Accounting

My own experiences of studying accounting at LYIT is that the work you put in gets well rewarded. Graduating with a first class honours degree in October 2014 made my job search a lot easier and helped me secure my first position as a trainee chartered accountant with a practice in Letterkenny. The course provided me with the skills and competencies required to begin training as an accountant. In the final year of my degree myself and 3 classmates won the Irish national final of the CIMA Global Business Challenge and then embarked on a once in a lifetime trip to Mumbai, India to represent Ireland and ATU Donegal in the global competition competing against 25 other countries. Competing against the world’s best future business leaders gave a unique perspective on just how strong the accounting education we received at ATU Donegal was.

Gilroy Gannon Chartered Accountants based in Sligo have employed a number of accounting graduates from the ATU Donegal. They have progressed to become fully qualified Chartered Accountants and have moved on to roles within industry around the country. We have been very pleased with the quality of students presenting for interview. We will certainly continue to link in with ATU Donegal as part of our graduate training programme.