Dr Orla Flynn

Dr Orla Flynn was appointed inaugural President of Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in Ireland in April 2022, having served two years as President of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Prior to this Dr Flynn was Vice President for External Affairs at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) for six years, and previous academic leadership roles in CIT included Head of CIT Crawford College of Art & Design and Head of School of Humanities.

Dr Flynn commenced her academic career as a Lecturer in Computer Science, holding undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Mathematical Physics and Computer Science from University College Cork, an MA in Management in Education from Waterford Institute of Technology, and a PhD from the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick.

Dr Flynn is the Vice President of EU GREEN, ATU’s European University Alliance. She is a current Director on the Board of the Technological Universities Association and has previously held Director positions on both Cork and Galway Chambers of Commerce, HEAnet and Asiera.

ATU is a technological university with nine campuses located across the west and northwest of Ireland, established following the merger of three former Institutes of Technology and later St Angela’s College. ATU has over 30,000 students and is a leading provider of online and flexible programmes in the Irish higher education system.