Higher Ability Centre
The Irish Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI) was established at Dublin City University in 1992. The centre works with young people with exceptional academic ability. Such students have been recognised by the Irish Department of Education as having “special education needs”.
Ireland's educational system is among the most academically demanding in Europe. Irish students have regularly been placed first in a number of prestigious European science fairs and have also distinguished themselves in the International Science & Engineering Fair, USA. In 1992 the Irish Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI) was established at DCU to meet a long-felt need by providing recognition, encouragement and challenge for academically talented students and guidance for their parents and teachers. CTYI has had the invaluable advice and assistance of the highly successful Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth in the early stages of planning and in continued support over the years. We share the same educational philosophy and the same commitment to nurturing and challenging academically talented young people and assisting them to fulfil their intellectual potential.
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The Irish Centre for Talented Youth
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