About Marino Institute of Education
Marino Institute of Education (MIE) has been preparing teachers on its current campus in Dublin since 1905. Although it was initially dedicated to preparing Christian brothers for teaching positions in Ireland and around the world, lay students have been attending Marino since the early 1970s and since the mid-1970s, students have been graduating with Bachelor in Education degrees accredited by Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.
Marino Institute of Education (MIE) has been preparing teachers on its current campus in Dublin since 1905. Although it was initially dedicated to preparing Christian brothers for teaching positions in Ireland and around the world, lay students have been attending Marino since the early 1970s and since the mid-1970s, students have been graduating with Bachelor in Education degrees accredited by Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.
Today, Trinity College Dublin and the Congregation of Christian Brothers act as co-trustees of MIE. The number of students now exceeds 1,400 and the number of courses offered has grown to 14, which includes degree courses in initial teacher education (undergraduate and postgraduate) including through the Medium of Irish; education studies; early childhood education; a professional diploma in further education; research degrees in intercultural education, early childhood education, visual arts education, inquiry-based learning, and leadership in Christian education; and an international foundation programme for students hoping to study in Trinity College. MIE is a community of learning that is focused on education, ecumenism and respect, empowering the disadvantaged and the poor, and pursuing new knowledge.
Marino Institute of Education is located on lands which were acquired by the Irish Christian Brothers in 1881 as a site for a generalate, novitiate, training college and a practice school. Previously the lands and house had been owned by Lord Charlemont, who gave the local area the name “Marino” after spending five years in Rome. The adjacent “Casino,” a folly designed by Scottish architect William Chambers, was originally on the grounds of the institute and is open to visitors today. Although the original lands were expansive, today the institute is based on around 25 acres of parkland, a real oasis on the fringe of the city. From the top floors of the Institute one can see across the city to the Dublin mountains.
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