricultural College or Franciscan Brothers College is a training college for the farming and agricultural industry in Mountbellew, County Galway, Ireland. It was founded in 1904 by the Franciscan Brothers, who previously had a secondary school on the location, and was the first such college in Ireland.[1] It is a private college but runs courses in association with the Irish governments Agricultural and Food Development Authority (Teagasc) and the nearby Atlantic Technological University Mountbellew campus (GMIT).
The association with GMIT originates in the association with its predecessor the Galway Regional Technical College, with whom Mountbellew commenced in 1986 a Higher Certificate in Business Studies (agribusiness) which had pathways on to a degree in business. In 1998, an evening course in business studies for adults commenced. 2001 saw the start of a Higher Certificate in Agriculture, which allows students to progress to a bachelor's degree in Science in Agriculture and Environmental Management. Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. The links with GMIT have strengthened and students can now choose between two degrees (Rural Enterprise & Agribusiness or Agriculture & Environmental Management).[citation needed] These students spend time between the Mountbellew and Galway campuses.[2]
mountbellew, agricultural, college, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mountbellew Agricultural College news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mountbellew Agricultural College or Franciscan Brothers College is a training college for the farming and agricultural industry in Mountbellew County Galway Ireland It was founded in 1904 by the Franciscan Brothers who previously had a secondary school on the location and was the first such college in Ireland 1 It is a private college but runs courses in association with the Irish governments Agricultural and Food Development Authority Teagasc and the nearby Atlantic Technological University Mountbellew campus GMIT The association with GMIT originates in the association with its predecessor the Galway Regional Technical College with whom Mountbellew commenced in 1986 a Higher Certificate in Business Studies agribusiness which had pathways on to a degree in business In 1998 an evening course in business studies for adults commenced 2001 saw the start of a Higher Certificate in Agriculture which allows students to progress to a bachelor s degree in Science in Agriculture and Environmental Management Galway Mayo Institute of Technology The links with GMIT have strengthened and students can now choose between two degrees Rural Enterprise amp Agribusiness or Agriculture amp Environmental Management citation needed These students spend time between the Mountbellew and Galway campuses 2 Former Galway West Fine Gael TD Paul Connaughton Jnr attended Mountbellew qualifying with a degree in business from GMIT citation needed References edit Mountbellew Agricultural Colleges teagasc ie Archived from the original on 21 June 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2012 Mountbellew Campus gmit ie Archived from the original on 21 September 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2012 External links editMountbellew Agricultural College website archived 2022 53 28 07 N 8 29 38 W 53 4686 N 8 4938 W 53 4686 8 4938 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mountbellew Agricultural College amp oldid 1169276928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
