Limerick Institute of Technology in Ireland

The Limerick Institute of Technology (or simply LIT; Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Luimneach) is an institution of higher education located in Limerick, Ireland, and one of 14 member institutions of the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA). The institute has campuses in Limerick, and in both Thurles and Clonmel in County Tipperary, and a regional learning center in Ennis, County Clare. The main campus is located at Moylish Park adjacent to Thomond Park and houses the Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology and the School of Business and Humanities. The School of Art & Design is located at the Clare Street and Clonmel campuses.

LIT offers courses at level 6 (certificate) through to level 10 (Ph.D.) whilst also catering for craft apprentices and adult and continuing education. The institute has twice been named as The Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year in The Sunday Times University Guide, firstly in 2008 and again in 2013.

On 23 November 2020, the AIT-LIT Consortium announced that the joint Limerick-Athlone IT application for Technological University status had been submitted for government approval. The objective was to establish a new technical university for central and midwestern Ireland Technological University of Central & Midwestern Ireland, with a target opening date of 1 September 2021. The new TU, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest was approved in May 2021.