The Galway Technical Institute is a college of further education providing QQI Level 5 & 6 programmes.

Galway Technical Institute has programmes available across 10 departments that include Applied Health Sciences, Art & Design, Arts & Social Studies, Business & Law, Fashion, Hairdressing & Beauty, IT & Computing, Media, Sport, & Technology: Design & Engineering.

The college also provides non-accredited and accredited adult education part-time programmes.

These classes catered for 35 all male student and initially the courses being provided were mathematics, theoretics and physiography, machine construction, building and woodwork.

This led to the purchasing of a site on Father Griffin road (the current location) and construction work on a new building was completed in 1938 with the official opening taking place in September of that year.