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Centre For The Talented Youth Of IrelandThe Centre for the Talented Youth of Ireland (CTYI) is a youth programme for intelligent youths in Ireland. There are also sibling projects around the world, most notably the CTY programme at Johns Hopkins University, the original model for CTYI. CTYI was founded in 1992 and is based at Dublin City University in Glasnevin, Dublin 9. It offers correspondence courses and Saturday classes at universities and institutes of technology around Ireland, as well as the summer programme, which is based in DCU. Two sessions are run each summer. Demand in recent years has meant that students who are eligible (12-16-year-olds who have been assessed via the SAT) may attend one session, not both. 20% of students are from overseas and many students are residential, living on campus for the three week duration. In the summer programme, classes are held every weekday with study periods in the evening. Activities are arranged in the afternoon and on weekends. Outside of class, the RAs (resident assistants) are responsible for the students' welfare. Course subjects range from languages like Chinese, Japanese and Russian, to courses in the social, natural and computer sciences, creative arts, and humanities. Courses tend to cover material that is at first-year university level or its equivalent, and involve subjects not taught (or widely taught) for the Leaving Certificate. It is sometimes referred to as 'Nerd Camp' by its students. External link
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