The Centre for the Talented Youth of Ireland (CTYI) is a youth programme for students between the ages of six and seventeen of high academic ability in Ireland.
There are sibling projects around the world, most notably the CTY programme at Johns Hopkins University, the original model for CTYI. CTY students are eligible to participate in CTYI's summer sessions for older students. CTYI was founded in 1992 and is based at Dublin City University in Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Dr. Colm O'Reilly has been its director since 2005. The centre offers various courses for gifted students as well as conducting research and promoting the needs of the talented in Ireland.
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