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Fri 05 May 2004DIT believes variety of courses on offer has contributed to its successThird Level/Feeder schools: Unlike some other third-level institutions in the Dublin area, a significant proportion of the main feeder schools sending students to the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) are based outside the county.DIT, which likes to think of the city as its campus, has a student population of over 20,000 in its six faculties. These are based in some 40 buildings spread all over the city. Of the top schools providing students to the college, 10 come from counties other than Dublin. Included among these are St Peter's College in Dunboyne, St Patricks in Navan and Gorey Community School in Co Wexford.